Hi Bob,
I think you said Braille Notetaker or Brailler
Personally I couldn't do without either.  Well, I guess I could 
do without my Braille Notetakers but I wouldn't but writing email 
since I do not like the Computer very much.  The good 
old-fashioned Perkins still has a place.  It doesn't need 
batteries, you have a hard copy of what you write so you can just 
put the papers in a folder very go, and it's nice during a power 
failure because you don't have to worry about your batteries.
Colleen Roth