There are many note takers for blind people to choose from. My personal favorite is the BrailleNote, made and produced by HumanWare. Readers are probably wondering why I am beginning this blog entry with this comment. The reason is this: yesterday the youth slam toured the International Braille and Technology Center, (IBTC) at the National Center for the Blind.
We examined all sorts of notetakers, electrical appliances, and even phones and mp3 players–all accessible to the blind. I am here to highlight one of those amazing pieces of equipment, HumanWare’s Braille note.
Available with a Braille or full computer keyboard and with a Braille display built-in, the BrailleNote is a great introduction to notetakers. If you are just beginning to use notetakers and possibly learning Braille, the BrailleNote is simple to learn and easy to remember. If anyone ever gets lost or confused in any of the BrailleNote’s menus, the help feature is always available. If that fails, the BrailleNote is organized in menus, and the main one is the easiest to find and get to. One of the best things about the BrailleNote is that, if anyone has a question about how anything works, the user guide and manual is included in the BrailleNote, and a simple command gets you there. We all now know that BrailleNotes are very simple, easy to manage, and fun to work with.