Hi Marlaina, I have enjoyed reading your views. I am in your camp I believe as I still use the Braillino's note taking capability at work just because if I need to take down dictation fast, I'm much quicker typing in Braille than I am at the computer keyboard. I can type pretty quickly on the keyboard, but just not fast enough sometimes. I think they both have a place. i don't think I'll ever be without a Braille display probably a note taking device since I never know what job requirements or future jobs might be available where I may need to use such devices. I am however not a fan of the huge price literally we pay for access technology. My hats off to Apple for the Mac and out of the box accessibility. It was very emotional for me to have my Mac. I never in my lifetime thought I'd see mainstream accessibility in a computer with a built-in screen reading solution. I never thought I'd see a blind person being able to use a touch screen cell phone either. The love of my life is sighted and he says I use the Mac and Iphone faster than he does. Well, have a wonderful evening. I'm really enjoying reading everyone's views on this topic. wish the Macbooks and Iphones were around when I was in college :).
Musically, Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! On Nov 8, 2010, at 1:36 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Well, if I hooked up my apex to the Air, I'd be dealing with 2 separate > devices. And when I am quickly needing to find an item in a list of 80 items > so I can edit it on the fly during a live event like our convention, I need > speed and absolute accuracy. With the apex, my fingers are all on one unit, > jumping quickly from keyboard entry to braille display within a second or > less. I take your point about connecting the apex to the air to use it as a > braille display and may find that somewhat useful in editing when I have the > luxury of time. And, can't say I blame you for not using your PackMate, > smile! > > My point is that if one can possibly find a way to have both, a good reliable > notetaker such as BrailleNote Apex or BrailleSense and a wonderful small > computer like the Air and the MacBook Pro both have their very separate and > valuable place in competing and participating effectively in today's business > environs. > > Marlaina > > On Nov 8, 2010, at 7:05 AM, Chenelle Hancock wrote: > > I have to say having used both blind note takers and the mb pro/ the i-phone > 3gs. I have found the mb family of products to be much more accessible to > me as a vi person then the blind note takers. I still also have my original > qx 400 pac mate and let me tell you!. I cannot stand that damn note taker. So > I mostly stopped using it and just used my windows base computer to read book > share book or my victor reader stream or its sister companion the victor > reader vibe to read rfbd books. I also own an romeo embosser so if I wanted > something in a hard copy all I would have to do is to emboss it and it is at > my finger tips etc... > However, I can understand how a blind note taker such as the braille note, > braille sense or the a pax note taker from human ware would be just right for > either one of you during such occasions when it would be most needed. but > why don't you try hooking it up to your mack book air to see if it would be > much more easier to operate at different functions that you might have to > attend. i hope this helps. > sincerely, chenelle > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > 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.
