[talks-uk] Just curious, how helpful is a Braille display really?

  • From: "Hussein Patwa" <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:45:13 -0000

Hi,
 
I hope no-one minds my asking this question.  I don't want to cause offence,
however I've never had the opportunity to ask someone this in person and I'm
genuinely interested to know.
 
How much does having a Braille display really help with practical use of a
cell phone?  I'm thinking not only from the portability perspective, but
also as phones are still rarely used as primary communication devices other
than for making calls of course.  Plus they are more mobile so you'd have to
take the Braille display everywhere with you. I'm assuming it isn't small
enough to be operable entirely one-handed as a cell phone is.
 
If I use a PC as a parallel.  I know several people who prefer to use a
Braille display with their PC particularly for tasks such as programming or
mathematics, as they find it more practical rather than the tedious task of
having the speech repeat the same thing over and over again, or speak out
every punctuation mark or symbol.  The Braille display would give them all
the access to the information and it just stays there for them to access
without repetition.
 
But I can't reconcile or picture in my mind how it would be of help with a
cell phone.  the phone itself is so small, battery life relatively short in
comparison to other devices and then there's the whole issue of speech
already being on the phone.
 
Sorry if this sounds so obvious to everyone else, but I'd welcome being
enlightened and hearing about your experiences.  Feel free to contact me off
list if it's felt replying to this publically would cause needless clutter.
 
 
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Hussein.
 
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