[BRLTTY] Braille display hardware recommendations

[Jason White]

Anders Holmberg <anders at pipkrokodil.se> wrote:
> You could check out the VarioUltra from Baum.
> I have the 20 cell model and i really like it.
> It has a braille keyboard which is very very good.

I was given a demonstration of one earlier this year. It was impressive.
I found the keyboard layout awkward, but that may have been my fault - the
display was on a low table, and I reached down to it from above. The keyboard
is probably easier to use when reached from in front.

> THe downside with the varioUltra is that they’re using windows CE which will not be supported anymore after 2019 or something like that.

Yes, that's a disadvantage. Some of the newer devices (note takers, mostly,
including products from HumanWare and HIMS) are now using Android as their
operating system. I don't know what Handy Tech are using as the underlying OS
(or HIMS in their Braille Edge product, which I haven't seen).