[blazie-support] Re: getting a braille lite 18 and braille lite2000 repaired
- From: "Chase Crispin" <chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:27:34 -0500
Something I need to add,
The cell phone will be available in about a year, and if you get a unit now,
or soon, you will be able to send the unit in for an upgrade. The same
thing goes for GPS.
Chase Crispin
Administrator and moderator of the Blind Mobile Tech (BMT) blog, and soon to
be website!
Blog:
http://blindmobiletech.blogspot.com/
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-----Original Message-----
From: blazie-support-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blazie-support-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Lamar Upshaw
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 12:05 PM
To: blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blazie-support] Re: getting a braille lite 18 and braille
lite2000 repared
Well, right now, the problem is cost. I can't afford to buy the expensive
equipment, being i'm a single parent dad of 3 children. *smile* Even as a
home maker, I have so much use for a braille notetaker/portable device: for
everything from keeping track of my kids' doctor appointments, and special
events and activities, to entertainment such as reading books from web
braille. But, state agencies all say that raising my children is not a
viable occupation, therefore i'm not permitted to have adaptive equipment
until i am in school with a full load and my kids are all in the child care
system for roughly 14 hours a day. lol *smile*
About how much does the braille plus cost? is it based on the windows mobile
operating system like the pac-mate? Is the cel modual for GSM sim cards for
T-mobile and AT&T wireless?
With All Respect,
Upshaw, Lamar T
----- Original Message -----
From: "chase crispin" <chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 1970 12:32 PM
Subject: [blazie-support] Re: getting a braille lite 18 and braille lite2000
repared
The pacmate really is great, but in a day or 2, the Icon will have support
for books from
audible, and the National Library Service. The Icon is half the size of a
Braille
Lite, and about 1/3 thinner. Also, Blue Tooth and USB display support is
coming
soon. If you don't want to have to braille with your thumbs or text, you
should look into a Braille
Plus, sold by the American Printing House for the Blind. It is absolutely
identical
to the Icon, but it has a Braille Keyboard on it. Levelstar and APH
collaborate,
so both companies are helping with the development. I am typing this email
on the Braille
Plus. Another advantage of the Icon and Braille Plus over the Pacmate is
that they
are cheaper, and with the Icon or Braille Plus, the Wireless and the Blue
Tooth are built
in. There will be docking stations soon, RFB&d support soon, and a cell
phone
mojewel also. If you are interested, you should visit the Levelstar website
at:
www.levelstar.com
Or the APH page at:
www.aph.org/tech
If you have more questions about the product, you should subscribe to the
Icon Discuss list, by sending
a blank email to:
icon-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
And put the word subscribe in the subject line. There is also the Tech list
for development
questions, a beta list, and a announcement list. If you want the
subscriptions for those
lists, let me know.
HTH,
Chase On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:20:37 -0700, wrote:
>Hi. I don't mind the PAC Mate. However you might also want to look into
>getting an Icon from Level Star. I like the fact that the PAC Mate has a
>
>Braille Display, and both the PAC Mate and Icon let you install
>off-the-shelf apps so you can freely run whatever you want. HTH.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <raul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 11:19 AM
>Subject: [blazie-support] Re: getting a braille lite 18 and braille lite
>
>2000 repared
>
>
>>You can get the battery fixed from any local Batteries Plus as those are
>>
>>standard batteries. As for the advance bar, I don't know what to tell
>>you.
>>
>>A friend of mine recently tried asking Freedom what the charge was to
>>look
>>at his BLT 40 which has some managed cells on it and they informed him
>>he
>>was better off with a so-called PACMate which is mostly crap in my
>>opinion, plus they would charge him $250 just to look at it, plus $50
>>per
>>cell. Quite obviously they will do the work, at the cost of today's
>>prices
>>despite it being an older device.
>>
>>Go figure.
>>
>>Lamar Upshaw wrote:
>>>Hi. I heard that freedom scientific no longer supports the braille lite
>>>
>>>18 or 2000. Are there any companies that still repare them? I am
>>>looking
>>>to get the battery replaced in mine, and get the advance bar fixed,
>>>because it keeps collapsing. I've had to get that repared twice with
>>>freedom scientific before, but for what ever reason, my advance bar
>>>always does that. I have a light touch, so I know it's not because i'm
>>>too hard on it. lol.
>>>I also have a friend who's still using a braille lite, and she also
>>>needs
>>>repares, but we both heard it's not done any more. Can someone shed
>>>some
>>>light on this for us?
>>>
>>>With All Respect,
>>>Upshaw, Lamar T
>>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Raul A. Gallegos .. http://www.asmodean.net
>>
>>
>>
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>
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