Hi Isaac, Not yet, I'm still waiting for it to be shipped. My BrailleNote works with the Mac allbeit intermittently. I love the Macbook with the BrailleNote, but I think with the Braillino it will be even better. I'm anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Braillino counting down the days!
Musically, Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! On Oct 18, 2010, at 4:00 PM, Isaac Obie wrote: > Allison, > Did you ever get your braillino yet? > I am still waiting to try that braillenote with a Macintosh when the teacher > and I have time. He's been out so we've had to make up for lost time. > Isaac > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allison Manzino" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 3:52 PM > Subject: Re: braille display help > > > Hi Samuel, > > I was thinking about your predicament as I read your post. Is it possible you > could look for a used display instead of shelling out the thousands it would > cost to purchase a new display? Just a thought. I find that my reading > ability only increased when I started reading more. I have been blind since > I was three-years-old, I don't know if that helps. But I think if your eye > condition is gdegenerative, having a Braille display will open up a whole new > tactile world to you. Do you want a notetaker or just a Braille display? THe > displays without the notetaking capability are much less expensive. I've > heard that APH makes a nice display, with concave cells. I'm anxiously > awaiting the arrival of the Handytech Braillino. I hope I have helped. I also > read with my left hand almost exclusively. I have calluses on my hand from > guitar and started using it more and more often to combat the calluses. Now > my left is more sensitive than the right. Have a wonderful day. > > Allison > > My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! > > > On Oct 18, 2010, at 3:13 PM, Samuel wrote: > >> I have a degenerative eye condition, so I'm really feeling the need to >> improve my braille skills, but I've reached a catch 22. I have a hunch >> that getting a braille display will improve my reading by opening up >> much much more content to read, but on the other hand, my reading >> speed is so slow, that it's hard to justify paying 3-4 thousand >> dollars for a braille display. >> >> I'm also left handed, which i think contributes to a poor reading >> speed. >> >> Any suggestions, do I shell out that much money and risk not using the >> display, or do i continue to read the 2 or 3 books I have in the hopes >> of improvement? >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
