Well, for me, the Braille display is very useful, because I process information better by reading than by listening. I also have a slight hearing impairment, and get S’s and F’s confused with speech.
I like to read with a braille display. I do a lot of reading while listening to baseball and hockey games, and using speech while listening to games is a bit difficult. With many displays, if you keep them on UsB, they’re also powered as long as the computer is on. I have a display that uses either Bluetooth or USB, so I alternate between the two. I find a display much easier for editing. I really hate going character by character using speech, and the braille makes it much easier to proofread. It really depends on what you prefer. I have always preferred braille to speech, so a display was a no-brainer for me. About fifty percent of the time, I use braille to augment speech, I read in bed a lot, too, and I can use the display with my iPod and not have to use headphones or disturb my husband. HtH, Teresa Slow down; you'll get there faster. On Dec 1, 2013, at 3:49 AM, Andrew Head <ath...@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Hi all, > I’m looking into perhaps using a braille display with my mac. for a long time > I couldn’t see much point of a braille display because you’ve got the voice, > so there’s no need for the braille. however, I’ve recently changed and see > there are times where using a display can be good. Especially with my Iphone. > I’ve tried turning the speech off and using the display to remotely control > my phone and read the display. > This has been good in noisy environments where others are around and having > the phone’s speech muted and me using the display is nice. You can also be > private if you wish. > I for those who are experienced braille display users, apart from the > advantage of not having to worry about headphones, which can be annoying at > times I find when using the computer. One obvious advantage is no head > phones. what are other advantages and disadvantages of using a braille > display with a mac? how about having speech and braille at the same time, or > muting speech? and do people usually leave the display connected all the > time? if so, why? and if not, why not? and if not, what specific reasons do > you connect your display. > Thanks in advance for any answers. > Hope everyone has a wonderful day, > Andrew > Sent from my 11 inch macbook air > > -- > 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.
