Hi:
You might want to try the Parret
Plus.
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From: "Beth Hatch-Alleyne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of NFBnet Blind-Talk Mailing List"
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Sent: December 19, 1999 7:43 PM
Subject: Electronic Organizers
>
>
> Hello everyone, sorry for the cross-post but I am in need of your
> assistance.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with the Voice Mate or any other
> electronic organizer, or any other means of organizing appointments,
> scheduling, to-do lists, rolodexes, and other such things? Presently my
job
> requires me to track problems, phone calls, appointments, meetings, etc.
> The stack of Braille papers on my desk and my pc based contact manager are
> just not working for me. I find that I end up trying to mentally remember
> all the things I need to do and trying to prioritize them because I spend
so
> much time on the phone taking incoming calls as I'm required to do to meet
> my call quota.
>
> I do have a Braille'N Speak 2000 but after using it for several months
> I've discovered it's a wonderful note taker and timer but I need more then
> it can provide. I need to set alarms for reminders and appointments, I
need
> something that is intuitive and that can easily find, store, and delete
> these messages. It would also help if I could hook my pc to it for
> scheduling as my sighted friend does with his Palm Pilot.
>
> If anyone has any thoughts on this, either technical solutions, or low
> tech solutions to this problem, I would appreciate your comments. I've
> tried Outlook Express and Goldmine software, but in addition to the pc
based
> information manager, I need something I can bring with me at all times to
> function as a planner. The Braille desk calendar I used for a time solves
> part of the problem, but I always ran out of room with the things I had to
> do and of course there was no alarm function with this.<smile>
>
> The Voice Mate has a pc link, maybe this would provide what I'm
looking
> for.
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> =Beth=
>
> = Beth Hatch-Alleyne=
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