[fcb-l] Note takers

[John R. Vaughn]

R J,
nice to see you on this list.  We certainly go back a lot of years on the 
Jaws lite list and others.
Frankly, I have found using a small, light weight laptop works best for me. 
I use a Sony 4 pounder but see that you can get a net book for only 2 pounds 
or so.  Then you can use your existing Jaws? license and the notebook is 
only $300 to $700?
That said, I have eyed the Pac mate and am pleased to see that they have 
dropped the price by $900.  That said, you have a pretty hefty maintenance 
contract if you want to keep the thing up to date.
So if you are retired, may want to think hard about that.  If you are still 
working and the Pac mate fills the bill, I would go for it.  But the pac 
mate has to be sinced through you existing computer to download programs 
etc.
Wish I was still working and could avail myself of the Pac mate.  Pretty 
slick product.
John
P.S. when I was a training contractor for the Florida division of blind 
services 5 years ago, I got my hands on the Pac mate and was frustrated with 
a lot of limitations.  But now, it seems pretty slick.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
To: <fcb-l at acb.org>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 4:27 PM
Subject: [fcb-l] Note takers


I used a braille 'n speak 2000, for ten years, and it crapped out on me. I'm 
looking into bying a new note taker. $6,379.00 is what humanware wants for 
their braille note A pex, but freedom scientific wants 1,495 for the pack 
mate with speach only. Any advice as to what I should do? RJ


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