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 > > > Please respond to > > > bksvol-discuss > > > > > > > > > To > > > <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > cc > > > > > > Subject > > > [bksvol-discuss] Of screenreaders and other talking tech for validation > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > with that? > > > > > > > > > > > > Gisela > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >