"Lee Maschmeyer" <lee_maschmeyer@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > A trend among hardware as well as software manufacturers seems to be to > release a product or program "on time" rather than when it's ready. I'm > thinking specifically of braille displays, and I've read reports over the > past couple years of braille displays allegedly not working as advertised. > These reports frequently come from vendors of rival products, but they don't > always. > > I'm going to a technology bash tomorrow in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with a heavy > interest in looking at braille hardware that's currently being manufactured. > Do any of you have experience, especially bad experience, with stuff on the > market today? Is there anything I need to stay away from because of its not > (yet) working on Linux? The only newly manufactured model I know of which does not yet work under Linux is the new USB display of Papenmeier. But this is likely to change soon. Apart from that, a personal experience I've made several times in my life is that routing keys made of rubber-like material tend to get stuck at some point, generating quite some problems. One other aspect I personally dislike are displays with very few novigation keys, like the Vario 40, which has only got 6 keys on the display. I find those displays a bit anoying in daily use. To give a bit of positive input too, I currently use a HandyTech Braille Star 40, which is a very nice ergonomic device. Have a look at it if you can someday. -- CYa, Mario | Debian Developer <URL:http://debian.org/> | Get my public key via finger mlang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | 1024D/7FC1A0854909BCCDBE6C102DDFFC022A6B113E44 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list