Yes, and you can split the display on the Alva BC range so that if you say
want your mobile connected via Bluetooth, you could read the Braille
messages on it while having the other portion of the display hooked up to
your computer using USB to read your Emails or Word documents. I've only
just got mine, so haven't tried it, but that is awesome.
Kind Regards,
Jackie Cairns
J&M Work-Ability
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David W Wood
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille display options
I am also on the task of updating my technology and have gone for the Alva
640 with feature pack and the 680 also.
The 640 with feature pack not only works as a note taker but allows you to
remotely control a Windows machine as there are windows, control and alt
keys. It also has Bluetooth built in which enables you to link remotely
to
your PC and also hear the PC output as it has speakers inbuilt.
I was very quickly impressed by it.
David W Wood
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Pele West
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 9:18 AM
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille display options
Hi Catherine, Jackie and Everyone
I would endorse Jackie's praise for the Alva BC640. A man came to visit
us
from Optelec to demonstrate it before my husband bought one.
Essentially, there are 3 models:
The Alva BC640 with the Braille Feature Pack which allows you to use it as
a
note taker
The Alva BC640 without the Braille Feature Pack, which is just a 40 cell
display
And the Alva BC680 which is an 80-cell display but not a note taker.
It does not need any special software. The demonstrator plugged it into
the
USB port on a Windows 7 PC with Window-Eyes and it worked straight away.
I
can't remember it searching for any drivers but, if it did, it found them
very quickly.
I also like the Brailliant displays from Humanware. Mine works with
Window-Eyes and Windows 7, but when I bought it it would not work with the
64-bit version of Windows 7 and JAWS. This may have changed.
It is harder to install than the Alva as a USB port has to be configured
to
replicate a serial port and, when mine came, it had an old software disc.
Fortunately, I had downloaded the latest software from Humanware.
I hope all this helps.
Pele West
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