Hi Buddy. The Alba kind of reminds me of the old Braille Lites in that sense. You had a lot of flash memory that you couldn't do much beyond reading with, and very little in the way of memory available for editing of documents. Cait: As for the Brailliant, if the Edge isn't an option, I would also go with that. Though the Focus may suit you better as an input keyboard if you prefer the spacebar closer to the keyboard. If you are thinking of the Brailliant which does not have an input keyboard, which I'm guessing you are based on your message, there is a newer model called the Brailliant BI. I don't believe the older Brailliant displays are even on the market anymore.
Scott On 8/1/13, Buddy Brannan <bu...@brannan.name> wrote: > 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. > 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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