Dear Terry, I've been brailling since I was in the first grade.
Nevertheless, when I'm using a computer, I prefer to use a QWERTY keyboard. The BN's keyboard is not at all hard to learn. The letters and numbers are the same as a PC and most of the punctuation is the same, too. The major differences between the BN's keyboard and a full-size keyboard on a PC are: 1. There are no f1-f12 keys on the top of the keyboard. 2. There is no number pad. 3. The double quotation mark is in a different place. 4. There is only one read and control key. The shift key is in a different place, much more convenient in my opinion. I have never seen a keyboard on a laptop, but I believe most laptops don't have a number keypad. 6. The BN doesn't have an insert key. PDI wanted to have a compact but useable keyboard and that's why they made it the way they did. I find it to be a very easy keyboard to use and I only had to learn a few differences. I didn't have to "memorize a whole new keyboard." I must add that I don't think laptop keyboards have the 12 function keys, but I could be wrong about that. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Braillenote List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 5:53 AM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] The single quote versus the apostrophe > Hi everyone > I sure am glad I did not get the quarty BN now. How do you remember all the > differences between a computer and the qt key board. Memorizing one > keyboard at a time is enough. > Why didn't they make it the same as the computer. It is hard enough to get > used to the slant of the BT key board. Do you have any idea why it was made > like that. I have been brailleing > since second grade and now this! That is a long time, 19 years in the > government. > Bye for now. > Good Luck all of you in your new classes. > > Terry Powers > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wilma johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 11:28 PM > To: Braillenote List > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] The single quote versus the apostrophe > > > Hi Paul, > > I don't know what keyboard you're looking at but the button to the right > of the space bar is the "repeat" key andnd the one to the left of the No. 1 > is the escape. Maybe I'm not understanding what you're talking about. > > Wilma > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 5:22 PM > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] The single quote versus the apostrophe > > > > Hi, Roselle. If I press that key to the left of number one, it says grave > > accent. A shift, as you stated is a tilde. I'd have to ask my wife, a > > writer, where the grave accent is used, but it is an accent mark, I > believe. > > I tried opening a document in the bn and typing this quote followed by > > Hello. and another quote or pressing that key. It didn't show anything on > > the braille display. If I typed it by itself, it showed what looked like a > > dropped h with a dot on either side, but once I entered another word, it > > disappeared. > > I know that when I scan a document and if they are quoting something that > > someone else said, not someone speaking in the book, they do use the > > apostrophe. > > So, if that quote key to the right of the spacebar is a grave accent, then > > that makes sense. Pressing a shift of that key does indeed give one the > > tilde. So, it appears that that particular key is the same as the one to > > the left of the number one on a standard keyboard. > > I suppose it should say grave accent since that is what is said on a > > standard keyboard and quote is sort of misleading. > > Paul Henrichsen > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <home.pacbell.net/paulh52> > > > > > > > > ___ > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >
