Hi Donna, I tested several Orbit Readers for my braille and talking book library, and they all broke down within a few months, if not sooner. I loved the braille cells when they were all in good working order, so I bought an Orbit Reader 20 Plus shortly after it was released, hoping that the longevity of the braille cells had improved. After eight or nine months, two of the cells had stopped working correctly. I got the BrailleSense 6 around the same time, so the Orbit just sat unused on a shelf for a while before I got it repaired. After that I donated it to an organization I'm in because I wanted to get rid of it but didn't feel as though I should ask for money for a product I had already had such bad luck with. I know there are people who have had good luck with the Orbit Reader, but I would not recommend it to anyone.
----- Original Message ----- From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Date: Saturday, March 23, 2024 09:08 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Anyone have experience with the Orbit reader? Hi all, I am still on a quest to find a braille display with a qwerty keyboard, and I just saw that Orbit is about to release a forty cell display with a qwerty keyboard. I'd love to hear about people's experience with the Orbit reader. I realize it won't be the new display, but I do remember that at least early on, people had a lot of negative things to say about the Orbit reader. Is that still the case? In the blurb I read, it said it's compatible with Voiceover. Has anyone used an Orbit with either a Mac or an iPhone? Cheers, Donna -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/4F45129C-3CE7-4F4D-A907-83F98823F586%40me.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/169876768.0.1711211639438%40localhost.
