If you want braille input, check out the Himbs Braille Edge. It’s $1000 cheaper, it has an SD card slot (so you can read your library books), plus other basic notetaker functions. I have the Alva, and its built-in text editor is stupid. For one thing, you’v got this 4GB flash drive that you can’t access from the thing, the text editor/reader only access the smaller couple MB drive. Seems a waste if you ask me. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
On Aug 1, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Cait and Maggie <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >>> Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the >>> ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog >>> Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 >>> or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >>> >>> 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. >>>>> -- >>>>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA >>>>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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 post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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 post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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