Hi Eric, That's funny! I'd forgotten about those old code-factory discussions.
You know, I've never really warmed up to my Alva as much as I thought I would. For one thing, I've never used the audio features in the feature pack, and now that I can't use it to input text, I don't use the feature pack at all. And the functionality to keep files on it and read them never really worked very well. It was fine for making little notes and the like, but not sophisticated enough to read books, which was what I wanted to do. So I'm hoping that the Braille Edge will be a better fit. And for what it's worth, I've had nothing but the best experiences with hims support. I've had a braille sense since 2008, and gotten lots of mileage out of it. I feel like Hims is one of the best adaptive tech companies I've worked with in a long time. Good luck justifying your upgrade, I say go for it! :) Take care, Donna On Mar 7, 2013, at 10:55 AM, erik burggraaf <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Donna, > > Laughs, I seem to remember we were looking for displays at the same time > years and years ago on the code factory list. I'm glad to hear you got so > much out of your alva. > > I've never really regretted going with the braille connect but It's 5 years > old or so now, and after seeing the braille edge I'd love to find an excuse > to upgrade to one. > > Can't really justify it. The old braille connect has been a work horse, but > you know… > > I've found hims support to be a bit flakey. Updates have a way of breaking > things, especially on apple devices. But I like the feel of hims braille > cells so much. The idea of having 40 of them makes me all excited. Sadly it > isn't to be for me, at least not for the foreseeable future. > > > Enjoy, > Erik Burggraaf > Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the > ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog > Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 > or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > > On 2013-03-06, at 9:05 PM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Gigi, >> >> Thanks for sending me all this. I felt pretty confident that the Edge would >> be a good choice, but am glad to hear that it is working so well for you. I >> think I'll move ahead as soon as I can sell my Alva. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> On Mar 6, 2013, at 5:51 PM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Donna >>> I have a braille Edge 40, and I like it a lot. What offhand, I can't think >>> of anything except one little small thing. If you use the Bluetooth option, >>> and then you switch to the USB option to put it on your Mac, there is this >>> Weird thing where you can't go with the space G option to grade to an >>> computer braille. I got around this by usingeither the Bluetooth option >>> most of the time. I think they'll fix that eventually. >>> I guess the only other small thing that I can think of what offhand has >>> nothing to do with the Mac or the iPhone or any iOS device. If you use the >>> standalone option for writing and reading files, there is a slight bug for >>> displaying with BRF files. If you tell the braille edge that you don't want >>> to see special characters, every now and then you will get displayed what >>> appears to be a blank line. This is more noticeable in web braille files. I >>> just go right past it and keep going. >>> You can easily go back and forth between the braille edge and the map, and >>> then that never knows you left. The little card that is inside the Burlage >>> can be put into the slot in a MacBook Pro, and it works real good. The only >>> thing is, it will put these weird little files in there that I ignore most >>> of the time, but you can delete them. They are very obvious, and I have >>> been told that it is the Macintosh computer that is putting the files on >>> there. >>> >>> If you want one, I think you will be doing yourself a good thing by getting >>> a Bralinch. I'm glad I got mine. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Mar 6, 2013, at 7:33 AM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I'm considering purchasing a Braille Edge from HIMS, which I would like to >>>> pair with my Mac, and my i-devices (iPhone, iPod). Could anyone using >>>> that display drop me a line and let me know what you think of it, and how >>>> well it works with these devices? Is there anything about it that doesn't >>>> work well? >>>> >>>> Thanks for any info you can provide. >>>> Best, >>>> Donna >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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