[ebooktalk] Re: Seika mini braille display.
- From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:12:06 +0100
Shell
I have just taken delivery of one but haven't got much experience of using
it yet.
It appears to be a much more robust machine than the Esys12. It is a little
smaller than the usual paperback book.
I would suggest you download the instructions from the RNIB website. They
are fairly straightforward and will give you a very good idea of what the
machine does.
Two points I would make. The machine uses a mini SD card. In order to
transfer books to the card you will need to put it into a card reader. Most
card reader do not have a slot for the mini SD card and you need an adaptor.
An adaptor is not supplied with the machine. If you buy a new card you
always get an adaptor with it - so that's the only answer to that one.
Second, there is not an onboard Braille translator, in order to read in
Grade 2 Braille you will need to put text through a translation program. I
use Kurzweil 1000 for this but there are others. The American Foundation for
the Blind have a free translation program on their site.
Once I have used it a bit I will let you know how I get on but it's looking
good.
Steve
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Seika mini braille display.
Hi,
has anyone any experience or know anyone who owns a Seika mini braille
display. I am thinking of buying one but was just wondering if anyone had
any experience with it first. I think Steve has a similar machine with 12
cells, but I thought of going for this one because it has 16 cells.
Thanks for any help.
Shell.
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