I feel your pain, I am doing a project at church in a few weeks and they asked if I had a laptop, I do, and at home I connect a wireless keyboard. However, if I were to carry it around with me not an option and I am constantly hitting the touch pad on a Lenovo laptop and sending it to who knows where, I hate how far the keyboard is back, makes me lean forward and I keep resting the palm of either hand on the stupid thing, On the Toshiba my husband had, very old, I could turn that off with function key 9, can't seem to do it on the Lenovo with any key, not even through the control panel, maybe it can be done, but so far not by me.
I'd much rather type notes etc. but for now it looks like I will learn the Focus 14 commands which I did not have time for last spring when I bought the device and braille. I love braille, don't get me wrong, however, in the past nearly 40 years I have typed 8 hours or more a day, brailed just maybe a couple of times a week or less. I once was very fast but now am not, especially on tiny keys on a braille display. Well have to devote time to this instead of other things to make it work for me, I use the Focus minimally thus far as I was working full time in the spring, transitioning to a new company not by my choice, then ill, was terminated and am now retired earlier than I wished to be. Any display users, especially of the Focus are welcome to contact me at roseco...@q.com I read braille perfectly, recognize mistakes easily but, these little keys are going to be my downfall. I used a Braille note for years, loved it but, probably will need something I can use where others can see what is happening is the reason I was asked about a laptop or I device. My iPad is wifi only and bought just at the end of its cycle in early September 2013 as a present after I taught my husband how to use one with VO and zoom for him not me. He bought me a mini after that and just before new announcements were made. First gen so although I use it at home, it isn't going anywhere and his was donated to a friend who spent months on a ventilator unable to talk but very much mentally with it. I helped set it up so it could talk for him after my husband passed a year ago in the spring. So choice now looks like either hooking the Focus to the laptop via Bluetooth, if I can or using my iPhone which would be less to carry. My Braille note is an mPower, and if no one needed to see what I was doing, and if I could get it to connect to my home network so I could load it easier it would be my choice. I still use it but cannot get it to connect to anything even with a network card these days. Never truly worked well in that regard anyway. However, makes it useless as an e-mail client also and probably would not open the documents I will be sent. Long story as to why I did not upgrade it, let's just say HW and I are no longer friendly. Rose Combs roseco...@q.com A picture may be worth a thousand words but it takes up three times the memory! -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 11:06 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com; macvisionar...@googlegroups.com Subject: Taking notes for meeting, Mac or iPad? I have been asked to substitute as a minutes take her for an upcoming meeting. I used to do this on a PC laptop in MS Word with complete confidence and competence. However, that laptop is long since gone and buried. At this point, my choices are to use my eye pad with a Bluetooth keyboard and pray that I don't get bit by the Bluetooth bug in iOS 9, choosing among apps such as voice dream writer or the new notes app. Or I could borrow my husbands 11 inch MacBook air, with which I am not that familiar, and use something like text at it. Neither prospect is exciting. I'm looking for something that is going to be reliable and foolproof. As in me being a fool and screwing up their minutes. What do people think would be the easiest thing to do the most foolproof thing? This is, assuming I don't get the Bluetooth bug that wipes out my iPad? Most about using the MacBook is hitting that darned oversized touchpad and ending up somewhere where I really don't want to be and not having a clue how to get back where I need to be in the text writing app. Mary Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. 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. Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. 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