Human wear, one of the leading industries for braille products, especially braille note takers, has just released any product, the braille note evolve, one of the first windows rail devices. Yes, the Optima does exist, but it is not available for use, trust yet. However, human wear are the 1st to step into this. It runs Windows 11 pro, which in my mind is really advanced already, has 32 GB of RAM, and if you are a PC nerve like me, you would know that RAM shortages have impacted the market. Plus, it contains an Intel core ultra five processor and up to 512 GB of storage. SSD storage by the way. It has key soft in built, plus, is built on the foundation of NVDA, non-visual desktop access. Human wear are also giving you the opportunity to install any other screen reader, safe for example jaws. Limited support though unfortunately. The braille note comes in 20 so and 32 S. variance, Perkins style keyboard, and later on in 2026, equity keyboard layout and 40 cell display variant. Already this is impressive. I reckon this will be a completely different human wear product entirely. What do people think about this?
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Sounds awesome!
This thing sounds like a beast. Not bad at all. I'm sure I'll never own one, as it is far above what I could ever afford, but if money were no objective, I'd be all over it. I've done something similar with my old ElBraille 40, but would love the keysoft apps for that too, as they would be even more well suited to a Braille display than a lot of standard apps.
Money no object and upgradability
First if money was no object I'd like a machine like this. Compact all in one solution. And running Windows should help with flexibility and using in a professional environment.
Where I get concerned is upgradability when pairing a Braille display to PC/computing hardware. Braille displays generally are more expensive, and also have a longer useful lifespan than your typical PC or laptop or tablet hardware. I have a display that is going strong at ten years old, for example. All my ten year old laptops are dead. It seems cost prohibitive to go through Braille displays as quickly as I go through laptops. Again though, I would like such a machine.
Over priced, under powered.
Better to get a laptop with better specs and a 40 cell brail display. The issue is binding two pieces of technology together; a brail display that will last for ten years, and a windows machine that will last for three. Better still, get a 20 cell display and have the advantage of something like a brail kindle you can tote around in a sling but link to your computer... Any computer, or your phone, or your watch, when ever you want.
I agree, an all in one sounds lovely, but having used Humanware products in the past, the build is cheap and they look like blocky pieces of accessibility equipment with zero style.
I think they're designed for schools, kids, and students where they are paid for by others and are made to be robust in a rather ugly way.