Hi again Kait. If they did not allow you to see the Brailliant BI, it has expanded quite a bit. There are now thumb kieys on the front, braille input keys, and it will of course connect to iDevices. however, I will say that I do not like the design of the input keyboard, as the spacebars, yes there are 2 of them, are too far from the rest of the keys. however, that's personal preference, so you may not find it is that big of a deal.
I hope this helps, Scott On 8/1/13, Kevin Mattingly <kdmattin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have an 80 character Brailliant and a Braille Connect 40. The Braille > Connect has input capabilities and is decent but I seldom use the input keys > on it. > > Kev > On Aug 1, 2013, at 12:16 PM, Cait and Maggie <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> thanks Buddy. >> I did want the braille edge, but ADP doesn't cover that one, >> unfortunately. >> It was either the brilliant, the focus ones, or the alva. >> The brilliant they showed me had no input keys and was very simple. >> lol, I hate humanware, so didn't want to go with the brilliant for that >> reason plus the no input keys. >> I'm glad I said something now, because I might be able to change it before >> everything gets ordered. >> Cait >> >> On 2013-08-01, at 11:53 AM, Buddy Brannan <bu...@brannan.name> wrote: >> >>> If you want braille input, check out the Himbs Braille Edge. It’s $1000 >>> cheaper, it has an SD card slot (so you can read your library books), >>> plus other basic notetaker functions. I have the Alva, and its built-in >>> text editor is stupid. For one thing, you’v got this 4GB flash drive that >>> you can’t access from the thing, the text editor/reader only access the >>> smaller couple MB drive. Seems a waste if you ask me. >>> -- >>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA >>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY >>> >>> >>> >>> On Aug 1, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Cait and Maggie <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> why do you prefer the brilliant over the alva? >>>> I looked at the brilliant and while it seems sturdy, you can't do >>>> braille input on it. >>>> Interested to know your reasons… >>>> thanks, >>>> Cait >>>> >>>> On 2013-08-01, at 10:51 AM, Matt Dierckens <matt.dierck...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I like the Brailliant from Humanware a lot better than the Alva. >>>>> On 2013-08-01, at 10:51 AM, erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, It does work, but if I were you I would go back to your funder >>>>>> and request something else. I teach the bc640 and it's the bain of my >>>>>> existence. The dots fail all over the place and the support is >>>>>> abominable. Some of my resellers won't even sell it because the cost >>>>>> to support it isn't worth the markup. >>>>>> >>>>>> Now I'll have probably offended some users who have a bc640 and love >>>>>> it, and haven't had their one unit fail, but After seeing 10 or 15 of >>>>>> them in the last 3 years with about %50 attrition, I can't keep on >>>>>> recommending them. Especially with the braille edge and the >>>>>> brailliant BI available. Even a focus blue would be better than an >>>>>> alva. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> >>>>>> 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 2013-08-01, at 10:38 AM, Cait and Maggie >>>>>> <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks Buddy. >>>>>>> I just had a vender here try and tell me it doesn't. I just got >>>>>>> funding for one, so just wanted to check. >>>>>>> Cait >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 2013-08-01, at 10:36 AM, Buddy Brannan <bu...@brannan.name> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It sure does. >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA >>>>>>>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Aug 1, 2013, at 10:29 AM, Cait and Maggie >>>>>>>> <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>> Does anybody know if the alva bc640 works with the mac? >>>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>>> Caitlyn >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>>>>>> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>> Visit this group at 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