why do you prefer the brilliant over the alva?
I looked at the brilliant and while it seems sturdy, you can't do braille input 
on it.
Interested to know your reasons…
thanks,
Cait

On 2013-08-01, at 10:51 AM, Matt Dierckens <matt.dierck...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I like the Brailliant from Humanware a lot better than the Alva.
> On 2013-08-01, at 10:51 AM, erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,  It does work, but if I were you I would go back to your funder and 
>> request something else.  I teach the bc640 and it's the bain of my 
>> existence.  The dots fail all over the place and the support is abominable.  
>> Some of my resellers won't even sell it because the cost to support it isn't 
>> worth the markup.
>> 
>> Now I'll have probably offended some users who have a bc640 and love it, and 
>> haven't had their one unit fail, but After seeing 10 or 15 of them in the 
>> last 3 years with about %50 attrition, I can't keep on recommending them.  
>> Especially with the braille edge and the brailliant BI available.  Even a 
>> focus blue would be better than an alva.
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Erik Burggraaf
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>> On 2013-08-01, at 10:38 AM, Cait and Maggie <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks Buddy.
>>> I just had a vender here try and tell me it doesn't.  I just got funding 
>>> for one, so just wanted to check.
>>> Cait
>>> 
>>> On 2013-08-01, at 10:36 AM, Buddy Brannan <bu...@brannan.name> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> It sure does.
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>>>> On Aug 1, 2013, at 10:29 AM, Cait and Maggie <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> Does anybody know if the alva bc640 works with the mac?
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Caitlyn
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