Elba, from a users perspective (fwd)

["John J. Boyer" <director@chpi.org>]

Hello,
This may be of interest. The Elba really does have some Linux utilities.
John


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Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 17:57:32 -0400
From: Amy Ruell <aruell@attbi.com>
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Subject: Elba, from a users perspective


>From:         Jack and Seetbriar <jammerman@EARTHLINK.NET>
>As i stated in a privious post I've had my elba 20 around 2 moths now. I'm
>afraid i can't be that objective about it, becuase to tell the truth I
>love this thing!
>To begin with it is one stout piece of kit! Looks like it could survive
>being air dropped into boznia. I like the way the keys feel under your
>fingers and the way thier  contoured to fit them. The keybOard is
>designed
>in souch a way that all the function keys are withen easy reach. It is
>possible to control all the braille dispay paramiters such cursor
>trracking
>on off, 6 to 8 dot braille and grade two on off with the left thumb
>function key and the easy access bar which has 8 possitions. The display
>itself is nice and sharp! i canot in anyway fault the hardware!
>The software isn't too bad and shows great promise of getting a  deal
>better! Though I will say this isn't a unit you can just haul right out
>the box and start working with! As I understand it sighted electronics has
>begun including a quick refference guide in all units sold now. A
>knowledge
>of linux unils would not serve you ill. I've found the pico editor and
>pilot file manager answer more than adiquately too all the editing tasks
>I've asked of them! When i received the unit much to my delight I found
>they'd  had the foresight to cnstall  both a telnet and fqp client
>both of which work very well. it provides conversion both back and forward
>of win word files as well as tranlation into grade two braille. papenmier
>seems to be very committed to making this a fine product in that
>firmware updaates
>are released aproxamatetly  every two months. I'd also like to give
>props to sighted electronics for being a pleasure to do business with.
>though
>I did have to wait quite some time for the unit, they never tried to fob
>me off with excuses but always told me exactly what the delay was!
>In sumation, i must say that unlike some uh other braille display
>notetakers that have come out, the elba does in fact deliver what the
>product literature says it will, with some very pleasant surprises thrown
>in. it's advantages far outweigh the few flaws I've found in the unit.
>Speaking from my own personal view point I definitely consider I've
>gotten
>my money's worth!
>If there are any questions you'd  like to ask me feel free to do so and
>I'll try
>and answer them!