THat is too bad that you are needing to think about that. I still hold out hope rightnow that pulse data will do something to keep this current but user friendly whatever that means to people. I'd like to think they want business and i'm sure they know what to do to get that to happen and i wouldn't think adding a USB port would be hard and I'm not sure why it wasn't done in the first place. My printer uses paralell but i'm sure it will be the last one and my new pc doesn't have an ir port so, that leaves me with serial, or activesync or cf cards,. Fine, right now that works, but hopefully there is something in the eworks for someone like you who needs something more. And wow, in my work, we still use win 95 and I tried to get something from a manager once and they just e-mailed it to me and i got it with my bn and cell because the pc they had wouldn't take my cf reader which I usually carry and i leave the dsk drive here at home. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Weinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Another idea for future upgrades:
> Dear Tina And List, > My network section at work has just installed Office 2003 on my work PC. Someone confirm this for me; WORD 2003 documents will not open on the Braillenote. My other problem at work relates to the Braillenote having no USB connecters. This makes it clumsier to connect the Braillenote to the PC for transferring files. Additionally, encrypted e-mail, and digital signatures are more and more in use. I am concerned that I will not be able to use the Braillenote for these uses. Secure web pages cannot currently be accessed using the Braillenote. This also gives me great concern for using the Braillenote on the job. > > It is interesting to evaluate $6000.00 and what kinds of portable devices, for the blind user, can be baught. There is the Braillenote, the Pacmate, and the sub-notebook with screen reader and Braille display. The mainstreem sub-notebooks are getting quite compact in size. I am looking into this sub-notebook option, rather than replacing my Braillenote with another Braillenote, or a Pacmate. > > Sincerely, > Jerry Weinger > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >From: tina birenbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: Braillenote List <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 22:15:26 -0800 > >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Another idea for future upgrades: > > > concerned because it I'm just curious. For those of you who travel for work and share files in meetings and other > >work sejtings, how do you find the bn meets your needs? If your in an office and need to share a file with or give it to someone, how do you do this quickly and easily? I really like my braille note but work in a call center right now but have to wonder, if i work in an office setting o day or travel, will the bn be enough. I would like to see the bn get better and am > >a little concerned that eventually pdi will be out in the cold and us too although i hope not. I don't need to play multimedia stuff on the go and i guess if i were a student and someday will again, how does this work in that setting? I don't think I want > >a pm but i also hope my state's money will last long in to the future. and I guess because seeing so many unhappy or at least very concerned people just makes me wonder. I was assurred by more than one person last year that the bns days weren't numbered but reading all this mail has me worried. I eon't one do want to be the only bn user left who's not old and not a student . I guess this works for me for now and i used to have the same concerns about my braille lite note takers and I just hope that down the line pdi is still around and that the bn 5 years from now won't be exactly what it is today or maybe I'm one of the few people who doesn't mind not having third party software, on the go and who doesn't mind using my cell to be wireless, but what about the day when that doesn't work > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: Andy Baracco <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>To: Braillenote List <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 20:23:36 -0800 > >>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Another idea for future upgrades: > > > > >>I have a PC at home, and one at work. i bought the BN strictly for mobil > >>use. i bought in in the summer of 2000, so a lot has happened since then, > >>but the reason I picked it was because it was the only note taker that did > >>POP Email, so I could use it with my regular ISP. I also like the crisp > >>feel of the dots on the Braille display. The Braillenote is the perfect > >>solution for what I need. It appears that there are many on this list, and > >>in other places who want the BN to have all of the functionality of a > >>regular PC. For those folks, I would recommend the purchase of a laptop PC > >>such as the Laptalk, which combines all of the power and functionality of > >>the PC with a full fledged powerful screen reader in a compact footprint. > >>IRTI also sells a PC called the Zero Footprint, which is a full fledged PC > >>built into a case the size of a standard PC keyboard, and it sells for > >>$1000. A Laptalk or Zero Footprint with one of the compact 40 Cell Braille > >>displays sold by either FS or Sighted Electronics would provide a powerful > >>portable solution for about the same price as a BN 32 or equivilant Packmate. > > >>Andy > > > > >>___ > >>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 > >
