Hi Alia, Braille is slower but more accurate. For example, I had to double check the spelling of your name just now. Using speech this took far longer finding an instance of the name then arrowing through the letters. It would have been instantaneous if I were reading your emails with braille, the process totally streamlined.
Speech is a tool and braille is a tool. They are both valuable; Howver, the simple fact of the matter is that non braille users are functionally iliterate. Their ability to spell goes away. Communicating proper names becomes an utter chore. foreign language words are hopeless. Multi-tasking can be difficult, IE, taking notes while on the phone. For me, this is so much easier with braille than speech. Often I want to read articles. Other times I want to listen to them. So, I know it's important for me to have braille. I believe it's important for every one to have braille. I could live without braille if I had to, but I would never choose to. The brailleedge is a good little device. I wish they had a 32 cell version. My other favourite is the Brailliant BI. Both well-built devices with two year standard warrantees, executive case options, superb cross platform support and more. Best, Erik Burggraaf Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2014-06-21, at 7:00 AM, alia robinson <ali...@gmail.com> wrote: > I like to research thoroughly before any purchase. I have asked about certain > displays etc, and think I am decided on a braille edge. > > My question is general for those who have opinions pro or con. braille > displays are expensive, and have a lot of moving parts. I worry about > reliability. Is it worth it? I am also a fairly medium speed braille reader. > I can do significantly more and go faster with voiceover. for those who use a > lot of braille how do you feel about how productive it is? is it slower for > you? I love braille, but my big question is do I want to go to something > that is slower than voiceover. I guess I am looking for a pro/con list of > getting a display from those who use one. thanks all. > > alia > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
