[bksvol-discuss] Re: Of screenreaders and other talking tech for validation
- From: "Lisa Leonardi" <lml5280@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 15:24:28 -0600
You're right, that is one law. However, it hasn't been a problem for me
because I edit files using my computer with Jaws.
Lisa
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 2:51 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Of screenreaders and other talking tech for
validation
> Nope, just go to www.nfb.org and look for links to the braille monitor.
>
> Your State doesn't have any kind of technology center, or assistive tech
> resellers that show the available equipment you could visit? That is
usually
> free.
>
> Lisa, isn't it a problem that you can only read .txt and .brf files? I
> guess you must only read never edit files on your braille lite.
>
> Sarah Van Oosterwijck
> http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 2:19 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Of screenreaders and other talking tech for
> validation
>
>
> >
> > Thanks, Sarah, and all who gave feedback. I won't be attending any
fancy
> > conferences. I can spend that money to help buy whatever I decide on.
> >
> > So it looks like visiting the websites. Do you have to join NFB to get
> the
> > Braille Monitor? I have seen copies of someone else's and it is a good
> > place for info.
> >
> > Many thanks to all. I shall go do my research. <smile>
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 1:51 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Of screenreaders and other talking tech
for
> > validation
> >
> >
> > You ask a difficult question. The best way to get an answer to it would
> be
> > to go to a conference or organization that can show you the different
> > options available and let you test them for yourself. I think a lot of
> > people have the braille note because it was the first really nice
braille
> > note taker to come out. Now there are other good ones, and it is really
> > what you want to do with it that determines which is the best for you.
> >
> > If you want it to function a lot like your computer the braille note is
> not
> > the best, but i think it is really easy to learn how to use, and also
> might
> > have the best arrangement for simply reading and dealing with braille.
> >
> > The other popular note taker is freedom scientific's pack mate. It has
> more
> > software I think, and acts a bit like JAWS and your computer, but of
> course
> > being braille oriented and being a pocket PC it is different. I also
saw
> > something really neat and cheeper than the braille note at the Closing
the
> > Gap conference this October. It is a new braille note taker made by a
> > company in Korea, and it seemed to have the most features for the price.
> If
> > you would really like to know more about it I can probably dig out the
> > information and send it to you later today.
> >
> > If you ever want to have a GPS system as well as a note taker the
braille
> > note is currently the only one to offer that feature, for an extra price
> of
> > course. :-)
> >
> > The Internet is the second best place to look for information. Go to
each
> > notetaker's web site and review the list of features and the product
> > discription. Look to see if there are recent reviews of the products in
> the
> > access world or braille monitor magazines.
> >
> >
> > Sarah Van Oosterwijck
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity/
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 12:04 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Of screenreaders and other talking tech
for
> > validation
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I have been thinking of buying one of the new notetakers so I can
read
> > > anywhere... Is Braillenote the favored one?? I am not arguing, just
> > > wanting to know.
> > >
> > > Sue
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Guido Corona" <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 10:31 AM
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Of screenreaders and other talking tech
> for
> > > validation
> > >
> > >
> > > Gisela, if you use a BrailleNote pls ensure that the files you
generate
> > > are not truncated when moving back to your PC and you do not lose page
> > > breaks. Also ensure that long dashes are not lost, nor replace by
> > > single or by pair of short dashes.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Guido
> > >
> > >
> > > Guido D. Corona
> > > IBM Accessibility Center, Austin Tx.
> > > IBM Research,
> > > Phone: (512) 838-9735
> > > Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > Visit my weekly Accessibility WebLog at:
> > > http://www-3.ibm.com/able/weblog/corona_weblog.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Gisela Vazquez" <gvazquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent by: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > 12/08/2004 09:51 AM
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> > > I use a screen reader so down near the bottom is good enough. I have
> found
> > >
> > > several books that I would like to validate.
> > >
> > > I have a question for any totally blind people around. Has anyone
used
> a
> > > braillenote to validate a file? Do you all think there would be a
> problem
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