erik burggraaf <[email protected]> wrote: > When I first wen back to braille on receiving a braille display, my fingers > got very irritated. I actually went to some braille proofers and asked if I > was likely to lose sensitivity by reading too much. After they reassured me > I went nuts. My fingers never actually bled though. If you are > experiencing that, then your choice of braille display is extremely > important and you will want to make sure that the one you get is going to be > gentle on your fingers.
Exactly. If you're experimenting with different displays to discover which cells are the most comfortable for your fingers, it's valuable to know that there are only four or five companies in the world that make their own braille display cells. Cells from KGS in Japan, for example, are used in my current display, which was manufactured by Baum in Germany and then distributed by HumanWare under the name Brailliant. Confusingly, the newer Brailliant devices (Brailliant BI) are manufactured directly by HumanWare and reportedly also use KGS cells. Papenmeier and, if I'm not mistaken, Handytech use cells from Metec in Germany. Some of the Metec cells have a curved shape that's supposed to fit your hand more comfortably. I think Freedom Scientific (USA) manufacture their own cells, as do Optelec (the Netherlands). I'm probably missing a few, but all of the above manufacturers have been in the business for a long time. My advice would be to attend an adaptive equipment exhibition and investigate as many of the braille devices on offer as you can. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
