[duxuser] Re: keyboards
- From: "Neal Kuniansky" <Neal@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:20:21 -0500
Also don?t forget that if you already have a keyboard that is good for 6 key
editing (with your old computer).
KEEP IT! Then if your new computer and the keyboard it comes with work
great.
If the new keyboard does not work you at least have your old one to try.
Just a little bit of a safety net although, this will not save everyone!
Neal
Sincerely,
Neal Kuniansky
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of George Bell
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:57 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: HP keyboards
I hate any kind of pre-announcement when delivery cannot be specified or
even guaranteed, but as it happens, I have already seen the working
prototype of a 6 key entry USB keyboard I have had designed specially with
DBT in mind.
Laid out similar to a Braille 'n Speak, it has 6 braille keys, a space bar,
but with a backspace and Enter/Return key.
THAT IS IT! NO FANCY INTELLIGENCE! NO GRADE 2 CAPABILITY! IT'S DUMB AND
STUPID WITH NO BRAINS.
However, it does (well, should) work in conjunction with your existing
keyboard.
The drawback is going to be price. Making small quantities (like under
5,000) is expensive, and our estimates so far suggest and end user price of
around £95 British or about $175 American.
George Bell.
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Susan
Sent: 24 March 2004 15:42
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: HP keyboards
Brands and model numbers are a start, but not a guarantee. I was involved in
a training once, with 12 identical computer setups. Eight of the keyboards
could not do 6-key entry. All the keyboards had the same model number, but
obviously the chip was not the same in all of them.
As far as HP goes, my husband and I have owned 6 HPs over the years. All
of the keyboards (including my notebook) would do 6-key entry ... until the
one I got last fall. And of course, it's very possible that if I had gotten
another
box with the same model or a different model, the keyboard would have
worked.
As the saying goes, it's a crap shoot. You buy, you try, and you return it
if
necessary.
Susan
George Bell wrote on 3/24/2004, 9:27 AM:
Does it have a model number?
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marjorie Arnott
Sent: 24 March 2004 15:05
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: HP keyboards
One of the best keyboards I have found is manufactured by
Compaq and you can purchase them at Radioshack for less than
$20. In fact, the last time I bought one it was only $15.
Marjorie Arnott
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