[access-uk] Re: braille display
- From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:47:33 -0000
Yes this is true. I made justification for wanting an Alva over a Focus for
ergonomic reasons. I was lucky to have had such a good assessor and then
ATW support.
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
Colin Fowler
Sent: 26 January 2011 16:47
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: braille display
ATW are funding your equipment, and that equipment has been recommended by
your assessor, you are perfectly entitled to ask your assessor to look again
at the braille display recommendation if you don't feel happy with what they
have recommended.
----- Original Message -----
From: "william lomas" <lomaswilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 3:58 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: braille display
> see i would go for an alva but it is access to work paying not me
>
> On 26 Jan 2011, at 15:51, Jackie Cairns wrote:
>
>> The Focus 80 is different Eleanor. For starters, it's much bigger, as
>> you
>> would expect, and it's very heavy too. For me personally, and I know a
>> band
>> of us agree, the Alva and Handytech displays are the business, but
>> obviously
>> cost more. And after the way FS decided to handle their driver signing
>> to
>> force people into looking at other options, I would never give them my
>> money
>> for a new one. I'm just being honest, no offence meant, it's what I feel
>> and believe in my heart.
>>
>>
>> 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
>> Eleanor Burke
>> Sent: 26 January 2011 15:16
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: braille display
>>
>> I have the Focus Blue and am satisfied with it, do not know if the Focus
>> is
>> different.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 3:03 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: braille display
>>
>>
>>> Yuck, rather you than me then!!
>>>
>>>
>>> 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 12:57
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: braille display
>>>
>>> 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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