Re: Your Experience with Braille Displays

Hello:

     In the past, I have used a Braillex 2d and earlier, an Alva. My Braillex 
2D has given me years of service. The one I am using now has been in use since 
1995. My understanding is that the Alva units are not as good as they once 
were. One problem with the Braillex units is that here in the U. S., there is 
no repair center. I needed a unit for school, so I recently was able to get a 
Brailliant (Actually a Baum). This 80 cell display is battery powered, has a 
serial, USB and bluetooth interfaces. The Brailliant works with Window-eyes and 
JAWS. As someone who has done programming C and Java, as well as writing HTML 
code. I can't imagine doing this with speech.
There is a new Chinese braille display available from Perkins Products called 
the Seika which sells for about $4,000. I don't know how well it works since it 
is a new entry to the market. With any braille display, I suggest buying an 
extended maintenance contract.

Regards,

Robert Jaquiss

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