Leo,
Right on the support. How do you like your 5th? Anyone remember the
Blazie notetakers? I miss those cells, nice and sharp. I am not so fond
of the more rounded ones used these days but can live with that.
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On 4/29/2018 4:18 AM, Les Kriegler wrote:
Hi Mary,
A couple of months ago, I purchased the Fifth Generation Focus for the
reasons you stated. I like being able to quickly switch between my
iPhone and PC with this display. Regardless of the company one chooses
to work with, there are pros and cons with all of them. I chose the
Focus as I am confident Freedom Scientific will be around to support
this device.
Les
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One of the things about the focus this place has been complaints about
durability in the past. One of the new things with the new generation is
sturdier build. They have bumpers on the ends of them now, and it’s a
metal housing I believe. My friend loves the auto scroll feature. But he
is a jaws user. I don’t know if it works in any other context besides Jaws.
Mary
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> On Apr 28, 2018, at 9:42 AM, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Mary and Jason,
> Good question on availability. I will need to look into that.
>
> The new Focus sounds interesting. In general how well has the Focus
line held up? That auto scroll feature is intriguing. I may see if I can
get one to look at.
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>> On 4/28/2018 9:35 AM, Mary Otten wrote:
>> Can you even still purchase a v u? I didn’t think baum USA, which is
now out of business, even had any stock left. It’s a great display with
a big learning curve. I would really seriously look at the new
generation focus if I were you. It has multiple devices capability and
will have some notetaking capability later this year. A friend of mine
just got one and says it’s very well-built, and he really likes it a lot.
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> On Apr 28, 2018, at 9:31 AM, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Donna,
>>> Good feedback. When I first got the Edge I was impressed with it.
But I think HIMS moves on rather too quickly and legacy products pile
up. I think the last update is from 2015.
>>>
>>> There is no end to the learning curve so since you anticipated my
desire to join a VU list, I just joined! Thanks for that.
>>>
>>> I do like the multiple Bluetooth concept. I found the user guide
too so will go through it over the next week or so.
>>>
>>> Perhaps someone will take over Baum. If that happens, lets hope
it does not decrease in quality of product and support.
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>>>> On 4/28/2018 5:59 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
>>>> Hey ET,
>>>> I currently own both those displays--I replaced my Edge with the
VU, and was never able to sell my Edge.
>>>> This is a really hard question to answer. Erik is right, the
bankruptcy issue with Baum has real nightmare potential. Currently
David Bradburn is providing some repair support, but he's doing it as a
side-gig. The only tech support is the VU list. It's a lot of
knowledgeable and very helpful folks, but that's not the same as getting
tech support from the company.
>>>> That said, the VU is the best display I've ever owned. The
Braille Edge frankly doesn't even come close. I'm not sure what
happened with the Edge. It has lots of coolness potential, but it's
like HIMS started to develop it and then just stopped. It has all
these function keys, for example, but most of them don't do much. The
apps are also very limited. It has a sort of minimal word processor and
file manager, and a calculator, but it's all kind of like something
you'd find on an old flip phone.
>>>> The VU has a nice word processor with separate file manager, a PDF
reader, and an Excel spreadsheet viewer. And as Erik pointed out, can
connect to multiple bluetooth devices.
>>>> The VU also has by far the nicer form factor. It's funny, when
the Edge came out it felt relatively small, but it is very heavy and
blocky compared to the VU, which is small, and light, and sleek.
>>>> The VU has a significantly higher learning curve, but I wouldn't
imagine that that would be an issue for you.
>>>> One last thing to think about is that with the Edge, you transfer
files onto it with an SD card, which is pretty dated. With the VU, you
can transfer either via USB drive or you can connect it directly to a
PC, and it functions as a stand-alone drive. Unfortunately, that
feature does not work on the Mac.
>>>> So, that's the sum of my wisdom on the subject. The VU is by far
the better display, but it depends on whether you want to get involved
with the Baum situation. Were it me, I'd probably still go for the VU,
it's just that much better. But I can certainly understand someone not
wanting to take that risk. If you want to try and track down a VU, I'd
suggest joining the list and asking there. The URL to subscribe is:
[email protected]. Put Subscribe in the subject line.
If you have any other questions, I'm happy to try and answer them.
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Donna
>>>>> On Apr 27, 2018, at 5:41 PM, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have the opportunity to replace my Braille Edge. Donna, I
hope you will chime in.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can choose just about anything but will limit my choice to
either another Edge or the Vario Ultra 40. Given that Baum is in
bankruptcy, the question is then what about tech support. Is the Vario
Ultra still a good bet?
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