[bookport] Re: Has anyone heard of this device?
- From: "Richard Ring" <ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:53:16 -0500
It is a matter of preference. But I don't see how a laptop would
alienate anyone, I mean it's not like I'm walking around with a fish
bowl shaped helmet and tanks on my back.
Besides, although I don't wish to go out of my way to alienate anyone, I
don't believe that it is necessary to be overly concerned about it
either.
It is cheaper to get a laptop, but a note taker like the Braillenote,
the Braille Sense, or the Pac Mate can truly make note taking a breeze
without all of the frills that a Laptop has. You don't waste time
booting up, you can turn of a note taker and when you turn it on you are
in the exact same place in the document you were working on, and there
are many other things that note takers do that lend themselves to
efficiency and portability. However, they're not as powerful as a PC,
and there's no getting around that.
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From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandy Licht
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 2:47 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Has anyone heard of this device?
I wouldn't think a laptop would look alienating to sighted folks. A
lot of them probably use them, too! Maybe because I don't own a
Packmate, I don't appreciate what it can do. But to my way of
thinking, give me a lightweight laptop and a Bookport, and I would
have the best of both worlds.
At 02:40 PM 8/25/2006, you wrote:
>Laptops are usually cheaper, but the pacmate offers some things that
>a laptop doesn't, in my mind, offer a student in seminar. Since my
>courses require lots of round-table discussion (they are in fact
>giant round table discussions) having a laptop in front of my face
>can make me appear alienating to sighed folks. Plus it's easier to
>balance in random places than a laptop - and less heavy. Easier to
>sling around, since it fits in my (giant, admittedly) purse and my
>laptop doesn't.
>But that would only be nice if I actually knew how to use it :)
>
>On 8/25/06, Sandy Licht
><<mailto:slicht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>slicht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
>It would be cheaper to buy a laptop!
>
>At 02:28 PM 8/25/2006, you wrote:
> >I couldn't help but laugh a lot through this thread. I'm just
> >starting grad school and I'm dying learning my pacmate (I haven't
> >needed one really up until now) and it's insanity times twelve,
> >combined with the new bookport for increased theory book
> >usage. Gah! However, I think that the big point here was the price
> >- look how cheap TADI is compaired to the pacmate or
> >voicenote. Poor kid, tell her to appeal if she can. I know arguing
> >with caseworkers is the last thing a grad student wants to do with
> >everything else in mind but I think it's worth it.
> >Just a TADI would be good for personal use, if it's small (but it
> >doesn't seem small enough to want to use instead of a pacmate
anyway).
> >Oy!
> >- Jeanette
> >
> >On 8/25/06, Richard Ring
> ><<mailto:ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> .us > wrote:
> >I can categorically say that no one in the state of Iowa would get
one
> >of these devices in place of a full fledged note taker. It's not
just
> >that rehab people want to protect the budget although this is a good
> >deal of the problem, it's that they no squat about technology, and
they
> >don't make their business to learn!
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: <mailto:
>
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> >[mailto: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandy Licht
> >Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 1:21 PM
> >To:
>
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> >Subject: [bookport] Re: Has anyone heard of this device?
> >
> >
> >It seems to me, a lot of rehab councillors simply want to appear to
> >be helpful. Their main job is to protect the budget. I had one who
> >was different, but those are rare, unfortunately.
> >
> >At 01:15 PM 8/25/2006, you wrote:
> > >Yes, and if I were your friend, I would definitely put up a fight
on
> >that
> > >one. The TATI is nothing like a Braille Note or Pacmate. It is
> >somewhat
> > >similar to a VoiceMate, but it has a small qwerty keyboard. You
can
> >use it
> > >to jot down notes, phone numbers and addresses, but certainly not
at
> >all
> > >suitable for graduate work. The TATI is like a toy compared to a
real
> >note
> > >taker. In addition, the TATI will totally loose all of its data if
the
> > >batteries go dead. Personally, I think the Rehab person that
> >recommended
> > >the TATI as a serious tool for anyone going to school should be
shot.
> >The
> > >TATI sells for about $250 or so and more than likely the small
price
> >tag is
> > >the only reason it is being forced on someone by the Rehab
councilor.
> >You
> > >can find more info on the TATI on the Maxi Aids web site.
> > >
> > >Your friend definitely needs to go over the Rehab councilors head
to
> >some
> > >one that knows what they are doing. There must be someone he or
she
> >can
> > >appeal to.
> > >
> > >It just makes my blood boil when I see this kind of incompetence in
a
> >Rehab
> > >person that is supposed to have the client's best interest in mind,
and
> >not
> > >their agency's pocket book.
> > >
> > >Sorry for the rant.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >--Best regards,
> > >
> > >--Rick Alfaro
> > >--<mailto:
>
rick.alfaro@xxxxxxxxxxx><mailto:rick.alfaro@xxxxxxxxxxx>rick.alfaro@comc
ast.net
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: <mailto:
>
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> >[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ]
> > >On Behalf Of Deborah Kendrick
> > >Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 10:23 AM
> > >To: Deborah Kendrick
> > >Subject: [bookport] Has anyone heard of this device?
> > >
> > >A friend of mine just had her voc. rehab. case opened. She's in
> >graduate
> > >school and desperately needs some updated equipment. I told her to
> >request
> > >a Braillenote or Pac Mate. After meeting with her counselor, she
said
> >that
> > >the counselor insisted that a device called the TADI was perfect
for
> >her
> > >needs, and that's what she's getting. I've never heard of it --
and
> >she
> > >wants my opinion. Anyone here ever heard of it?
> >
> >Sandy Licht
> >Phone: 409-898-8218
> >Jeremiah 29:11 - 14A
> >11For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They
> >are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a
> >hope. 12In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13If you look for
> >me in earnest,
> >you will find me when you seek me. 14I will be found by you," says
> >the LORD...
> >
> >
> >
>
>Sandy Licht
>Phone: 409-898-8218
>Jeremiah 29:11 - 14A
>11For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They
>are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a
>hope. 12In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13If you look for
>me in earnest,
>you will find me when you seek me. 14I will be found by you," says
>the LORD...
>
>
Sandy Licht
Phone: 409-898-8218
Jeremiah 29:11 - 14A
11For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They
are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a
hope. 12In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13If you look for
me in earnest,
you will find me when you seek me. 14I will be found by you," says
the LORD...
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