I have only just reviewed this thread and its very interesting. As for me, I would never consider purchasing anything other than a 40 cell Braille display. I own a 20 cell Braille display but find it very fatiguing to use.
Currently, I'm using a Focus 40 Blue that I obtained in 2013. All I can say is that it is a true workhorse. I have used it for hundreds and hundreds of Braille input hours and countless more for Braille output. In fact, I used it to obtain my EBAE and UEB Braille Proofreading and EBAE and UEB Braille Transcriber certification licenses. It works beautifully with iOS 11.x. Were I to purchase a new Braille display, based on my past experience and given the fact that I am a Jaws for Windows user, I would stick with Freedom Scientific products. Mark -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andy Baracco Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2018 11:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: best braille display foor ios and bluetooth If you go to www.accessibleworld.org you can download a recent podcast on this device. Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Bell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2018 10:08 AM Subject: Re: best braille display foor ios and bluetooth what is the braille me p.lease. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2018 4:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: best braille display foor ios and bluetooth We're waiting for the Braille Me. We heard the president of the company on techtalk last Monday and we were very impressed. I highly recommend giving it a listen and giving the product a look. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2018 9:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: best braille display foor ios and bluetooth What it comes down to is personal preference. I'm waiting to get my hands on the Orbit Reader 20 to see how it compares to other displays. I've used: HIMS Braille Edge 40, Baum's Vario Ultra 20 and 40, Humanware's Braillliant BI, Freedom Scientific's Focus 40 and 14; not to mention several of the full braille note takers. Of the above list, the HIMS BrailleEdge 40 was my favorite. But, when it died after 3 years and was going to cost close to $2,500 to repair when a new one was just a little more, I decided to wait to see the Orbit 20, which I have not seen yet. I liked the Braille Edge because it is quiet, solidly built, easy to switch from USB to Bluetooth, has basic note taking functionality using an SD card and comes with a 2 year warrantee. It is too bad there are not places where you can go and test all the displays to see which one fits your needs the best, because there is no one display that is right for everyone. HTH, Richard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sarai Bucciarelli Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2018 7:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: best braille display foor ios and bluetooth They now have a 14 Focus 5th gen as well if you want something smaller. Sarai D Bucciarelli https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.linkedin.com%2Fin%2FSaraiDBucciarelli&data=02%7C01%7C%7C9244e8af6dd243a3470808d56b1a8ee8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636532684164446445&sdata=ICvIVMCds%2BBh%2BDqqvdAGF%2B5bdq1hzvV3fgDUQHEfsgk%3D&reserved=0 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anouk Radix Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2018 6:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: best braille display foor ios and bluetooth So the focus works well with ios 11? I thought it would be a fairly bulky device what are your experiences for using it on the go? Does it work well in combination with laptops or is it to deep so that you have to reach too far back? I hope the braille cells wont be broken too quickly… Greetings, Anouk, > On 3 Feb 2018, at 11:39, Kliphton Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > I 2nd everything said, plus the fact that it is very quiet, and easy to > use. > >> On Feb 3, 2018, at 4:13 AM, Eden <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I tried the Brailliant for all of one day in early December. Bluetooth >>> sucked, and Usb was ok but not great. I sent it back. I now have the >>> focus 40 5th gen and absolutely love it. Dot quality is crisper, made of >>> more and steel no plastic, sd slot included for use as a future ability >>> to read books and possibly write in stand-alone mode. 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