Hi Lucy,
Your questions are very good, and I appreciate them. I'll give
you my take.
I haven't used my Touch much yet, but I'm not having much trouble
adjusting. My experience with the email is mixed. As you have
heard from others, there's no way to delete all the messages in
the trash folders all at once, so it's very time-consuming to
clean it out because they have to be deleted one by one. This is
annoying, since I have already deleted them one by one from my
inBoxes. However, it's much faster than the Apex, and will read
HTML files. Also, each account has its own set of boxes, so it's
necessary to check each account I have by changing my current
account to the other. It's not possible to create email folders,
but there are a few choices to which I can move my messages.
I'll probably save messages in the "starred" folder.
As for the internet, I really like it. It's much faster, and
much more accessible than the Apex. I can listen to things now.
I'm thrilled that I can go onto my church website and listen to
sermons I missed.
Right now, the Apex has it over the Touch in three areas: it has
a dictionary, it has GPS and it has the capability to edit
Braille files. The touch does not have a dictionary or GPS, but
there are probably accessible apps for each. Editing Braille
files will be possible in the next update, which will come out in
the fall.
I haven't written any documents in my Touch yet because I prefer
to do them in Braille, which is not possible.
Because I haven't used my Touch much yet, I'm not sure about it
crashing; but I've not heard of such except for Mayson's trouble.
If you've been on this list for awhile, you'll know about that.
As for the camera, I don't know about OCR capability, but the
KNFB Reader Mobile app will be part of the next update. I'm
looking forward to that!
I don't know anything about eventually connecting it to an
iPhone. Maybe Greg Stilson will weigh in here.
I haven't had time to really get used to using Touch Braille, but
I'm thinking that will be my biggest challenge.
As of yet, I don't know how quickly and easily I'll be able to
get from one Braille file to another, so I'm hesitant to use it
in church. I think it will take more keystrokes than I have time
for, so I'll continue to use my Apex. Yep, I upgraded to the
Touch, but I kept my Apex.
Blessings,
Linda ----- Original Message -----
From: Lucy Sirianni <lucysirianni@xxxxxxxxx
To: braillenote@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 07:00:55 -0700
Subject: [BNU] BrailleNote Touch questions
Hi all,
I got to see a BrailleNote Touch this week and am considering
getting one, but I still have some questions that I'd love to get
help with here. In general, I'd love to hear from those of you
using the Touch about how you like it as compared to the Apex,
but here are some specific things I'm wondering about
1. How easy or challenging was the adjustment from the Apex to
the Touch? Were you able to perform basic tasks like writing
documents, checking email, using the internet, etc, fairly
quickly? Were there things that took a while to learn/feel
comfortable with on the Touch?
2. How stable is the Touch compared to the Apex in terms of how
often it crashes, how often it needs to be reset, etc?
3. Is there anything the Apex can do that the Touch can't?
4. I know the Touch can't connect to an iPhone. Do we think
this might change, or is it just unnecessary given the Touch's
capabilities?
5. Is the internet faster/more accessible on the Touch than it
is on the Apex?
6. I saw that the Touch has a camera. Does it have OCR
capabilities?
7. Any other pros/cons/things to be aware of as I consider
upgrading from the Apex to the Touch?
Thanks so much in advance for your thoughts on any or all of
these questions!
Lucy
Lucy Sirianni
Doctoral Candidate and Graduate Student Instructor, Department of
English, University of California, Berkeley
Vice President of Inclusive Excellence and Social Action, Lydia
Maria Child Society
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