[accesscomp] Re: Need recommendations for a new notetaker
- From: "Claude Everett" <ceverett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 06:37:58 -0800
Please explain.
It was my understanding the touch screen was a serious impediment.
Regards,
Claude Everett
American by chance, Californian by choice.
Everyone has a disability, some are more aware of it than others.
"If we have learned one thing from the civil rights movement in the united
states, it is that when you let others speak for you, you lose."
Ed Roberts
-----Original Message-----
From: accesscomp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:accesscomp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 6:32 AM
To: accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [accesscomp] Re: Need recommendations for a new notetaker
What problems, the touch screen is a bonus not a problem.
It's a key part of your interaction.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Claude Everett" <ceverett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 6:29 AM
Subject: [accesscomp] Re: Need recommendations for a new notetaker
> How are you getting around the problems with the touch screen?
>
>
> Regards,
> Claude Everett
> American by chance, Californian by choice.
> Everyone has a disability, some are more aware of it than others.
> "If we have learned one thing from the civil rights movement in the united
> states, it is that when you let others speak for you, you lose."
> Ed Roberts
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accesscomp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:accesscomp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 6:26 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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