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On 7/24/2017 8:53 AM, Les Kriegler wrote:
Understood. The problem I have with all these companies as you buy want
his devices and you spend thousands of dollars and then for five years
later something else comes out and you have to spend the same amount
again. It just doesn't make a lot of sense.
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On Jul 24, 2017, at 11:51 AM, Mary Otten <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Les,
I agree that devices like the altar are very expensive. But, based on
what the original poster said she wanted, it sounds like that device
would meet her needs. Perhaps the Edgewood as well. I know it's less
expensive. I am just not that familiar with its capabilities in terms
of notetaking and file transferring, particularly to a Mac. But I
think it is about $1000 or perhaps a bit more than that cheaper, if
that makes any sense.
Mary
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On Jul 24, 2017, at 8:39 AM, Les Kriegler <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Mary,
In my opinion, all the no takers including the ultra or overpriced.
The ultra the last time I checked for the 40 so my will cost her
about $4000. Not worth it in my opinion for what you get. Anybody who
buys a blind is no taking device is really paying premium for it.
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On Jul 24, 2017, at 10:36 AM, Mary Otten <[email protected]
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If you don't want the full blown capability of a very expensive
blindness note taker, such as the new Polaris, you might consider
the varrio ultra. That has the ability to transfer files with a USB
stick. And it also has note taking capability. It has an excellent
warranty. Some people also find it more complicated than the
traditional regular braille displays such as the edge. They do have
excellent US customer support, as well as an online manual, and an
active helpful email list. This display comes in 20 or 40 sell
links. It has a text reader, word processor, PDF reader, spreadsheet
viewer and others. What it does not have our things like the ability
to fetch email or connect to the Internet. That is where you would
need the full note taker, but then you're also going to be paying a
whole lot more. And if you're good with your iPhone and your Mac,
really, who needs that?
Mary
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On Jul 24, 2017, at 3:08 AM, Caitlyn Furness
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi,
Personally, I love any of the Hims devices, so these are things
like the new polaris and the U2, braille sense line of products.
The braille is nice and crisp, and the devices themselves are just
very well made.
I can’t speak about anything made by humanware except the
brilliant, but that’s a full sized display and doesn’t have the
capability to store files, just access what’s on the computer when
you are hooked up to it.
I think the braille edge from Hims also works somewhat like a
braille note taker, but am not sure on that.
I’ve had no troubles getting files from the mac onto the braille
sense. when I attach it to my mac with a USB cable, the device
comes up like any other drive, and I can copy and paste things from
one to the other, although it takes a long time. Of course, you
can also use a usb stick to transfer files, or the sd card.
HTH, and I’ll be interested to see what others have to say on this
as well!
Cait
On Jul 23, 2017, at 6:26 PM, Sarah Amelia Sackville McLauchlan
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi all!
So am looking for some advice/guidance before I go out and start
applying for assistive tech grant money. I used to use the
BrailleNote, but mine died a long time ago. And even before it
did, I was starting to run into compatibility issues between it,
the program I used to transfer files to my old computer (a PC in
those days), and the computer itself. Plus, of course, I've since
switched to Mac, which I don't think my BrailleNote was compatible
with anyway. So now I'm without a Braille device! But I really
want to get another one. What's compatible with Mac, though?
Basically, what I'm looking for would be a portable, refreshable
Braille device that I can easily transfer files to from my
computer and back. Because, although I might use it for writing
sometimes, what I'd mainly be using it for is reading. For
example, I'd use it to read my papers when I present at
conferences, or my poetry/fiction at reading events. Though, I
might use it for private reading too. So are there devices in the
Mac compatible world that will allow me to do that?
Anyway, thanks. :-) I figured that, if anyone would know, it'd be
folks here!
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