[access-uk] Re: Braille display options
- From: Catherine Turner <catherineturner2007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 09:59:31 +0000
Thanks everyone, a few options there. I'll be looking at the models.
Out of interest Jackie - why do you say the focus 40 is not
necessarily the best? Is it because the Alva works with a wider
variety of inputs?
Catherine
On 11/3/10, Pele West <pele.west@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Catherine, Jackie and Everyone
>
> I would endorse Jackie's praise for the Alva BC640. A man came to visit us
> from Optelec to demonstrate it before my husband bought one.
>
> Essentially, there are 3 models:
>
> The Alva BC640 with the Braille Feature Pack which allows you to use it as a
> note taker
>
> The Alva BC640 without the Braille Feature Pack, which is just a 40 cell
> display
>
> And the Alva BC680 which is an 80-cell display but not a note taker.
>
> It does not need any special software. The demonstrator plugged it into the
> USB port on a Windows 7 PC with Window-Eyes and it worked straight away. I
> can't remember it searching for any drivers but, if it did, it found them
> very quickly.
>
> I also like the Brailliant displays from Humanware. Mine works with
> Window-Eyes and Windows 7, but when I bought it it would not work with the
> 64-bit
> version of Windows 7 and JAWS. This may have changed.
>
> It is harder to install than the Alva as a USB port has to be configured to
> replicate a serial port and, when mine came, it had an old software disc.
> Fortunately, I had downloaded the latest software from Humanware.
>
> I hope all this helps.
>
> Pele West
>
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