Carol, whats the price on that thing retail? I hope it is a lot cheaper than the 40 cell display.
-Eric On Oct 19, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi guys: > I just had a brief hands on with two displays: The braillino, and the > easy-braille 40, by Handytech. What was interesting for me was that I > actually took to the Braillino, an eighteen cell display, much more quicly > than the Easy-braille 40. I thought I'd be happier having a long line of 40 > cells, but the advance feature on the Braillino was a lot quicker for me. > With the 40, I found I had to read with one hand, and use the mac keyboard > with the other to keep things moving. Also, I found the Easy-braille lagged > behind the voiceover a lot. With the Braillino, there is a rocker switch for > advancing and it seemed to stay ahead of Vo, so that you get what almost > seems like a confirmation of the braille. Given that this was about a half > hour exchange or so, I'm just stating first impressions. I also found the 40 > cell line kind of cumbersome to read, and felt much more proficient with the > shorter display. > Hopefully these observations might help someone who is exploring their > options as well. > Carolyn Haas > [email protected] > > > > On Oct 19, 2010, at 10:53 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > >> Hey, I would be happy if I could read 1 word a minute. I can read the >> room numbers now with 85% accuracy. :-). >> Jon >> >> >> On 18/10/2010, Samuel <[email protected]> wrote: >>> actually I meant to add this to the other topic i posted about braille >>> displays I forget that this is a mailing list and not a message board >>> sometimes. >>> >>> On Oct 18, 7:11 pm, "Isaac Obie" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> You don't need a braille display to improve your reading speed. You could >>>> always get a braille book or braille magazine and find good reading >>>> mateials! there's ESPN the Magazine, PC World, the computer magazine, >>>> There's a chess magazine, there're various other magazines and books to be >>>> had from your local library. >>>> Heck, I didn't improve my reading speed with a braille display. I used >>>> braille books. >>>> Isaac >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Samuel" <[email protected]> >>>> To: "MacVisionaries" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 6:57 PM >>>> Subject: braille display >>>> >>>>> Actually, if my reading speed were 50 words per minute, i could get >>>>> the state government here in Texas to buy one for me, but that's the >>>>> whole stalemate thing. I don't improve my reading speed because >>>>> there's nothing good to read, I could undoubtedly improve it with a >>>>> braille display, but I don't think I can afford to buy one myself. >>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. > Eric Oyen - N7ZZT Phoenix Arizona Geocode: 33.488462 -112.234926 N33° 29.3077', W112° 14.0956' -- 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.
