[BRLTTY] [OT] Braille display recommendation

[Adrian van Bloois]

Hi Aura,
Did you have a look at the Optelec BC640 or bc680?
I have a bc69- 80 chars, too big for you I guess. But it has a lot of
buttons18, a bc640 would have 9, but you can combine buttons to an
actioan. There is also a sort ofcursor navagation toconfigure
preferences. It has bluetooth and can be fed through USB. It is very
reliable but also expensive.
Have a look at: optelec.nl

	Adrian




On Thu, Apr 07, 2022 at 04:56:22PM +0300, Aura Kelloniemi wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> This is an off-topic message for this list, as indicated by the subject.
> 
> I am looking for a braille display to replace my Freedom Scientific Focus
> Blue. One candidate is the newer version of the same display, but I'd like to
> hear other people's recommendations for other options.
> 
> I am looking for a display that is about 40 characters wide. I need bluetooth
> connectivity and long battery life. USB charging is ideal. The feature that I
> most appreciate in Focus is the great number of buttons is has for assigning
> to different operations. In addition to the braille keyboard and cursor
> routing keys, Focus Blue has 16 function keys.
> 
> I have tested Brailliant BI 40X and Active Braille 2021, but I consider them
> to not have enough keys ??? Active braille's key layout is also not very
> ergonomic in my opinion, as the display has been designed to be used with the
> ATC mechanism, which is not very handy in terminal usage scenarios (and
> probably not available in BRLTTY).
> 
> So if you have any remarks that might be useful for me (including possible
> deficiencies of the newest Focus Blue), I'm very interested to read.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> -- 
> Aura
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