I still like humanware displays and I really hope that that is the one I will be able to get when they become sent out officially. I don't know why they have 2 space bars though. I can think this is something I will use in church for reading the Bible. There are also some books from bard, that it would be great to have in braille loaded with bard mobile.
On 8/15/21, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > Updated version with the info about the cursor routing buttons made more > clear. > > I have had the eReader from NLS made by Humanware for about three days. > My impressions are below, in no particular order. > 1. The neck strap is cheap and not at all comfortable. It is too skinny, and > made out of a very rough material. > 2. There are two space bars that for me, are not positioned well. I use my > right thumb for pressing the space bar and I find its position slightly too > far to the right. > 3. There are cursor routing buttons over each of the 20 cells, but no > markers every 5 like on most displays with routing buttons. > 4. The keyboard is ergonomically designed with the slight curve. The space > bars are below the braille cells, which is fine for me but I know some > people prefer the space bar closer to the keyboard. > The keys have more play in them than I expected. They feel a little spongy. > 5. The case makes it look like a hardback book. It opens just like a book > cover, with the spine on the back of the unit leaving the front thumb keys > exposed. The best word I can think of is, "cute." > 6. The braille feels better to me than on the Humanware braille note touch > plus, but not quite as good as on the Orbit Readers. > 7. It does not have a note taker, but can be connected to a computer or a > smart phone to be used as a braille keyboard. > 8. The setup for Bluetooth devices is much like other Humanware displays. > It follows Humanware's logic, which is not my logic, but following the > instructions did work. > 9. NLS BARD login and download is very straight forward. > 10. Changing braille grades is slow. Press Space+g and you have to wait > about 6 or 7 seconds before the grade shows up, Then, once the one you want > is on the display, wait another 6 or 7 seconds for the display to go back to > what you were doing. > 11. when used as a braille input device with an iPhone SE 2020, it works > pretty much as well as all displays work, which is very good. > 12. The battery life seems to be maybe 6 or 8 hours, hard to be sure yet. > 13. There is no internet browser, Wi-Fi is used for downloading BARD books > and updating the firmware. > 14. The wi-Fi set up was pretty straight forward, as Humanware devices go. > 15. I have not tried using it with the computer. > 16. It takes approximately 20 seconds to start up and about 17 seconds to > shut down. Probably due to the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth functions, I am not > sure. > > To get an eReader from NLS you have to contact your regional library for the > blind and sign up for braille materials, and then request the eReader. If > you already receive braille materials, simply contact them and ask how to > get sign up for an eReader if your library is participating in the program > that is.. > At this point, it is still considered a pilot program and you have to agree > to participate in several surveys at 2, 4, and 6 months after receiving the > device and of course, to return it if you are not going to use it. If you > want, you can keep it after the pilot project is finished. > Oregon seems to be getting the Humanware device; some states are getting the > one from Zoomax. > There are YouTube videos walking through each device, settings, how to…, > etc.. > Here is the physical description link for the Humanware device: > https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-9336/ > > Here is the physical description link for the Zoomax device: > https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-9653/ > > > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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