hehe, now if the blindness specific vendors would just get the message. -Eric
On Nov 9, 2010, at 1:42 PM, Joshua Loya wrote: > I tend to agree with Scott. An iPad, with a Bluetooth keyboard is much less > expensive than a blindness specific note taker, and Mike Calvo reviewed a > particularly nice case on a recent Serotek Podcast. > An iPad may mostly be a media consumption device for our sighted > counterparts, but, with the right accessories, it is a viable alternative to > overpriced blindness specific products. > > -Joshua > > On Nov 8, 2010, at 9:11 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > >> Honestly, thisis my own personal take and I hope I don't offend anyne but I >> don't like a lot of things about blind notakers so I tend towards the off >> the shelf. >> Being so grossly over charged for a device which is basically a mid >> 1990S pocket PC or at best a dead windows mobile platform. The interfaces >> areyears out of date, and interoperability is tricky. >> >> I will admit, a device like the braille note really sounds attractive to me >> and would make a lot of things at work a lot easier. The price seems steep >> though. >> >> >> >> On Nov 8, 2010, at 6:38 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote: >> >>> I also have a braillenote and I like my mac as well. I was so happy when I >>> got it, I was speechless after I set it up with no sighted assistance. I >>> have not obtained my I phone as sprint is taking it's sweet time of getting >>> I phones. I cant wait to get rid of my q9c. My plan is up in dec so maybe >>> I will be switching to a carrier with an i phone. Heather >>> -- >>> 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.
