hello Yes, I did type on the apex, and noticed the keys to be quiter than on the Braillenote. I haven't used a Braillenote empower for awhile as I am using a pk. but if I remember correctly, the bn empower keys tended to be a little noisy. and so i do think the apex is quiter.
--- On Thu, 11/19/09, Nicola Sanders (Telenet) <[email protected]> wrote: From: Nicola Sanders (Telenet) <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Braillenote] apex To: [email protected], [email protected] Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 11:44 AM Hello Denise, Thanks very much for this excellent description. I was wondering, what did you think of the keyboard on the Apex, and were you able to judge whether it was quieter than that of the mPower? Thanks, Nicky ----- Original Message ----- From: "denise avant" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 4:20 AM Subject: [Braillenote] apex > Hello all, > > Today, I got a chance to see the apex. For those of you who are empower > users, you will love it.! It's a little smaller than the Braillenote empower > in width, but about the same size in length. It's thickness is like that of > the stream. It has three usb ports, so you can plug in all kinds of devices > at the same time. It has an sd card reader which will support 32 gig. > > It has a VVGA port at the back. It has an earphone and microphone jack on > the left side of the machine. The record button is like that of the record > button on the stream. > > The Braille on the unit is excellent, as its very crisp and sharp and makes > reading extremely comfortable. > > The size of the unit sort of reminds me of a netbook computer as apex fits > easily in my purse which was a medium size purse. > > The aps on it work the same as the aps on the empower and pk. There is no > difference there. > > It has wireless capabilities - but I didn't get to put that to the test as > we didn't have wireless available. It has a port to connect an Ethernet > cable. It has Bluetooth and a usb connection port on the side if you want to > use the unit as a Braille display. > > The radio is much better sounding, and picks up stations really easily. > > I noticed that books, and long documents load a little faster. > > So for you guys who are putting together the financing, and will have one > soon, you will enjoy it, particularly when humanware starts to roll out some > additional aps. > > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
