But lets face it Adaptive technology for the blind is expensive but what are we going to do, not buy it!
It’s a captured market and we need to have something to make life work for us so we pay these prices. I know I buy the iPhone because it’s accessible I could get the Samsung android products but to me they aren’t as nice to use. But they would do the job and are cheaper. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Tuesday, 25 July 2017 3:51 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Refreshable Braille devices? Hi Les, I agree that devices like the altar are very expensive. But, based on what the original poster said she wanted, it sounds like that device would meet her needs. Perhaps the Edgewood as well. I know it's less expensive. I am just not that familiar with its capabilities in terms of notetaking and file transferring, particularly to a Mac. But I think it is about $1000 or perhaps a bit more than that cheaper, if that makes any sense. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2017, at 8:39 AM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com<mailto:kriegle...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi Mary, In my opinion, all the no takers including the ultra or overpriced. The ultra the last time I checked for the 40 so my will cost her about $4000. Not worth it in my opinion for what you get. Anybody who buys a blind is no taking device is really paying premium for it. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2017, at 10:36 AM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com<mailto:motte...@gmail.com>> wrote: If you don't want the full blown capability of a very expensive blindness note taker, such as the new Polaris, you might consider the varrio ultra. That has the ability to transfer files with a USB stick. And it also has note taking capability. It has an excellent warranty. Some people also find it more complicated than the traditional regular braille displays such as the edge. They do have excellent US customer support, as well as an online manual, and an active helpful email list. This display comes in 20 or 40 sell links. It has a text reader, word processor, PDF reader, spreadsheet viewer and others. What it does not have our things like the ability to fetch email or connect to the Internet. That is where you would need the full note taker, but then you're also going to be paying a whole lot more. And if you're good with your iPhone and your Mac, really, who needs that? Mary Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2017, at 3:08 AM, Caitlyn Furness <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com<mailto:caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com>> wrote: 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<mailto: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? 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