[pct-l] RE: Portable Word Processing Keyboard

[bluceree_superstar at yahoo.com (Bluce Ree)]

I use a digital voice recorder too. It's small and I
can make a CD of the notes to give to my
"transcriptionist" (lol) ie my girlfriend.

--- dude <dude@fastmail.ca> wrote:

> I have one of these devices and I would not use it
> on a hike.  way too 
> heavy.  a palm or handspring would be much lighter. 
> they also have 
> tiny keyboards that fold out to full size. 
> personally, I prefer a 
> digital voice recorder to make notes of my photos,
> however, this makes 
> for more work when you get home because you have to
> transcribe the 
> notes.
> 
> good luck.
> 
> peace,
> dude
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > Do any of you use a portable word processing
> keyboard on your hikes? 
> > I remember an article from one of my photography
> magazines in which
> > the late outdoor photographer/writer Galen Rowell
> praised a word
> > processing device called an AlphaSmart
> (http://www1.alphasmart.com)
> > that he took backpacking with him to help write
> his articles for
> > National Geographic.  They have a full sized
> keyboard, are relatively
> > heavy (2lbs.), but very rugged, I was wondering if
> any hikers from
> > this list, especially thru-hikers, take along an
> AlphaSmart or
> > something similar to write your hiking journals or
> if you just write
> > freehand in a notebook.
> > 
> > John Coyle
> > Sacramento
> > 
> > 
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