OH they still make the alva? I was looking at that for a braille desplay and have started to save for it.?
Take care. On Apr 28, 2010, at 2:26 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Hi sean, your student is going to be brailleless for a little while longer > yet. When braille arrives in IPhone OS4, there's not a guarantee that it's > going to be as functional as say, braille on the mac, although it will almost > sertainly support bluetooth which mac OS didn't support until snowleopard. > > If it were me, my first choice of display would be a braille connect, > followed closely by the alva bc640. The braille connect is far and away the > better of the two displays imho, but braille displays are a matter of strong > personal preference. What feels good in one man's hand doesn't necessarily > feel good in another's. I suggest you let your student hold and use both of > these displays and pick the one that feels good in his hand. Otherwise, you > might buy something he's not comfortable with and it will go into a closet. > > Best, > > Erik Burggraaf > APlus certified technician and user support consultant > Call toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 > Visit my all new website: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > Email: [email protected] > > On 2010-04-28, at 3:35 PM, Sean Tikkun wrote: > >> Hey folks, >> >> One of my students just jumped and convinced his grandparents to get him an >> iPad. As his teacher I obviously need to support him. Our district is >> willing to get a bluetooth refreshable braille display, but I have no idea >> which ones might/will work. Not only that, they want to know ASAP... guess >> they have some money available. Any ideas or experiences? >> >> >> Your Friend, >> Sean Richards Tikkun >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> <ADE_Logo_graysingle.png>-- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
