Hi Mark, Well, I’ll get the bad news out of the way first. It costs $6400. Now, why am I considering it? First, it has a dock that connects it to the iPhone, so that the device and the iPhone essentially become one unit. Obviously you can use it as a keyboard, as you can many other displays, but it has other features, too. Another feature that makes it attractive to me, is that it has both a Perkins and a qwerty keyboard. I’ve never seen one, so I don’t know exactly how it works, but I believe that the display basically folds out, exposing the qwerty keyboard. And of course, it also has Helptech’s other trademark features, such as touch scrolling, it senses where your fingers are on the display and moves it automatically. It’s different from autoscroll in that it doesn’t scroll the display until you are actually at the end of a line of braille, at least as I understand it. Here’s a link to a page that can give you a better description: https://www.helptech.eu/braille-displays-activator Cheers, Donna
> On Dec 8, 2023, at 3:27 PM, M. Taylor <markthew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Donna, > > I have never heard of the Braille Activator device. How much does it costs? > And why are you considering it over other Braille displays? > > Last week, I purchased a Focus 40 Blue, 5th Generation, Braille display from > Freedom Scientific for approximately $4,000. It is an absolutely stunning > device, and I am delighted to have it. It has a USBC port. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2023 3:34 PM > To: via MacVisionaries <Macvisionaries@Googlegroups.com> > Subject: Anyone have any experience with the activator braille display > > Hi all, > > Just wondered if anyone has had a chance to use the Activator braille display > from Helptech--formerly HandyTech? I’ve heard really good things about their > displays, and this one sounds very cool, but, like all their products, it’s > super expensive, so I’m being very cautious as I consider this purchase. I’d > love to hear from anyone who has used it. > Thanks, > Donna > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/6DA696A6-8550-4E51-88C3-06E8B964FE27%40me.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/001b01da2a1d%2455d23a70%240176af50%24%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/0B315314-9274-46D4-9933-168DBECC79A8%40me.com.
