[bksvol-discuss] Re: Braille Note questions.
- From: MissWings <misswings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,<bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:58:44 -0500
Hi Jana.
The lady does have the care adapter for it, which she's going to send to me
along with the Braille Note. I found a getting started audio file up on
Humanware's Web site done by Jonathan Mosen, which does a pretty good job
of explaining some of the basics. The lady says if I have any questions I
can call her even after the Braille Note gets here, which I think is
nice. Hopefully the manual will explain about that adapter though, and I
can find the compact flash cards for a decent price somewhere.
MissWings
At 03:27 PM 8/23/2007, Jana Jackson wrote:
Hi, Miss Wings! First of all, as long as it's working well, I think you
will love your new Braille Note. You'll need an adapter to use the
compact flash cards, though, if it's one of the really old models.
One thing that I don't believe anyone has mentioned to you is that the
Braille Notes have an excellent help system. You can press the H chord,
Space with H, from any program or file, and it will bring up the relevant
help menu for a particular program. Pressing Enter on a particular item
will bring up the topic. The manual is included on the unit as
well. Also, the Braille Note is very menu-driven, so once you get
started, it's easy to find your way around. Of course, there are all
kinds of shortcuts to do things as well. <Smile>
Calling HumanWare is a great idea, but if I were you, I'd wait until the
unit is in your hands. You may want to ask the lady if she happens to
have the command summary that came with it, maybe the tapes for getting
started as well. I sure do hope it works out well for you! <Smile> Take care!
Jana
----- Original Message ----- From: "MissWings" <misswings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 1:35 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Braille Note questions.
Hi Linda.
According to the lady I'm getting this from, it's one of the older
models, but you can still use compact flash cards for it. It just has
the slot on the side instead of on the back like the newer model
apparently does. I'm going to wait and see when it gets here if it has a
user's manual on it, since the Braille manual that Humanware is selling
is most likely for the newest model. I'll let everyone know more when it
comes, but even if it's an older model that's fine with me. There's no
way I could afford to buy the newest model.
MissWings
At 12:27 PM 8/23/2007, Linda Adams wrote:
Hi, Miss Wings. I have seen the two models of the Braille Note, and the
newer model is noticeably smaller than the older one. When I was
checking into buying a Braille Note, I didn't find an option to buy a
hard copy braille manual for it. I like manuals that I can read on a
braille display, but for a new device, it is much easier to have a hard
copy version. My experience with Blazie Engineering and now with
Freedom Scientific is that you should get a service agreement for the
first year of owning your new unit, and especially since you don't know
the condition of this used unit for certain.
To clear up matters directly regarding your confusion, just call
Humanware at 1-800-722-3393 and ask questions until you find out
everything you want to know.
Linda Adams
----- Original Message ----- From: "MissWings" <misswings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 10:01 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Braille Note questions.
Hi all.
I'm in the
process of getting myself a Braille Note with an 18-cell Braille
display on it from someone on one of my e-mail lists, and I'm trying to
find out if I
need to get myself one of those software maintenance agreements like
you get with screen readers like JFW. I'm also trying to figure out
how to order
a Braille manual, but I can't find a link to order the manual online
from Humanware, which sells the same thing I'm getting for about
$4,400, or somewhere
around there. I'm only having to pay about $440 for mine, with
shipping, so it's not too bad. I'm not sure what the model of the one
I'm getting is,
since there's a Braille Note BT and also one with PK. There's one with
a QT after the Braille Note's name too but I'm assuming that has an actual
typing keyboard like a computer, or like the old Type n Speaks from
Blazie Engineering. I'm assuming these Braille Notes with either the
eighteen or thirty-two
cell Braille displays function similarly to the old Braille Lites that
Blazie sold as well, although I wasn't ever lucky enough to use one. I
had to use
one of the old Braille n Speaks with no Braille display! Come to think
of it I'm not sure how old this unit is, but the person I'm getting it
from says
it's hardly been used. I may have to ask her though and see if it's
one of the newer ones with a slot for a flash card or not. I was
looking on Humanware's
Web site, which is how I even knew they had newer and older units.
Needless to say, this is sort of confusing for me to figure out, and
I'm trying to
decide whether I should wait until I get it in the mail and take a look
at it before I try and get a manual or if I should order one so hopefully I'll
have it when the unit gets here. I think it's either being shipped
today or tomorrow, depending on when the lady can get herself a ride to
send it out.
I don't know if I need to call Humanware to order a manual, since you
can't apparently order one separately, unless I'm just looking in the
wrong place.
I did a search in Google for Braille Note and went to the page that
came up, where it listed the 18 and 32-cell models and gave prices for
them. There
were also links for the QT and PK versions, as well as a multilingual
one, and then under those they had the accessories like the carrying
case and manual,
along with prices, but you couldn't click on a link and order one. I
didn't mean for this message to be so long, so I hope you've actually
read this far
into it! I know some of you on these lists use Braille Notes, but I'm
not sure if this is an on topic message, since I don't know what types
of files a Braille Note can read and whether or not you can validate
books with them. If you can, that would be neat for me, because I
wouldn't have to sit at the computer ever time I wanted to validate
something. Again sorry for the long message everyone! I just figured
someone on here might know the answers to these, and once I get it I'm
planning on joining the Braille Note list too.
MissWings
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