[icon-discuss] Re: Question for all BraillePLUS owners; also getting some window-shopping time w
- From: "stacey robinson" <staceyr75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:49:05 -0500
Hi Marta,
where can you buy this keyborad and how much does it cost?
Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Chesley
In Tennessee.
staceyr75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: Marta Rodriguez
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Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:29 AM
Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Question for all BraillePLUS owners; also getting
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Hi Rob:
I didn't like the braille 'n speak keyboard either. The adesso keyboard does
have the home, end, pageup, pagedown, and delete keys. It also has the
control, function keys, and the alt key, which at least my rubber keyboard does
not. What it does not have is the numberpad keys on the right. Now I don't
care about that, as I only use it with the Braille Plus, but it would be a drag
to use were you to be using a windows laptop with Jaws.
Marta
----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Lambert
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Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 1:58 AM
Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Question for all BraillePLUS owners; also
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Thanks, Marta. Yeah I have the rubber roll-up keyboard myself. I don't mind
it except for the lack of Page up, down, home and end keys, and the insert key
as well. I will look into that Adesso keyboard. :) It's not that I didn't like
the Braille Plus keyboard, it's just I didn't want to have an experience like
my Braille 'n Speak, which I call the Cave Man.
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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:23:21 -0400
From: yerbabruja@xxxxxxxx
Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Question for all BraillePLUS owners; also
getting some window-shopping time with the BraillePlus
To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I don't find the braille keyboard on the Braille Plus to be cramped.
It's almost set up like those ergonomic keyboards, the 1 2 3 and 4 5 6 keys a
little farther away from each other so that you don't have your arms together
in front of you while you're typing, as you often do with a regular Qwerty
keyboard.
But you might want to consider that if you don't like the braille
keyboard, you can always add a qwerty keyboard to the device, which would
certainly give you a little more typing room. I just got myself one of those
Adesso mini keyboards, the type that is small enough to carry in a laptop bag
or a big purse. I use that with the Braille Plus when I get tired of using its
own braille keyboard. Also have a foldable rubber keyboard, but find that
keyboard isn't as easy to use as the Adesso one.
Marta
----- Original Message -----
From: Zachary Kline
To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 1:13 AM
Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Question for all BraillePLUS owners; also
getting some window-shopping time with the BraillePlus
Hi,
The Braille Plus keyboard isn't crampt, in my opinion. It feels quite
spacious compared to the BNS keyboard I remember.
The braille keys themselves are spaced wide enough for my finger s to
fit between them.
The keypad is a little close together, but no more so than an average
chordless telephone, and a lot wider than some cell phones.
I'm not living in your area, so afraid I can't help with the loan issue.
Best,
Zack.
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:48:59PM -0700, Rob Lambert wrote:
>
> I have seen some pictures of the Plus (I use a very powerful
magnifier on my MacBook) and the keyboard looks cramped. I've still got a 15
year old Braille 'n Speak and I know what cramped keyboards are like because of
it. LOL I have not updated in 15 years, and I really am looking at a new
device, but i'm at...well...6 forks in the road. LOL. I'm looking very closely
at the Braille Plus as one of the devices I'd like to get. So yeah is the
keyboard on the BraillePlus cramped? Also, a good friend of mine told me that
where she is if she needs to look at something such as the BraillePlus or Icon,
that she can (in the sense of equipment loans for review purposes). I'm from
Nevada and I'm not sure what we have here besides Easter Seals (which I heard
on the news last week will be closing due to funding issues I think) and the
NFB and I'm not sure if they have a tech lab or not. I know the local Blind
Center only has the BrailleNote and PACmate (last I looked). What I'd like to
do is to actually make a hard look at the device, but I can't make it to the
conventions this summer due to my need to take the Praxis for my bachelors in
special ed.
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