[access-uk] Re: Sales and support staff's knowledage of braille

  • From: "David" <n.weston42@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 12:33:22 -0000

Hi Christine,

I am not able to answer your question, but the Braille Sense does have
Blue Tooth, but I have a plug in qwerty board. And it did not cost me
the sort of money that you are talking about.

David Weston.

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Christine Weetman
Sent: 06 November 2010 12:21
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sales and support staff's knowledage of braille


Oh wow David, I didn't know that or I maybe would have purchased a BS
when 
they first came out!  Wondering if you pluged a mobile phone in could
you 
read your SMS on the display?  If so, what a far cheaper option for
folks 
than the DBC which is Really outragious as I had over ten grand paid out
for 
my total package which does include a full 6 years for both machines.

Thanks for the info and sure someone else will make use of this, I'll
pass 
it on.  Christine.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David" <n.weston42@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 8:54 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sales and support staff's knowledage of braille


> Hi Christine,
>
> I have a Braille Sense 32 plus and I have just found out that if I 
> plug a qwerty key board into it through a USB port, then some one can 
> then communicate with me by typing on the qwerty board and it will 
> come up on my  Braille display. This is going to be very useful for me

> when I am in a noisy environment.
>
> David Weston.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Christine Weetman
> Sent: 05 November 2010 19:17
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sales and support staff's knowledage of 
> braille
>
>
> Yes Derik your right, Lucy Naismith was indeed the same lady who came 
> out to me. I didn't notice if she could read braille at all as I read 
> what came on
> the display, she operated the companion and we chatted to each-other,
> her on
> the companion and myself on the mPower part of the DBC. I really
enjoyed
>
> that, though it was hard not to "Chatter" as I tapped! lol
>
> There's so much more I want to learn, word processing, book reader, 
> scientific calculator, copying and pasting and doing more than one 
> thing at a time, along with so much more, I'm doubtful one day will be

> sufficient and
> my brains HD big enough to remember it all, but I'm certainly
> enthusiastic
> as one day, too soon, I shan't be able to hear any more and this piece
> of
> kit will be such a life-saver for me.  I have an emailing group for
DBC
> users or people wanting to know more, exchange ideas etc...I hope
you'll
> get
> a DBC soon too, I think everyone who, like ourselves has no vision and
a
>
> severe hearing loss, should be encouraged and helped to obtain the 
> DBC.
>
> Regards, Christine.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Derek Hornby" <derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 6:21 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sales and support staff's knowledage of
braille
>
>
>> Hi Christine
>> No,  I don't  know  Jackie,  but having just
>> Checked  old emails I find it was Lucy Naismith  that did my first 
>> Demonstration.  I think she's sales manager  for the North. Martin is
>
>> training manager.
>>
>> Were you  impressed with DBC  I love the idea of being abel to Send 
>> and  receive text  messages in Braille.
>>
>> Regards,  Derek
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
>> Behalf Of
>> Christine Weetman
>> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 4:43 PM
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sales and support staff's knowledage of
> braille
>>
>> Hi Derek, wow, I've got the DBC from HumanWare and am due a training 
>> day with Jackie Hall...I do hope this isn't the lady who can't read 
>> braille? I do understand that Martin Griffiths is a braille user as 
>> he
>
>> was originally coming to train me, but unfortunately became 
>> unwell...Maybe Stupidly in panic, I asked for a female as I'm no use 
>> at listening to a deeper male voice and wondered why I'd ever agreed 
>> a
>
>> male for a whole day training, sure
>>
>> it would have been a huge strain on me--but now, I'm wondering if 
>> I've
>
>> let go of a Really experienced person?
>>
>> I hope you or someone can reassure me I've done the right thing for 
>> me?
>>
>> Regards, Christine.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Derek Hornby" <derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 4:18 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Sales and support staff's knowledage of braille
>>
>>
>>> Hi Jackie
>>> I have changed subject line  a I think  there is room for  a wider 
>>> Debate on some issues here. I understand  all you are saying and  I 
>>> was surprised nobody can read Grade 2  Braille.  But then just a 
>>> sec, maybe not surprised!
>>>
>>> Few   weeks ago  I had  a demonstration  by Humanware  of a new
>>> Package  aimed at the deafblind. They call is  DBC  I think Stands 
>>> for  deafblind communicator. Anyway the lady  that gave me the 
>>> demonstration  didn't seem to know Braille! And this caused some 
>>> confusion!
>>>
>>> So after that  failed demonstration  Alan  Davis  came to me, Not 
>>> too
>
>>> sure  if he knows Braille,  but he certainly  was far better At 
>>> explaining what he was  showing me.
>>>
>>> I am  now told  the trainer  will  be  a guy called
>>> Martin  (I forget his surname)  works for  Humanware in UK.
>>>
>>> A  don't  think  a sighted  driver  would be happy for  a car 
>>> Salesman to be  a non  driver,  so  to a point I agree There is  a 
>>> need for  those that  sell  Braille displays,  to know Both  grade 1
>
>>> and 2 Braille.
>>>
>>> I do  not accept the  person must be blind, because there are Many 
>>> sighted  people out there that  know Braille  very well. Regards, 
>>> Derek
>>>
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