[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 15:25:39 -0500
Hi,
I just thought I would give you a suggestion for a game, though I don't know
how hard it would be. I have suggested it to several people, and they all
have not even considered this. What I would like to see - a Simon game! I
have the hand-held Simon game, and I think it is fun. It would be fun to
play it on the Icon or the Braille Plus.
Another idea that I just came up with is some type of card game, such as
crazy Eights. Would either of those be hard to develop, and if they are
not, what do you think? Also, when you finish a game, if you make one for
the Icon, you might want to post to the Icon list so people know about it.
If it is just a standard .tar.gz file, and it is just made for Linux, it
would still work on the Icon and Braille Plus, but if it is not made for the
Icon, and you post it to the Icon list, you might get kicked off the Main
List, do to some very strict guidelines. Also, I was wondering if you have
thought about creating a List for Icon and Braille Plus/Linux games that you
develop. Free lists would except this type of thing. I would subscribe to
the general list on Braille Soft, but don't want to deal with all of the
traffic. I am on the list for all of the APH products, and barely have
enough time to check all of my mail the way it is. I can also set up the
list and moderate it if you would like, and you could just subscribe. Let
me know. HTH
Chase Crispin
Administrator and moderator of the Blind Mobile Tech (BMT) blog, and soon to
be website!
Blog:
http://blindmobiletech.blogspot.com/
APH training video feed:
http://www.youtube.com/Braille+/
e-mail:
chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: blazie-support-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blazie-support-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
louis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 1:15 PM
To: blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blazie-support] Re: getting a braille lite 18 and braille
lite2000 repaired
I am probably looking at a Braille Plus. Does the Braille Plus miss anything
that would be useful on the Icon? Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chase Crispin" <chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 11:12 AM
Subject: [blazie-support] Re: getting a braille lite 18 and braille lite2000
repaired
>I looked, and only the Icon/Braille Plus, and the VR Stream! I was just
> curious if you are getting an Icon or a Braille Plus.
>
>
>
> Chase Crispin
> Administrator and moderator of the Blind Mobile Tech (BMT) blog, and soon
> to
> be website!
> Blog:
> http://blindmobiletech.blogspot.com/
> APH training video feed:
> http://www.youtube.com/Braille+/
> e-mail:
> chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blazie-support-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:blazie-support-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> louis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 1:09 PM
> To: blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [blazie-support] Re: getting a braille lite 18 and braille
> lite2000 repaired
>
>
> Yeah, I saw that at CSUN! Very cool and they are coming out with a program
> for the Icon and Braille Plus that will allow you to listen to descriptive
> videos! I wonder if they have that for Windows Mobile? HTH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chase Crispin" <chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 11:05 AM
> Subject: [blazie-support] Re: getting a braille lite 18 and braille
> lite2000
> repaired
>
>
>> Wow! The pacmate has a phone card! Did you hear that the Icon and
>> Braille
>> Plus are going to start shipping with a 40 GB hard drive for the same
>> price?
>>
>>
>>
>> Chase Crispin
>> Administrator and moderator of the Blind Mobile Tech (BMT) blog, and soon
>> to
>> be website!
>> Blog:
>> http://blindmobiletech.blogspot.com/
>> APH training video feed:
>> http://www.youtube.com/Braille+/
>> e-mail:
>> chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blazie-support-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:blazie-support-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
>> louis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 12:58 PM
>> To: blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [blazie-support] Re: getting a braille lite 18 and braille
>> lite2000 repared
>>
>>
>> Hi. PAC Mate has these things except builtin WiFi and bluetooth but if
>> they
>> were to build those in the price for it would go weigh up, and it is
>> cheaper
>> and easier to just buy another card if your WiFi or Bluetooth card breaks
>> than to be without your PAC Mate like you would the Icon. And I do agree,
>> FS
>> really needs to lower the starting prices for the PAC Mate considerably.
>> Also there is an FM radio CF card that works really well with the PAC
>> Mate,
>> and a CF card for accessing GSM cell phone networks with your PAC mate so
>> you can text, make incoming and outgoing phone calls, and it works 100%
>> with
>> the JAWS 6.0 in the PAC Mate. The only thing I wish we had is a bigger HD
>> like the Icon but CF cards are getting a lot cheaper, and there are CF to
>> SD
>> adapters you can buy so you can use SD cards as well. Also with the PAC
>> Mate
>> if you are a JAWS user, you don't have to ever purchase JAWS again. Your
>> PM
>> can act like a wireless Dongo so JAWS is always a full version, plus you
>> can
>> control your entire system directly from your PAC Mate! The big plus
>> regarding the Icon is for me just the bigger internal storage space, and
>> that it is also open-source! HTH.
>>
>> ----- 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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