Hi Daveed:
Warm Regards, Rhonda Clark, Illinois
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From: Daveed Mandell <daveedm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: braille-sense@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:28:17 -0700
Subject: [braille-sense] Automatic Braille Grade Two Translation,
FileImporting/Exporting, and Estimated Battery Life
I have a few questions re the Braille Sense, which I am planningto
buy very soon.
1. In some notetakers, one has to make it clear that one istyping
in Grade Two braille. Otherwise, when typing on the keyboard,you
get jibberish ASCII braille! Is this the case also with theBraille
Sense? The manual talks about grade two braille output on thethere
display, but it does not mention inputting Grade Two. What if
is a sign or symbol you don't want translated to Grade Two,because
it wouldn't make sense? Can one deal with such situations?
2. I must produce radio scripts of news stories anddocumentaries
and then turn them over to sighted colleagues. At other times,understand
sighted colleagues do the same to me--that is, they send me their
material to edit, and I must then send it back to them. I
that while MS Word documents can be read on the Braile Sense, oneunderstand
cannot save braille files as MS Word documents. I also
that RTF files can neither be imported nor exported. I consider these rather serious shortcomings when interacting with sighted people. My colleagues vastly prefer Word files, or RTF files as well, over .txt files.
3. One more query: How long does the battery last per charge,speech or
approximately, when only using the braille display--without
the visual display? Thanks.
I would very much appreciate clarification of the above two questions. Thanks so much.
--Daveed--
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