[real-eyes] e: Re: e: Re: e: Re: Braille 'n Speak question
- From: jack and bakey <braille_cat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:10:26 -0600
I have a braille lite forty I still use all the time. Which is
just the BNS with a forty cell display so best of both worlds.
Smiles
Jack
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Duyahn Walker" <themusicman1@xxxxxxxxx
>To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date sent: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 12:16:30 -0600
>Subject: [real-eyes] Re: e: Re: e: Re: Braille 'n Speak question
>I still have my Braille 'N Speak 2000 unit but it is sitting here
deader
>then a door nail.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Glenn" <GlennErvin@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 11:50 AM
>Subject: [real-eyes] Re: e: Re: e: Re: Braille 'n Speak question
>>I had gotten rid of mine, so I can't tell any more, but I do
remember that
>>a
>> spring-loaded battery pack would have been great if I could find
the right
>> configuration, and then just load in rechargeable double-A
batteries, and
>> it
>> would be good to go.
>> These should have been made this way from the start.
>> Glenn
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "jack and bakey" <braille_cat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 11:40 AM
>> Subject: [real-eyes] e: Re: e: Re: Braille 'n Speak question
>> They actually look taped together. I got curious and opened one
>> of those things up. As I recall the battery is taped to the
back
>> and is indeed soldered. Need look again though. No sense
paying
>> these guys beaucoup bucks when you really don't have too.
>> Best
>> Jack
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "G.E." <GlennErvin@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Date sent: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 11:15:14 -0600
>>>Subject: [real-eyes] Re: e: Re: Braille 'n Speak question
>>>It is not really a battery pack, I believe that the wires are
>> soldered in,
>>>so you may need to snip the wires, and if you have to do that,
>> snip them
>>>close to the batteries.
>>>I have done this, but it has been a while.
>>>Glenn
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "jack and bakey" <braille_cat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 11:14 AM
>>>Subject: [real-eyes] e: Re: Braille 'n Speak question
>>>I have had quite a lot of success having batteries built for me
>>>and certainly MUCH cheaper than sending the unit in would be.
>>>Just take the battery pack out tell them you want a new one
>>>built. They'll do it for you. Cost about 30 bucks! And at least
>>>in this particular instance they don't need to know what it's
>>>for.
>>>LOL!
>>>My Very best to All
>>>Jack In a VERY CHILLY Texas
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "G.E." <GlennErvin@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>Date sent: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 20:39:41 -0600
>>>>Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Braille 'n Speak question
>>>>Hi Kim,
>>>>I have taken a B&S into an electronics repair shop, and they can
>>>order the
>>>>highest rechargeable NICAD batteries for this purpose, and either
>>>have them
>>>>soldered or do it themselves.
>>>>I believe it 6 of the rechargeable batteries.
>>>>I considered finding a tray to fit inside with springs, like you
>>>used to
>>>>find at Radio Shack, but I don't think they carry them any more.
>>>>But if you could find a tray to fit inside, you could just find
>>>the highest
>>>>milliamp of nickel cadmium double-A batteries for it.
>>>>If I remember, there are 5 screws to take the bottom off.
>>>>Or you could take it to a place like Batteries Plus, and assure
>>>them that
>>>>they are just the NICAD double-A batteries inside, and they may
>>>do it for
>>>>you.
>>>>I had it done around 8 years ago or so, and it was around 40
>>>dollars.
>>>>HTH.
>>>>Glenn
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Kimberly Morrow, PhD." <morrowmediakc@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 9:15 AM
>>>>Subject: [real-eyes] Braille 'n Speak question
>>>>I have a friend who cannot afford the $200 warranty needed to
>>>send his
>>>>Braille 'n Speak Scholar to Freedom Scientific for repairs. He's
>>>doing well
>>>>just to put food on the table at this point. So I'm attempting
>>>to diagnose
>>>>the problem and see what can be done to correct it short of
>>>sending the unit
>>>>in--which is not happening. The battery in the unit is
>>>completely dead--so
>>>>finding out the make and model of the Braille 'n Speak battery
>>>would be a
>>>>great help. When the unit is plugged in, it works for about 15
>>>seconds, then
>>>>it stops working. Unfortunately due to transportation issues, I
>>>can't get to
>>>>the unit to physically determine what's going on for quite some
>>>time. If
>>>>someone could please give me some direction on next steps, I
>>>would really
>>>>appreciate it.
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Kim
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