Nope, I got the user guide and also the quick start guide that gives you the specs etc. I should have mine by either the end of this week or early next. For whatever reason, the UK dealership isn’t carrying stocks so I have to wait until the device is imported from Canada. Then, the dealer installs JAWS with my license and also updates. Very odd actually, although it’s good that there is testing and so on to ensure that the device is working properly etc..
Another thing I noticed that isn’t present but which might have been nice is a LAN interface. But then again, the device is really designed to be used stand-alone. I’ve been told I may be able to see one later this week, so I’m quite excited about this thing because it will fill a gap for me which has been a bit of a difficult one for quite some time. I do have a number of note taking solutions, not all specialised for vision impaired. I usually prefer to go main stream if possible, but sometimes, it’s nice to know that Braille support is indigenous to a device. I have the BrailleNote Touch, and also a Braille Sense U2. I also still have my old Apex kicking around somewhere, so I’m covered if one device goes down or something. I thought about the Polaris, but having seen one and had the chance to play with it, I’m not really sure it’s the device for me. No touch screen, for instance. There are touch-sensitive buttons which mimic some of the touch screen functions. But I just find that particular approach a bit alien as far as Android devices are concerned. Given the almost four-and-a-half grand price tag, I think there comes a time when you have to say enough is enough. If and when my business gets launched, hopefully in September, I may try to get one then. It’d be good for training clients to have a diversity of products available. But we will see. Anyway, back to the case in point. If you have a Mac, I can make the quick start guide available to you as a web archive if you’d like it. If not, I can try to convert it to something that Windows can handle. ================================================= My compliments and kindest regards Gordon Smith: <[email protected]> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons. If you can avoid printing it, please do so. Think of the environment, save a tree! Contact: • UK Free Phone: 0800 8620538 • UK Mobile/SMS: +44 (0) 7907 823971 • Vic. Australia: +61 38 82059300 • US/Canada: +1 646 9151493 • UK Geographic / Global: +44(0) 1642 688095 ---------------------------------------- —— > On 31 Jul 2017, at 09:28, joe quinn <[email protected]> wrote: > > where do you get the docs from? to my knowledge there's only the user guide > on the VFO web site? > > On 7/31/2017 3:12 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: >> Good Monday to you, one and all >> >> As you may remember me saying last week, I have an ElBraille now on order. >> I’m expecting it some time next week, as the UK dealer is not carrying >> stocks of this item for some reason. >> >> Anyway, in advance of the device arriving, I have broken my tradition of not >> bothering with user manuals, and have spent some time reading the docs. >> >> It struck me the other day when I was thinking about the KNFB reader for >> Windows 10, what a great companion that would be for the ElBraille. I’m >> probably going to buy that one product, although I am curtailing most of my >> purchasing activities on line as of now in order to save funds. My bathroom >> is about to be gutted, and turned into a “Wet Room”, costing me a >> walking four grand in the process. >> >> But, I digress. It struck me, as I say, when reading the specs of the >> ElBraille, that there is no in-built camera of any sort. This seems like a >> real omission, given that the use and availability of OCR products is now >> widespread and, of course, a blind person would most likely require that >> functionality. >> >> Windows 10 is installed on the machine, of course. So to me, it would make >> perfect sense for them to have included an internal camera for this purpose. >> Also, utilities such as Skype could have taken advantage of this as well. >> That really would have made the ElBraille a very attractive portable >> solution for the masses. >> >> As it stands, however, I have no regrets. I am still looking forward to >> having my Focus 14 Blue integrated into a portable, versatile and powerful >> system. >> >> More when I receive the device. >> >> ================================================= >> >> My compliments and kindest regards >> Gordon Smith: >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. >> >> This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons. If you can avoid >> printing it, please do so. Think of the environment, save a tree! >> >> Contact: >> >> • UK Free Phone: 0800 8620538 >> • UK Mobile/SMS: +44 (0) 7907 823971 >> • Vic. Australia: +61 38 82059300 >> • US/Canada: +1 646 9151493 >> • UK Geographic / Global: +44(0) 1642 688095 >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> —— >> >> >> >> >> >
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