Hi Isaac I did not want to frighten anybody. This kind of equipment needs improvement and there is always something to ameliorate. I got my BT last week,. I used to work with Braille lite 40, but apparently nobody in Italy can repair it any longer. I will send it somewhere else, but in the meantime I cannot work with slate and stylus!
For what concerns features: I have been using it for only a few days, but I am not able to work in overwrite mode, while editing, so, if I must correct a letter in a given word, I have to cancel the old one and to write the new one, whereas, if I had "overwrite" mode, all I had to do is to overwrite the good letter. If I want to replace a letter with another letter, this is not possible, unless you replace the whole word. It happens sometimes that you miss a dot, for instance instead of r (1235) you write dots 235. Backing up I could not copy all data on my desktop computer. Databases are not copied, I do not know why. Conversion You can never be sure that what you have on your BT is really copied onto your desktop. When you make a copy Braillenote converts before copying, so it can happen that some information gets corrupted. Ambiguities The manual refers to key 7 and to key 8 as bakspace and enter. You may think that if you press key 7 you obtain backspace and if you press 8 you obtain enter. In reality, to obtain bakspace you must press space and key 7 and to obtain enter you must use both space bar and dot 8. Erasing to erase a file you press backspace and c to erase an item in you services database you must press something else. BT has a variety of advantages which should not be underestimated, but, because I find it a very good piece of equipment, I wish I could recommend it to as many friends as possible. Bye for now Antonio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Isaac Obie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Antonio Quatraro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 6:36 AM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] short introduction > Antonio, > what happened to your braille lite? I sold mine to buy the BrailleNote. I > am serious. that's what i did! now you said there's a need for improvement > in the Braillenote and the manual? what improvements do you have in mind? > can I delete my braille lite manuals now? <grin> > good to see you here Antonio! I haven't made it back to Europe yet! > <smile> > Isaac > > On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Antonio Quatraro wrote: > > > hello everybody > > My name is Antonio Quatraro, I live in florence (IItaly). > > I have received a new BT 18 and I find it a very good machine, which can be improvement both in its features and in its manual. > > I am very interested in hearing from other people about their experience and I will send some clarification questions for the more expert listers. > > best regards > > Antonio Quatraro > > ___ > > 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 > > >
