I'm not sure what they go for now days. They are still too much money for
my budget.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Kwan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: the good old brailler
> Of course. Isn't a display something like 30000 dollars? When I was in
> high
> school they had me using this lap top and the Braille screen was what made
> the damn machine so expensive. These people insisted I used a display
> instead of speech.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 1:18 PM
> Subject: Re: the good old brailler
>
>
> The average blind person cannot afford a braille display. In my case, I
> have my Victor Reader Stream, I can read nls books web braille, play
> books
> in the mp3 format, and listen to my favorite music.I can also read text
> files on it as well. I can take it with me whereever I go.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terri Pannett" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 10:04 AM
> Subject: Re: the good old brailler
>
>
>> Many people get braille displays and braille notetakers through
>> Rehab--particularly students and people seeking jobs.
>>
>> As for me, I received my first one through work. Then, when I was laid
>> off,
>> they offered it to me for one third its original price, so I bought it.
>>
>> I saved money and bought the rest myself.
>>
>> Braille displays are expensive, but they're worth every penny. My life
>> has
>> been revolutionized because I can put lots of files in my PC and/or
>> BrailleNote and take them with me to read. I have several translations
>> of
>> the Bible, a hymn book, plus books from web braille in my BN. Braille is
>> an
>> enormous help when I use Duxbury or other programs to edit files. You
>> can
>> even connect braille displays with cell phones and, if the display has a
>> keyboard, you can use its keyboard instead of the ones which are on the
>> cell
>> phones. (I'm still working on connecting my BrailleWave with my Motorola
>> Q.) Of course, they're excellent for taking notes, amateur radio logs,
>> ncs
>> check-ins, traffic and so on.
>>
>> It wouldn't surprise me if paper braille was replaced with refreshable
>> braille, especially for textbooks. Both the BrailleNote and the
>> BrailleSense plus can handle Daisy books and, I think, RFB&D books and
>> Bookshare books. (I'm not sure if the BrailleSense will handle all of
>> these, but the BN will.)
>>
>> I remember when I used to have to lug around volumes of braille for
>> school
>> or church--no more!
>>
>> As you can see, I'm a real braille fan!
>
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