I was an NCS and a traffic handler on nets for years before computers came 
along and I used the brailler.  I have used a BrailleNote a few times and it 
works well.  But when there's no power, the brailler is the thing to use. 
It's similar to a sighted person using pencil and paper, but the brailler's 
faster.  The slate and stylus is supposed to be the blind person's "pencil", 
but I just can't write fast enough to use it for ncs or traffic.  So far, I 
don't know of one slate user who can be an ncs or handle traffic using only 
the slate and stylus without an auxiliary recording device.

Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.