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From:

 slery

Subject:

 RE: W.E. and Netbook PC's

Date:

 Sun, Feb 1, 2009 12:23:44 am
Personally, I gather more information by taking notes. And sometimes the
floor just is not available to sit down on.

Cindy
PS I really would like to be able to use a mainstream netbook standing up
with braille.

-----Original Message-----
From: Darren Harris [mailto:darren_g_harris@btinternet.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 5:45 AM
To: 'slery'; steve@comproom.co.uk; 'Raul A. Gallegos'; 'GW
Info Discussion List'
Subject: RE: W.E. and Netbook PC's


Simple, you sit down with it. Or you use a recording device
and take notes from it later. That way you can devote your
attention to listening to what is going on

-----Original Message-----
From: slery [mailto:slerythema@insightbb.com]
Sent: 30 January 2009 23:29
To: 'Darren Harris'; steve@comproom.co.uk; 'Raul A.
Gallegos'; 'GW Info Discussion List'
Subject: RE: W.E. and Netbook PC's


Okay, how do people with laptops stand at the back of a room
and use them with a braille display standing up?

Just curious as I have been in this situation.

Granted, a notetaker has its functions and a netbook does
other functions.

Cindy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darren Harris [mailto:darren_g_harris@btinternet.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 6:07 PM
> To: 'slery'; steve@comproom.co.uk; 'Raul A. Gallegos'; 'GW
> Info Discussion List'
> Subject: RE: W.E. and Netbook PC's
>
>
> See, this is where people oh so many times go wrong. Who needs that
> when you have portable connectivity and even wireless connectivity.
> You're paying over the odds, for what, a device that is
second rate,
> runs slower, and is nowhere near as flexable as a
mainstream device.
> Mainstream is best, it's cheaper, overall more stable, and
much easier
> to repair or even replace should the need come to it. You
may not have
> to send a desktop or laptop off to be fixed someone could
> come to your home to do it and it would be covered in any
> insurance package you would have when purchasing the product.
> Also another problem with these all in 1 products is that if
> 1 part of it goes wrong you've lost the lot. If a gw product
> goes wrong, what will you do take it to your pc store to get
> it fixed? I don't think so. And these adaptive products tend
> to go wrong far more half of them look like they've been
> slapped together I've been down that road before both with a
> pacmate and braillenote never again. Mainstream is best.
> Always has been always will be. And when you consider just
> how much access a person has these days with the various
> screen readers there are out there, there' really is no
> excuse now accept for a persons own flexability or there lack of.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slery [mailto:slerythema@insightbb.com]
> Sent: 30 January 2009 21:41
> To: 'Darren Harris'; steve@comproom.co.uk; 'Raul A.
> Gallegos'; 'GW Info Discussion List'
> Subject: RE: W.E. and Netbook PC's
>
>
> But where can you get a mainstream device with a built-in braille
> display and instant on access?
>
> Cindy
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Darren Harris [mailto:darren_g_harris@btinternet.com]
> > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 3:47 PM
> > To: steve@comproom.co.uk; 'slery'; 'Raul A. Gallegos'; 'GW Info
> > Discussion List'
> > Subject: RE: W.E. and Netbook PC's
> >
> >
> > Yes but mainstream is always best isn't it. I mean I'd
> never go for 1
> > of these note taker devices from any company. They're
nothing but a
> > waste of money when you look at what's available on todays
> mainstream
> > markets.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Nutt [mailto:steve@comproom.co.uk]
> > Sent: 30 January 2009 19:53
> > To: 'slery'; 'Raul A. Gallegos'; 'GW Info Discussion List'
> > Subject: RE: W.E. and Netbook PC's
> >
> >
> > Hi Cindy,
> >
> > To my mind, the Netbook is much snappier and in fact, if
> you put the
> > Smalltalk in its case, with its external USB keyboard, it
> is heavier
> > than a netbook. The small thumb keyboard is so
ridiculously small
> > that it is barely usable for real typing. For browsing yes.
> >
> > So considering the external keyboard takes one of only two
> USB ports
> > on the Smalltalk, my netbook has three, then the old STU
is looking
> > less attractive by the minute. It also doesn't have the
> battery life,
> > and in fact, the two Smalltalks I have here, have really
unreliable
> > batteries.
> >
> > So the MSI Wind wins hands-down for me.
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: slery [mailto:slerythema@insightbb.com]
> > Sent: Thursday 29 January 2009 05:49
> > To: 'Raul A. Gallegos'; 'GW Info Discussion List'
> > Subject: RE: W.E. and Netbook PC's
> >
> > Raul,
> >
> > Thanks so much for the info.
> >
> > If you feel okay answering this, I would love to know the
> comparison
> > between the small talk ultra and the net books? Obviously,
> it depends
> > on what one wants to do but my main concerns are weight and the
> > smaller the screen the better (either for no use or
> depending on the
> > situation only 10 degrees of vision so smaller really is
> better), and
> > typing ability.
> >
> > I have a braille connect 12 that I would use with the small
> talk ultra
> > probably for typing but my braille speed does not even come
> close to
> > my touch typing on a qwerty.
> >
> > Just interested in people's thoughts on this.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Raul A. Gallegos [mailto:raul@gwmicro.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:39 AM
> > > To: GW Info Discussion List
> > > Subject: Re: W.E. and Netbook PC's
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello Andy. I will only answer this with the disclaimer
> > that GW Micro
> > > does not endorse one netbook over another. As far as
> Window-Eyes is
> > > concerned, you can install it and it will run fine on
any of them
> > > which use Windows operating system.
> > >
> > > I ended up with the Asus PC1000-HA netbook. This is the
ten inch
> > > screen model with 1 sd card slot, 3 usb ports, 160 gb
hard drive,
> > > Windows xP, 1 gb of ram, and a 6-cell battery. The
> keyboard works as
> > > a keyboard should
> > > when you consider the fn-key, and the keys are all shaped very
> > > nicely. The only key so far which I don't like is the
right-shift
> > > key. this key
> > > is a regular sized key rather than a longer rectangle key.
> > > Next to the
> > > right shift key on the left is the up arrow key. So if you
> > > don't stretch
> > > your right pinkie far enough the way you should, you end up
> > > pressing up
> > > arrow instead of right shift. That's one small annoyance
> > which I can
> > > train my brain to compensate for when I consider all the
> other neat
> > > things I like about this machine. At this point, two of in tech
> > > support now have netbooks of different brands.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> > > Andy Baracco wrote the following on 1/26/2009 11:45 PM:
> > > > So Raul,
> > > >
> > > > Which turned out to be your favorite? Inquiring minds
> > want to know.
> > >
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