Hi! There are also the handytech devices. Note that they have very special designed cells for best reading experiences. They're concave so it can take a while to learn to use them. Some including me does like these types of cells and some don't. Note though that thay have a display basic braille which doesn't have these concave cells. Its called the basic braille as i mentioned above and is their less expensive model. /A 18 sep 2014 kl. 17:43 skrev Cheree Heppe <[email protected]>:
> Cheree Heppe here: > > Braille aware devices could be said to come in two basic types: displays and > note takers. Now, a hybrid type having some note taking capabilities also > are emerging. > > Which Braille device you may prefer is personal. Unfortunately, a blind user > cannot simply memorize one set of operational commands and then use those to > evaluate every brand of Braille aware device. Each company designs commands > and key press combinations special to that company into their devices. > Sometimes, the command structure varys widely even within one company's > offerings. > > I have not seen many of these Braille devices and can speak from limited > direct experience. I have liked a device not supported by HumanWare now, > called the PK. This operated easily and nearly silently and was small and > easily portable. It had good word processsing and other useful apps and > interfaces. The company who made these, Baum Retec, out of Germany, now has > a U.S. subsidiary in Massachusetts. Their note takers are pretty useful, but > I must admit to difficulty learning their command structure. That could be > me, however and your milage may vary. > > I've heard of something for unfer F1,000.00 called the Braille Pen. It now > has cursor routing capability. I am not familiar with what it can or cannot > do. It is small and portable. > > I guess I would contact the American Council of the Blind and ask about > resources and user experiences with Braille aware devices. You could also > contact the NFB or your local rehab agency, providing the agency is worth the > trouble where you are served. > > What I did was to obtain a used PK and send it to Oehm Electronics in San > Jose, California to get the very long lasting battery they have access to and > to get the machine looked at. This way, I could use the PK and maybe even > pay the nearly $400 to HumanWare to get the last update for that device. My > PK I sent to Baum to be upgraded to one of their Pronto devices. This will > give me multi-connect Bluetooth capability and a lot of functionality. I do > have to re-learn how to use that newly upgraded device, however. > > Hope this has helped and not confused. Oh, yes. A lot of people seem to > like the Hymms (sp) devices. > > > Regards, > Cheree Heppe > > > Sent from my IPhone 4S > > On 18 Sep 2014, at 7:28, Cameron Strife <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi. I'm selling a mint condition humanware brailliant bi40 > bluetooth/USB braille display that works with iOS, OSX, and windows if > you'd be interested... > > I found the braille cells to have a nice solid feel without being > "sharp" like other displays I looked at before purchasing it. > > Hit me up off list for more info. > > Thanks, > > Cameron. > > > > > >> On 9/18/14, Yuma Antoine Decaux <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> So I've decided to jump to reading braille after a few years of being blind. >> Can anyone recommend me a good high quality braille device, bluetooth >> enabled such and such that I can start using braille tutor with and learn to >> read this semester? >> >> Best regards, >> >> >> Yuma Antoine Decaux >> "Light has no value without darkness" >> Mob: +642102277190 >> Skype: Shainobi1 >> twitter: http://www.twitter.com/triple7 >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
