Back in the day, I was considering getting an Apex note taker and in fact had one for a few days to give it a spin. For the price though, I simply wasn't convinced. I instead set myself up with what was at that time an iPad 2, bluetooth keyboard and 40 cell Brailiant BI 40. The Apex would have run me $6,000.00. Whereas the iPad set up came in at around something like $4,000.00. I've since gotten different iPhones and iPads and bluetooth keyboards, but the BI 40 is stil going strong. There is absolutely no way I would ever buy a Braille note taker now. I'm sure being blind specific, there may be a few tasks that it may be better at than an iPad/iPhone/iPot Touch combo with a display, but not for the price difference. That and you can do so much more with an iOS device than just being stuck with Keysoft or whatever it's called that at this point, screams 2004.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 2:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Replacing Braille Notetaker with iDevice Hi, I'm curious to hear from people who have replaced their Braille notetaker with an iDevice. I've been toying with the idea of investing in a U2 for reading books, taking notes and performing similar quick tasks. Questions: 1. I've heard there are displays that let you type text and then send to the iDevice in one burst. I don't understand the mechanics of this, but what are the displays you know that do this? 2. Is Braille input in iOS as dreadful as some people have made it out to be? I don't mind learning various keystrokes, but I do mind delays in transmition. 3. Is there a means to read BRF in iOS? 4. What 32-cell display would you personally recommend? Thanks guys for any help. Joe -- Musings of a Work in Progress: www.JoeOrozco.com/ Twitter: @ScribblingJoe -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" 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/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" 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/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
