I've been wanting one of these ever since I heard about it. I'd even pick it over the Braille Edge because there's a smaller model available.
Right now, I have a Brailliant BI 32. I'd like the Vario Ultra for its ability to take notes independently of an iDevice, without having to worry about the weird Braille translation errors you come across with iOS Braille translation. This will also allow me to completely avoid the weird lockup issues with Braille displays and iDevices. I don't know if you've ever seen one of the Brailliant displays, but it looks a lot like a BrailleNote, if you've seen one of those. It has the thumb keys, slightly-slanted keyboard, etc. Does the Vario look somewhat like this? If you've seen a Brailliant or a BrailleNote, what are the physicaal d ifferences between either of those products and the Vario? Thanks, Ari > On Aug 5, 2014, at 6:08 PM, Richard Turner <rich...@turner42.com> wrote: > > I saw the Ultra Vario 20 cell braille display today. > The cost is $2395.00 and is made by Baum. > In my opinion, it is one of the best braille displays I've seen. > It has a switch to toggle from display mode to notetaker mode. > In the notetaker mode, it has a word processor that can read the standard > text file types, BRF, TXT, DOC, etc. > What you write in the word processor can be opened on the computer I think as > a TXT file. > It also has a pdf and excel viewer. They plan to add a power point viewer > this fall. > You can have up to 4 bluetooth devices paired at one time. A key combination > toggles through the different bluetooth channels. > It has 32 GB of internal flash, plus can read and save to USB sticks. > It has a key lock switch. > I found the keyboard very comfortable to write on. > It has the standard braille keys and the baum navigation keys, plus a few > extra modifier keys for accessing menus, modes, etc. > There is also a 40 cell model which cells for $3395.00. > The braille felt very sharp and clear to me. > It will start shipping around August 15th. > > You can read more about it and find a local dealer at: > http://www.baumusa.com/ > If I didn't already have the Braille Edge in my office, I would buy the 20 > cell for its portability and features. > Richard > > > "Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education." - Victor Hugo > > > > Sent from my iPhone > -- > 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/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. > 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/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. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
