[access-uk] Re: braille display
- From: Dean Wilcox <wilcoxdean@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:23:32 -0800
They got me one of those too. It might not be the newest display on the market
but it is well supported and in my experience well built and reliable.
On 26 Jan 2011, at 04:56, william lomas wrote:
> they getting me the focus 80 for work
>
> On 26 Jan 2011, at 12:52, Jackie Cairns wrote:
>
>> Hi Will
>>
>> An 80 cell display is indeed one line of Braille, and it isn't that long
>> because you can use keys on both ends of it to read with your left or right
>> hands to advance the text. An 80 cell is much better in my opinion on a PC.
>>
>> And if you want a recommendation, go for the Alva BC680 from Optelec. It
>> has USB and Bluetooth, and can do all sorts of nice things like allow you to
>> split the display so you have a portion of it for what is on your PC screen
>> using USB, and another portion connected via Bluetooth to your phone. I'm
>> not saying you would always want to do that, I certainly don't, but it's a
>> feature. And I have to say the Braille on the Alva is second to none.
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Jackie Cairns
>> J&M Work-Ability
>>
>> jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> www.work-ability.co.uk
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>> william lomas
>> Sent: 26 January 2011 12:42
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] braille display
>>
>> hi all does anyone know, is an 80 cell display just 1 huge line of
>> braille please, or is it 2 physical lines of 40 characters?
>> I assume if one big line that be a lot of stretching to read it smile
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