Mario, How much does the Braille Star cost? Is the company good at service? Does it have a braille keyboard? I am interested because, although my present Braille Lite 40 is doing nicely, I am not sure how long I can continue getting it repaired by a good company. Thanks, John On Tue, 4 May 2004, Mario Lang wrote: > "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. > > -- John J. Boyer; Executive Director, Chief Software Developer Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list