You will at least have a slot for a flashcard on the side. There will be a manual that you can read with your 18 cell braille display, but as a matter of fact, I have a hard copy braille manual that I no longer need and will be happy to send it to you if you like. ----- Original Message ----- From: "MissWings" <misswings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 9:01 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Braille Note questions.
Hi all. I'm in theprocess 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.2/967 - Release Date: 8/22/2007 6:51 PM-- No virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.2/967 - Release Date: 8/22/2007 6:51 PMTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.-- No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.2/967 - Release Date: 8/22/2007 6:51 PM
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