The exchange rate hits hard.
Baum made excellent displays, pity the firm crashed.
14 seems to be the new 18.
On 8/14/2018 5:35 AM, Mary Otten wrote:
That seems like quite a large price difference. Here in the US, the price
difference between the two devices is $300. I’m just not sure if I 14 sale
display is going to be enough, even with a better keyboard. I wish they would
settle on 20, like the folks from Baum did. But that device was so darn
complicated. I guess nothings perfect.
Mary
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On Aug 13, 2018, at 12:08 PM, Sadam Ahmed <li...@sadamahmed.com> wrote:
You're welcome Mary.
I, too, have the larger BI display in my case the 40, and the keyboard on that
unit is great.
I'm still within my 30 day return window with Humanware so may decide to send
it back myself.
The Focus 14 and even for that matter the Focus 40 are fantastic.
Very well made and good keyboard with crisp key travel which isn't loud.
Here in Aussie land though it's $2300AUD a big difference from the $1350AUD
that Humanware charge.
Good luck and feel free to report back as to which way you go.
Best,
Sadam Ahmed
On 8/14/2018 4:30 AM, Mary Otten wrote:
Thanks for your comments. I have never seen any of the focus displays. A friend
of mine has the 40 and loves it. I had a brilliant 32 and like the keyboard and
the ergonomics. I wish I knew if the focus had similar layout in terms of the
keys. I’m going to take this to a meeting tomorrow and try to take notes to see
if I can get used to the mushy keyboard. If not, I will reluctantly not buy it
and try to see if I can see a focus before laying out that kind of money.
Mary
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On Aug 13, 2018, at 8:27 AM, Sadam Ahmed <li...@sadamahmed.com> wrote:
I did recently get the BI14 after waiting almost 6 months after order placement.
They sure did have lots of issues getting this one out the door.
The compactness is appreciated, but the keyboard of the device is very mushy,
and not at all as pleasant as say, the larger BI40 that I use.
It is however, much cheaper than the Focus 14 at least here in Australia.
Maybe it's my imagination but the connection between the display and my phone
isn't cutting out as much as it used to.
Overall not a bad display but I'd go for the Focus 14 if wanting to buy. just a
much nicer build quality than the HW offering.
All the best,
Sadam Ahmed
On 8/13/2018 12:51 PM, Mary Otten wrote:
I have to admit, I have never thought of connecting a braille display to an
Apple TV. I have used a Bluetooth keyboard in the past, because it is so much
faster to enter necessary passwords etc. That new touch remote that they have
on the fourth generation and following has not appeal to me. I haven’t figured
out how to make that as efficient as the old system was, which wasn’t great.
Obviously, I missing something. I would be curious to know how you are making
things efficient with your BI 14 on your Apple TV.
Mary
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On Aug 12, 2018, at 5:09 PM, Barry Abbott <bpabbo...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Mary. I just received the BI14 this week. I have a first generation focus 40
and a Braille Sense 40 display which was my wife's. I decided to keep the
Braille Sense as I like keeping : fidential information on it. It has some note
taking capability and works very well with the computer.
I wanted a small display that I could use with my iPhone and my two Apple
TVGGS). I could not see myself doing any extensive reading on the 14 cell
display. But I do like the portability and the joystick when using it with the
iPhone and Apple TV(S) around the house. I also like being able to connect it
to several devices at once.
My focus 40 was recently cleaned however some of the cells are still not
working correctly and I am not willing to put any money into fixing it as I
already have the Braille Sense.
One thing I notice with the Bi14 is that if you type very fast you sometimes get a
different letter. When I typed the letters p and e in the word "type" they came
that as the letter quite. I have found this to be the case on other displays as well.
Barry
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On Aug 12, 2018, at 3:27 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you, Barry. How are you dealing with the short display length? Have you
used other displays, those from humanware or capability. My do you think of the
input keys on this compared with other displays you might have used?
Mary
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On Aug 12, 2018, at 6:27 AM, Barry Abbott <bpabbo...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Mary. What you have to do first is one if using Gmail for example go into
your google Account and make sure that notes is turned on.
Two on your BIA 14 when you’re in your notes application make sure that you are
in the Gmail folder when you write the note.
Then if you want to force a sink press space with S. Otherwise your note should
link up the next time you turn the device on.
The manual did not point out that you are supposed to ensure that the notes are
turned on within your account.
I hope this helps.
Barryy
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On Aug 11, 2018, at 3:00 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
I have a humanware bei14 on loan for a week or two. I like the compactness, but
I just haven’t been able so far to get used to having so few cells. Especially
with word wrap I guess, where sometimes, several cells are blank because the
next whole word won’t fit on the line. I also don’t quite understand how the
notes feature works. I have entered both my Google and Comcast accounts into
the brailliant device. But I’m not sure what happens next. I have read the
manual. My other comment is that I preferred the keyboard on the older
humanware braille displays. The typing keys on this one are to my way of
thinking, mushy. I’m thinking I probably won’t buy it, but I do want to give it
a fair chance. I like the price, and I like the idea of having notetaking
ability which I could, or not, sync up with my phone. But I’m just not getting
the mechanics of it I guess.
Mary
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