[icon-discuss] Re: Question about the noise level of the keys
- From: "Richard Turner" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:02:13 -0700
Don't take one person's gripes as gospel. Try the unit out for yourself.
You will have no ability to take notes on the Icon without an external
keyboard unless you are tremendously fast with text messaging; which is the
only type of direct input you can do on the Icon; and that is seriously
louder than the braille keys ever thought of being. Or, you can use a
bluetooth keyboard or a USB keyboard; which means an extra piece of
equipment to carry around, etc.
Or, you wait for the docking station and see if that is any quieter. I
doubt that it will be.
I think this level of straining at gnats is bordering on the ridiculous.
The keys are no louder than other units. But, you won't know until you get
your hands on a unit and try it for yourself.
Richard
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From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob Lambert
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 8:37 PM
To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Question about the noise level of the keys
IF it's that bad, maybe I should look closer at the Icon then...what do you
think? Are the rubber keys also bad?
> From: David.Tanner@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:33:13 -0500
> Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Question about the noise level of the keys
>
> I don't think that the sound is as critical as it is that the design
> and materials of the Braille keys needs a huge change. It is not
> possible to type on the Braille Plus nearly as quickly or accurately
> as on most Braille keyboards. And, I don't know what the Braille
> keys now are exactly like, but the Braille keys on the unit that I
> have are mushey, wobbely, and both feel and sound cheap and poorly
> made. I don't think I have seen as poor quality Braille keys on any
> other Braille device in a long time. And, I cannot believe that
> this keyboard is going to hold up very well, and is not designed in
> such a way to make it possible to type very fast when; as has been
> said before on this list; if you don't press in just the right place
> the keys won't register correctly or at all.
>
> I had my Braille Plus less than three weeks and had to send it back
> to APH to have the keyboard adjusted, and it really needed more, but
> I didn't want to wait an additional 3 weeks to a month for it to go
> to Colorado to get that done. The bottom line is that the material
> used to make the keys on the Braille keyboard need to be changed,
> and something about how the keyboard is designed needs changed.
> Since I don't know what they are doing below the surface of the
> unit. The problem is that the current design is not any place close
> to what it should be when you consider how many people type on a
> Braille keyboard because of their habits formed back when they were
> using a Perkins Braillewriter.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> David Tanner
> Rehabilitation Program Specialist 3
> Assistive Technology Specialist
> Assistive Technology Department
> MN State Services f/t Blind
> Office- 651-642-0795 Cell- 651-270-2233
> Skype name: dtat100
>
>
> >>> richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx 4/16/2008 9:24 PM >>>
> Hi,
> It isn't any louder than a standard keyboard. At least, none of
> the
> keyboards I've used.
>
> And, as someone else pointed out, the ADA would not allow someone
> to be that
> picky.
>
> I took notes on a slate and stylus all the way through a Masters
> program and
> not one professor complained about the noise and the clicking of a
> slate and
> stylus is way more annoying than the keys on the Braille Plus.
>
> So, go order it and use the 30 day return policy to find all this
> out for
> yourself. You won't be sorry you did.
>
> Richard
>
>
> _____
>
> From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob
> Lambert
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 6:40 PM
> To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Question about the noise level of the
> keys
>
>
>
> Understand that I have not actually seen the unit myself, but I
> remember
> having a professor who forbade laptops (except for me because I was
> a
> special case) because she thought the keyboard was too noisy - she
> hated the
> "click click click" sound. Essentailly I didn't want a set of keys
> that
> would be so loud that they'd annoy a teacher while a student was
> trying to
> take notes from a lecture situation.
>
>
> _____
>
> From: ljgehres@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Question about the noise level of the
> keys
> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:38:34 -0700
>
>
> Hmm, I must be unique as I think the Braille+ keys are quiet,
> especially
> compared with the Braille 'n Speak.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rob Lambert <mailto:rml695@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 3:41 PM
> Subject: [icon-discuss] Question about the noise level of the keys
>
> I was curious. Several people on the list noted that the keys on
> the Braille
> Plus are noisy, both the rubber and plastic keys. Is the noise
> level the
> same on the Icon or is it quieter?
>
>
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