[gps-talkusers] Re: Voice Sense or PK

["April Martin" <ashinholster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wouldn't want to give up the braille display on the PK.  I would imagine 
that adding a braille display would make it at least as big as the PK if not 
a little more. Then one would have to contend with more cables. It does 
sound pretty neat though.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <raul@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 7:41 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Voice Sense or PK


> With the Voice Sense, you gain even more portability since it's even 
> smaller than the PK. It has a radio, a headphone, and mic jack so you can 
> connect external mics to it if you don't want to use its built-in one. 
> Also, With 1 sd and 1 cf card slot, you can add as much memory as you want 
> in addition to its already included 1 gb of internal flash disk storage. 
> The cf card slot will accept an ethernet cf card as well as a modem card 
> if you want to use that. You can easily stream audio from the Voice Sense, 
> and you can download books from Web Braille directly into the word 
> processor. It does not have printing capabilities either, however since 
> it's so easy to transfer files to a pc, it's not that big of a deal unless 
> you don't have a pc of course. GPS on it is based on Sendero gps, however 
> the user interface is slightly different. I would guess that about 90% of 
> the commands are the same, however at the moment we do have an advantage 
> that weuse real dialog boxes for many of the searching functions. This is 
> by no means a slam against Sendero GPS on the PK, but something to point 
> out if performing searches can be confusing. Also, in addition to all the 
> hot key commands, every program has its own windows-style menu system, so 
> if you don't know the hot keys to do a certain task, you can use the menus 
> of each program like you can in Windows.
> Hope this helps.
>
> Alex Hall said the following on 4/30/2008 10:12 PM:
> > You also lose:
> > printing and embossing
> > playlisting
> > Eloquence speech (which is slow on the mpower anyway
> > sd, host usb, infrared, dial-up modem, serial port, and pcmcia slot
> > option of 32 braille cells
> > microphone jack (you only have the built-in one
> > audio streaming (maybe
> > option of a qwerty keyboard on the unit (you can still attach an external 
> > one
> > more that I am forgetting
> >
> > You gain:
> > extreme portability
> > not too much else, but that is one very large plus
> >
> > Have a great day,
> > Alex
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Steve" <drum67-72@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Date sent: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:48:36 -0400
> > > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Braillenote M-Power or PK
> > > Kim,
> > > The main selling point for the PK is portability.  The PK does
> > have some
> > > differences because it doesn't have the same memory, memory card,
> > or USB
> > > port functionality.  It has a USB port, but it is a lient port.
> > It only has
> > > capability for compact-flash.  And, the Keysoft software for the
> > PK doesn't
> > > have some of the features that you get with the larger and more
> > powerful
> > > Voice/Braille notes.  I can't think of everything, but one thing
> > is no FM
> > > radio, for whatever that's worth.  You still have a voice
> > recorder, media
> > > player, word processor, database manager, scientific calculator,
> > etc.
> >
> > > I find that the loss of those functions to me isn't a big deal
> > because of
> > > the lighter weight of the PK.
> > > Steve
> > > Lansing, MI
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Kim Lookingbill
> > > To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 6:55 PM
> > > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Braillenote M-Power or PK
> >
> > > Hi- All recommendations quite welcomed.  Right now I use a
> > braillenote 32QT
> > > M-Power with my sendero GPS software, but lately I've been
> > contemplating
> > > switching to a braillenote PK because of its size.  So I would be
> > quite
> > > appreciative with anyone's true evaluation of both, why I should
> > select one
> > > over the other: other than just its size.  If I gave up using my
> > m-power is
> > > there anything I would be gaining with the PK, or lacking with
> > the PK.
> > > Actually the only thing I don't particular care for with the
> > M-Power is its
> > > weight.  Thanks in advance to all comments.
> > > Kim Lookingbill
> > > kim@xxxxxxxxxxxx (email or MSN Messenger)
> > > Blast From The Past
> > > Sundays, 16 to 19 UTC
> > > http://interactive.acbradio.org
>
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