Hi, Personally, I love any of the Hims devices, so these are things like the new polaris and the U2, braille sense line of products. The braille is nice and crisp, and the devices themselves are just very well made.
I can’t speak about anything made by humanware except the brilliant, but that’s a full sized display and doesn’t have the capability to store files, just access what’s on the computer when you are hooked up to it. I think the braille edge from Hims also works somewhat like a braille note taker, but am not sure on that. I’ve had no troubles getting files from the mac onto the braille sense. when I attach it to my mac with a USB cable, the device comes up like any other drive, and I can copy and paste things from one to the other, although it takes a long time. Of course, you can also use a usb stick to transfer files, or the sd card. HTH, and I’ll be interested to see what others have to say on this as well! Cait > On Jul 23, 2017, at 6:26 PM, Sarah Amelia Sackville McLauchlan > <phantom.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all! > > So am looking for some advice/guidance before I go out and start applying for > assistive tech grant money. I used to use the BrailleNote, but mine died a > long time ago. And even before it did, I was starting to run into > compatibility issues between it, the program I used to transfer files to my > old computer (a PC in those days), and the computer itself. Plus, of course, > I've since switched to Mac, which I don't think my BrailleNote was compatible > with anyway. So now I'm without a Braille device! But I really want to get > another one. What's compatible with Mac, though? > > Basically, what I'm looking for would be a portable, refreshable Braille > device that I can easily transfer files to from my computer and back. > Because, although I might use it for writing sometimes, what I'd mainly be > using it for is reading. For example, I'd use it to read my papers when I > present at conferences, or my poetry/fiction at reading events. Though, I > might use it for private reading too. So are there devices in the Mac > compatible world that will allow me to do that? > > Anyway, thanks. :-) I figured that, if anyone would know, it'd be folks here! > > www.phantomfemme.com <http://www.phantomfemme.com/> > Sent from my iPad > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> > --- > 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 > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
