[accesscomp] Re: Need recommendations for a new notetaker
- From: "Jamie Pauls" <jamiepauls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 08:34:58 -0600
You didn't mention the Braille display. I work with children all day long
and write notes on each one at least ten times a day. I teach a music
appreciation class and lecture for three hours a night, take attendance,
read exam study guide and syllabus content and play a lot of music for the
students. I play for church and in two bands and write set lists for each
show, reading them as I play. I get the whole argument that blindness
products are over-priced and out-dated. The only counter argument that I
will offer is that for extreme partability and ease of use these devices
still have their place. We'll never settle this debate; just trying to give
my perspective. (smile)
-----Original Message-----
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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