Hi Eric:
Carolyn back atchya.  If I remember right, (always a risky proposition), the 
easy-braille 40 was$4,485, for the 40 cell display.  The Braillino, which is 
also a notetaker, and does more on it's own is $3,990.  And just an FYI, I 
didn't rely on my memory after all, I went back to the website.  Ah, laziness 
can be curbed after all.  I'm living proof.:) 
Carolyn Haas
[email protected]



On Oct 19, 2010, at 3:38 PM, Eric Oyen wrote:

> 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.
>>>>> 
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