I recently had a chance to use a Braille Pen 12 and compare it to several others. If you narrow your list down to the RefreshaBraille or the Braille Pen, go with the Refreshabraille. The key responsiveness is much better with the Refreshabraille, and even though it offers 18 cells, it is actually slightly smaller than the Braille Pen 12. I have not seen the Focus 14 from Freedom Scientific yet. I'm hoping to get some time with one as soon as the dealer nearby gets one in, which should be within two weeks. I wasn't clear if you knew this, but all braille displays have 8 dots. David gave a good explanation and a good resource for learning computer braille in his message so I won't repeat all that. HTH, Richard
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Amy Harris Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 11:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Small braille keyboard/displays for iPhone Thanks for the info! :-) I've been looking at the BraillePen 12 and I hadn't heard about the HumanWare 14-cell display! I'm going to add that to my list. *GRIN* Below are the ones that I've been considering. I'd appreciate any thoughts that anyone has on them. RefreshABraille 18 (8-dot Braille display.) BraillePen 12 VarioConnect 12-cell (Baum) EasyLink 12 (Optelec) HumanWare Focus 14 (Thanks to the list! *GRIN*) Also, I grew up on 6-dot Braille. For anyone that knows/has learned 8-dot Braille, is it a hard adaptation to make? Thanks again! Amy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
