Hi guys: I just had a brief hands on with two displays: The braillino, and the easy-braille 40, by Handytech. What was interesting for me was that I actually took to the Braillino, an eighteen cell display, much more quicly than the Easy-braille 40. I thought I'd be happier having a long line of 40 cells, but the advance feature on the Braillino was a lot quicker for me. With the 40, I found I had to read with one hand, and use the mac keyboard with the other to keep things moving. Also, I found the Easy-braille lagged behind the voiceover a lot. With the Braillino, there is a rocker switch for advancing and it seemed to stay ahead of Vo, so that you get what almost seems like a confirmation of the braille. Given that this was about a half hour exchange or so, I'm just stating first impressions. I also found the 40 cell line kind of cumbersome to read, and felt much more proficient with the shorter display. Hopefully these observations might help someone who is exploring their options as well. Carolyn Haas chaas0...@gmail.com
On Oct 19, 2010, at 10:53 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > Hey, I would be happy if I could read 1 word a minute. I can read the > room numbers now with 85% accuracy. :-). > Jon > > > On 18/10/2010, Samuel <samuellbar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> actually I meant to add this to the other topic i posted about braille >> displays I forget that this is a mailing list and not a message board >> sometimes. >> >> On Oct 18, 7:11 pm, "Isaac Obie" <io...@gis.net> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> You don't need a braille display to improve your reading speed. You could >>> always get a braille book or braille magazine and find good reading >>> mateials! there's ESPN the Magazine, PC World, the computer magazine, >>> There's a chess magazine, there're various other magazines and books to be >>> had from your local library. >>> Heck, I didn't improve my reading speed with a braille display. I used >>> braille books. >>> Isaac >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Samuel" <samuellbar...@gmail.com> >>> To: "MacVisionaries" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 6:57 PM >>> Subject: braille display >>> >>>> Actually, if my reading speed were 50 words per minute, i could get >>>> the state government here in Texas to buy one for me, but that's the >>>> whole stalemate thing. I don't improve my reading speed because >>>> there's nothing good to read, I could undoubtedly improve it with a >>>> braille display, but I don't think I can afford to buy one myself. >>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
