[BRLTTY] Reliable braille display hardware?

kperry at blinksoft.com kperry at blinksoft.com
Fri Jun 23 14:23:22 EDT 2023


No just a little less than 1 second for 20 cells a little less than 1 second
for 40 cells because they refresh in a 20 cell wave in less than 1 second. 

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From: BRLTTY <brltty-bounces at brltty.app> On Behalf Of Rob Hudson
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2023 2:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Reliable braille display hardware?

Don't they take three seconds to refresh though?

----- Original Message -----
From: <kperry at blinksoft.com>
To: "'Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.'"
<brltty at brltty.app>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:51:48 -0400
Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Reliable braille display hardware?

> I agree with this.  I have one of the early orbits 20 and orbit 40.  
> The orbit 20 is in the first 600 units made in 2016.  It is still working
fine.
> The Orbit 40 was also one of the first off the line and it is still 
> working fine.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BRLTTY <brltty-bounces at brltty.app> On Behalf Of Brian Buhrow
> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2023 12:33 PM
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> <brltty at brltty.app>
> Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Reliable braille display hardware?
>
> 	Hello.  I've used many displays over the years.  Most suffer from 
> weak or broken dots after a short time, if not other issues.  Six 
> years ago, I bought two Orbit Reader 20's.
> Except for a battery issue with one of them, I've had no hardware  
> trouble with them what so ever!  They have traveled with me around the 
> globe and I've used them extensively over the years.  For pure 
> hardware reliability, they've been the best I've ever seen.  Contrast 
> that with the Hims Smart Beetle, which I bought just before the 
> Orbits.  With very little use, I've experienced weak and missing dots with
it.
>
> Hope that helps.
> -Brian
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