Yes, we need to do that! Besides, a friend of mine complained about the personal messages that had nothing to do with Braillenote. It was said that there were too many personal notes and therefore people were not getting the assistance they needed. so if I got one, imagine how many Dean jackson must get! It seems as though we Americans are too chattyy. Isaac
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Rhonda Clark wrote: > I believe what we need to do is concentrate on what is current, and our > machines that we have being able to run. The future is great, but not > really current to what is happening now. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Evelyn Weckerly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:17 AM > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] BN laptop > > > > Hi, Beth, > > > > I have one problem with this--money. A number of years ago there were two > > such laptops. One cost $15.000 and the other cost $10,00. Today I suspect > > that such a beast would cost around $7,000 or so. Here is the problem > > though. Neither of those laptops got beyond a 486 processor. If you had > > spent $10,000 back in 1993 for the Notex, for example, you would today > have > > a very large sum of money tied up in a piece of equipment that is > virtually > > useless now. I do have both a laptop (and I have the first model from > > Beyond Sight) and a Braille Note. I don't really use them for quite the > > same things. I take a notetaker everywhere with me. I would not want to do > > that with a laptop. If I am going to be away for several days or more, I > > will take both. I'd much rather use something with full blown Windows for > > full-sized Windows programs, including K1000. I love a notetaker for all > > you can do portably with Braille. I have had a notetaker of one kind of > > another since 1990. Although I still have my BLT 40, it will become a > > back-up unit now. There are things you can do with a dedicated Braille > > device that would be awakard with a laptop. For example, if I am in a > > church choir, I use a braille device for the words. I read Braille all the > > time when I am traveling--a much simpler task with a dedicated device. If > I > > really want to read Braille while using full-blown Windows, I can hook it > > up to the laptop, but I don't have a need for that at this time. > > > > After I bought the laptop, I had Window Eyes untied so that I can use it > on > > any computer I want to. Ultimately, Window Eyes cost me less that way. I > > first saw Ray Kurzweil's first reading machine in the '70s. It was huge > and > > cost $50,000. Now I have it on my desktop and laptop. I am still amazed > > that I can take that in a briefcase size case at a fraction of the cost > > wherever I want to. I really think I have the best of both worlds now with > > a lptop and a Braille Note. > > > > Evelyn > > > > > > At 02:27 AM 3/22/05 -0500, you wrote: > > >Hi again. I suggest putting on the drawing board a BN laptop, with a > > >built-in Braille keyboard and the ability to plug in a QWERTY one, also a > > >processor with the speed of today's laptops, with CD and disc drives and > > >with the intuitive BN methods of operation. To my knowledge, Beyond > Sight's > > >Laptalk is the only laptop built for the blind and a screen reader must > be > > >used. Thanks. Beth > > > > > > > > >___ > > >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 >
