I recommend semi regularly, and we seem to do OK with 8 1/2 x 11.  Not sure that a larger would be more adopted but cannot say I have really considered it.

On a side note (not an ALS client) I actually just started using it with someone who is using a red light, worked a lot better than her eyes...

Ed Hitchcock OT/L
Technology Center
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago 
From: xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com [xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com] on behalf of Margaret Cotts [xxxxxx@pacbell.net]
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 5:16 PM
To: xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com
Subject: ETRAN size

I was wondering if anyone on the list was using ETRAN boards with their clients. If so, were there any preferences about the size of the board?

 

I made mine 20 inches x 16 inches.  I saw one today that was probably half that size, and it made me re-think the size of the board.

 

Any feedback appreciated!

 

Thanks,

Margaret Cotts

Low Tech Solutions

 

 

P.S. I recently met with someone who has been doing partner assisted scanning for a while.  I lent her an ETRAN board and  she really liked it. She thought it was a lot faster then scanning.

 

To be honest, she was the first person who I’ve ever worked with who ended up using an ETRAN.  I think part of the issue is that I used to have one of those “old skool” ETRAN boards.  I think the layout was so strange that it scared people.

 

I’ve been using a much more intuitive ETRAN layout, designed by Amy Roman (it’s in alphabetical order, but takes advantage of frequency of use.) 

But I’m thinking that I made it too big. 

 

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