[icon-discuss] Re: Question about the noise level of the keys
- From: Chase Crispin <chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:30:37 -0600
No no no no no no. Look at a Braille Plus first. None of my keys on either of
my units are like that. If you buy an Icon and don't like it for some bazaar
reason, you are
stuck with it. If you don't like the Braille Plus for some strange reason, you
can send it back
as long as you have had it 30 days or less.
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:36:45 -0700, Rob Lambert wrote:
>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? > > > _____ > > Use video conversation to
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