No, he's totally blind.
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From: accesscomp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:accesscomp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of arlene
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:19 PM
To: accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [accesscomp] Re: Need recommendations for a new notetaker
Hello: Can your friend with ms see at all? If he can all the world
to
him using a touch screen phone.
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From: "Anjelina" <cruz.anjelina@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 6:56 AM
Subject: [accesscomp] Re: Need recommendations for a new notetaker
I know a friend who is able to successfully use a touch screen phone
with MS.
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From: accesscomp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:accesscomp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 8:26 AM
To: accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [accesscomp] Re: Need recommendations for a new notetaker
Get off the blind devices.
Go with a good PDA and mobile speak.
HTC Touch Pro is working out great for me, combine with a small
bluetooth keyboard and you're better off than any nitch market device
anyday.
Not to mention you'll have a phone / outlook integrated contact tool /
bluetooth device/ tv / web browser and what ever else you want to do!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamie Pauls" <jamiepauls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 6:20 AM
Subject: [accesscomp] Re: Need recommendations for a new notetaker
I think almost five and a half years of daily use is about all that
you can ask of any notetaker. I don't care for the Pac Mate for
reasons other than the fact that it wore out but I can't fault it
for that.
-----Original Message-----
From: accesscomp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:accesscomp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of arlene
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:53 PM
To: accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [accesscomp] Re: Need recommendations for a new notetaker
Hello Jamie< I would ask around about the upgrade to pack
mate. I think you got a lemon! If that next one is going to
break then I'd carefully research in a reliable note taker.
Good luck! sorry the current pack mate is not working like it
should!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamie Pauls" <jamiepauls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 6:28 AM
Subject: [accesscomp] Need recommendations for a new notetaker
Greetings all:
I have owned my Pac Mate QX 40 for over five years and it is
literally falling apart in my hands; pins coming out where the
Braille display locks in, keys coming off, and one Braille cell that no
longer works.
I have used the product every day for the past five years. I am
going to ask my local rehab services for the blind agency to either
repair the old unit or purchase a new notetaker for me. If I
actually manage to make a good dpitch for a new unit, I am not sure
whether to ask for a Braille Note or a Braille Sense. I have no one
close to let me demo either, although I have briefly looked at a
Braille Note. Here is what I need:
1. Need a smaller unit than my current QX 40; probably do not want a
qwerty keyboard; will go back to a Braille keyboard.
2. Reliability; few lockups and the ability to recover data if
lockups occur. Does the Braille Note or Braille Sense save data
after a hard reset as the new upgrade to Pac Mate does?
3. Good media player functions; I use the unit now with my music
therapy practice and might start using it in my music appreciation
class with connected speakers instead of a boom box.
4. Ease of use when reading with the Braille display; I've always
found the Pac Mate display slow to read with; don't know if this is
a function of Braille displays in general, my own lack of
proficiency when reading with a Braill display, or the Pac Mate
display in particular.
A repair and upgrade of my old Pac Mate is probably what I'll get.
How good is the upgrade in terms of increased speed and reliability?
Thanks for answering these questions as best as you can.
Jamie Pauls
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