I've used my then braille lite in choirs too in fact at one point was able to get people to just e-mail me my parts and put them on the braille lite and it workedvery well sighted people just think this stuff is cool anyway. I was doing e-mail last night ewith my cell on the way home from work and someone asked me what was up so i talked about the bn and he just thought it was cool which mostly it is. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 1:07 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] A fun use of BrailleNote
> Hi, Paula and everyone, > > I know so well how you feel. I spilled a drop of orange juice on my > BrailleNote during a meeting and it was the most expensive cup of orange > juice I ever drank. I thought the cup was empty and I had my BrailleNote on > my lap, but that one little drop hit its target, (grin.) I learned a > lesson, believe me! > > Karen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "paula jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 8:38 PM > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] A fun use of BrailleNote > > > > I use my BN for choir all the time. I strap it on my waist, and read > away. > > So what if people think I'm feeling my stomach!!!!!!!! > > > > I've also used it with a music stand, playing an instrument called a > Qchord > > with my left hand and reading words with my right. How cool is that!! > > > > By the way, just for everyone's information, I sent my BN back even though > > it started working after it's "coffee break" just to be sure everything's > > okay. Fortunately I was able to back up all files and translate the files > I > > needed to print into Microsoft word before I returned the unit. I haven't > > heard back yet and probably won't for a few days, so I'm going through a > > painful BN withdrawal. That earlier, brailless note taker's better than > > nothing, but I guess a pencil and paper is better than no computer for > > people who can see, too. If there is damage done by the coffee, I'm > > prepared to pay for it. The spill was an accident, the fact that I > carried > > the BN on my shoulder with the cover open was my negligence. Again I > say, > > let this be a lesson to us all. I guarantee I'll keep that case closed > when > > I'm not actually working from now on, and will very possibly keep the BN > in > > a little lap top case as well. > > > > God bless! > > Paula Jordan who's anxiously waiting the return package from Pulsedata > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul > > Henrichsen > > Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 6:21 PM > > To: Braillenote List > > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] A fun use of BrailleNote > > > > > > Hi, Peggy. I tried using my braille lite 18 in choir once. One of the > > members laughed and told me I looked like R2D2. My wife said; no. He looks > > more like C3P O. My braille note qt is larger. I suppose it would look > > pretty funny with a keyboard protruding from my stomach<grin>. > > But I used to use my blt all the time. Usually, I didn't hang it around my > > neck, but just held it below my waist in my right hand and read and > > advanced with my right. I don't think this would work with my qt as it is > > so much larger. > > > > At 3/14/2004, you wrote: > > > > >Hi, guys. Now that I have gps and the new planner and case for my > > >BrailleNote, I pretty much carry it everywhere, just in case I need to > > >write something down. Well Saturday evening, the lady who was supposed > to > > >sing part of a song as a solo didn't show up. I was asked if I could > fill > > >in, but wasn't sure if I knew all the words to the solo part. No > > >problem. A fellow choir member read them to me, I jotted them down, and > > >when the time came, with the BN around my neck, I read and sang the > > >solo. What fun! > > > > > >Peggy > > > > > > > > > > > >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kernsac > > >MSN Messenger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > >___ > > >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 > > > > 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 > >
