Hi Andrew, I'm afraid the Artic notetakers have gone the way of the Dodo bird. George. > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson > Sent: 28 July 2005 14:05 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [access-uk] Re: (BrailleSense)Re: Re: Sight > Village - my review > > Hi, > > One reason I actually went with the Pacmate QX is because it > looks ok with the black colour and the fact it looks like a > regular keyboard. True, it is slightly larger than the > Braillenote, but it has the footprint of a standard laptop, > and behaves like one for most part (i.e, the interface is > just like normal Windows on the QX). I don't own a laptop > and have no desire to own one. > > I am pleased that someone is making a low cost notetaker, the > Artic notetakers which George sells are currently the only > available in that market, and they haven't bee developed for > a long time now, and I am not sure if they are even still made? > > Just commenting on one thing that was mentioned with the > Optilec PDA reader, certainly the version I saw at Computer > Room Services made by Code Factory, which I assumed was the > same version that was being shown at Optilec, was using the > standard Pocket PC interface. This is why you need a > bluetooth keyboard to access it, but once you had it running > you had a very similar interface to the Pacmate. I could be > wrong on this but this was my impression from going round the > device. Optilec also sold the braille bluetooth keyboard, > but I wasn't interested in this particularly. > > One other product I saw which i quite liked which I forgot to > mention was the Monomouse. These no frills CCTV units plug > into a computer or television, and give quite good > magnification results. The only thing is that sometimes I > like to change the magnification contrasts etc, which is not > possible on these units (the contrast settings are burned > into rom, and you just buy the version you want). > > Thanks. > Andrew. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq