Scott, It does help. I just talked to them, however, and I am stuck with the alva. Cait
On 2013-08-01, at 1:13 PM, Scott Davert <scottslistm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi again Kait. > If they did not allow you to see the Brailliant BI, it has expanded > quite a bit. There are now thumb kieys on the front, braille input > keys, and it will of course connect to iDevices. however, I will say > that I do not like the design of the input keyboard, as the spacebars, > yes there are 2 of them, are too far from the rest of the keys. > however, that's personal preference, so you may not find it is that > big of a deal. > > I hope this helps, > Scott > > On 8/1/13, Kevin Mattingly <kdmattin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have an 80 character Brailliant and a Braille Connect 40. The Braille >> Connect has input capabilities and is decent but I seldom use the input keys >> on it. >> >> Kev >> On Aug 1, 2013, at 12:16 PM, Cait and Maggie <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> thanks Buddy. >>> I did want the braille edge, but ADP doesn't cover that one, >>> unfortunately. >>> It was either the brilliant, the focus ones, or the alva. >>> The brilliant they showed me had no input keys and was very simple. >>> lol, I hate humanware, so didn't want to go with the brilliant for that >>> reason plus the no input keys. >>> I'm glad I said something now, because I might be able to change it before >>> everything gets ordered. >>> Cait >>> >>> On 2013-08-01, at 11:53 AM, 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 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