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The Focus 14 refreshable braille display

Focus 14 Braille Display

The Focus 14 Blue is a refreshable braille display that combines a highly responsive 8-dot keyboard and comfortable control layout with both USB and Bluetooth connectivity in a pocket-sized design. With comfort, portability, and advanced features, the Focus 14 Blue is the ultimate go-anywhere Braille interface device. Read text messages, navigate your smartphone screen, and enter text – all without taking your phone off your belt or out of your bag. The Focus 14 Blue features an efficient, full featured Braille keyboard for your smartphone, plus the ability to read your smartphone’s display silently. The Focus 14 Blue comes in a specially designed protective carrying case that holds the unit firmly, so you can use it while it is slung from your neck. Pull it out to use on the desktop, and snap it back into place for use on the go. Use the Focus 14 Blue with BrailleIn to control your PC and enter Contracted Braille. Advanced navigation features allow quick movement around documents with natural, efficient hand movements for greater productivity. Read documents and e-mail, work with spreadsheets, and surf the Web – never moving your hands from the Braille display. Freedom Scientific’s exclusive NAV rockers let you rapidly scroll by line, sentence, or paragraph, or pan through a document. Front-mounted selector buttons can be used in combination with panning buttons, rocker bars, and cursor router keys to select a block of text,page up or down, or move to the beginning or end of a document.

Smart Beetle

Our Price: $1,345.00

A Pocket-sized Power Pack That Fits Your Lifestyle and Your Budget! Smart Beetle is a 14-cell Braille display that brings the world to your fingertips. It’s the lightest, most portable Braille display available. Take it with you to school, to work or on vacation and have reliable, discrete access to all of your mobile devices and personal computer systems. Save time and frustration by pairing up to 6 devices (5 Bluetooth + 1 USB) to your Smart Beetle simultaneously. Connect to your phone, tablet, work computer, home computer and more. Smart Beetle will connect as a Braille terminal with screen readers including JAWS, Window-Eyes, SuperNova, System Access, Voice- Over for Mac and iOS, BrailleBack for Android, Mobile Speak,and TALKS.

ElBraille

Our Price: $1,795.00

The ElBraille is a portable device designed for users who are blind or deaf-blind and want to stay connected at school, work, or home as well as on the go. The twenty-first century, take anywhere replacement for the dedicated notetaker. ElBraille combines the power and flexibility of a modern mainstream computer running the Windows 10 operating system with JAWS and a Braille display with a full Braille keyboard to offer a fully accessible compact computer.

Run any Windows application such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. Use FSReader to read DAISY books from sources such as Bookshare.org or browse the internet with Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. ElBraille also includes a set of specially designed apps for performing popular actions such as the creation of voice or text notes, listening to audio content, and more.

Features:

Runs Microsoft Windows 10
Braille display: 14 or 40 refreshable Braille cells, an 8-dot Perkins-style Braille keyboard
Microprocessor: Intel® Atom™ x5-Z8300, Quad-Core 1.84 GHZ CPU
160 GB of internal memory, 2 GB RAM
2 stereo speakers
Built-in Microphone
An additional system speaker with sound and vibration feedback
Wireless WLAN802.11 A/B/G/N/AC networks support (2.4 and 5 GHz)
Bluetooth V4.2
A built-in 4G LTE modem supporting 7 cell networking standards: TDD-LTE, FDD-LTE, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, CDMA1X/EVDO, GSM/GPRS/EDGE. Download speed up to 150 Mbps, upload speed up to 50 Mbps
GPS 1/8" (3.5 mm) headphone jack
Memory card slot supporting SD, SDHC, SDXC up to 256 GB
USB 3.0 port
Mini HDMI port
Rechargeable 10,400 mAh battery
Approximately 17 to 20 hours on battery
Powered with an AC adapter (110 to 240 V) or from battery
An AC adapter with replaceable plug (UK, US, EU, AU)
ElBraille-14 dimensions: 7.4×4.7×1.5 in (189×118×38 mm)
ElBraille-14 weight: 27 oz. (750 grams) with battery

The Focus 40 Blue refreshable braille display

Focus 40 Blue Braille Display

The new Focus 40 Blue is a refreshable braille display that combines the latest Braille technology, the most user friendly keyboard and control layout, and both USB and Bluetooth connectivity in an extremely lightweight and compact design. Use the Focus 40 Blue with BrailleIn to enter contracted Braille, switch to display modes such as structured and line mode, or perform all keyboard commands for complete control of your PC. The comfort and response of the refined Perkins-style keyboard permits hours of effortless Braille text input. Advanced navigation features allow quick movement around documents with natural, efficient hand movements for greater productivity. Read documents and e-mail, work with spreadsheets, and surf the Web – never moving your hands from the Braille display.

Features:

40 Braille cells
8-dot Braille keyboard
Seamless braille with a more crisp and uniform feel
Convenient front panel controls and customizable NAV rockers
Our exclusive NAV Rockers let you rapidly scroll by line, sentence, paragraph, or pan through a document
Menu button, conveniently centered above the cursor router buttons, for quick access to calendar, clock, Bluetooth connections, and more
Select your personal Braille firmness with VariBraille
USB-C micro connector - always right-side-up to reduce wear and tear

Braille Edge 40

Our Price: $2,995.00

Braille EDGE 40 is not only the most reliable, high-performance refreshable Braille display, it also helps you manage your daily activities. Create and save notes, or read books and documents with the notepad. Use the scheduler to remind you of important dates. Use the alarm to remind you of upcoming appointments, and take advantage of the built-in calculator, stopwatch and countdown timer.

Braille EDGE 40 contains 2 four-way navigation keys and 8 function keys (Escape, Tab, Control, Alt, Shift, Insert, Windows and Applications) combining the convenience of entering text in Braille with the intuitive functionality of a PC keyboard. Braille EDGE 40 offers the convenience and flexibility of multiple languages including English, Spanish, French, German and Italian. Connect Braille EDGE 40 to a computer or PDA via Bluetooth and stay connected throughout the day without the need for charging. For even longer run time, connect via USB and enjoy all the great features of Braille EDGE 40 while simultaneously charging the unit.

Read and save your data to the SD card. You can use up to 32GB SDHC cards with Braille EDGE 40, enough to carry thousands of books and documents with you for reading on the go.

insideONE

List Price: $5,495.00

Our Price: $5,495.00

Communicate, exchange and share with anyone.
The Windows 10 touch-screen tablet was specifically designed to enable people with visual impairment to communicate, share ideas and collaborate with sighted people effortlessly and productively. Interactions between parents and kids, teachers and students and peers at work become easy and natural. With insideONE, Braille input is instantly displayed on the screen and any typed text is simultaneously available on the integrated 32-cell braille display.

ElBraille 40 5th Gen

List Price: $5,695.00

Our Price: $5,695.00

The Future of Notetakers – Portable Windows® 10 with JAWS® and Braille

ElBraille 40 V combines the flexibility of a modern mainstream computer running the Windows® 10 operating system with JAWS® and a 40-cell Braille display with a full Braille keyboard to offer a fully accessible compact solution. (JAWS and Braille display sold separately.)

Students and professionals alike will appreciate being able to run any Windows application such as Microsoft Word®, Excel®, PowerPoint®, or Outlook®. Use FSReader to read DAISY books from sources such as Bookshare.org or browse the internet with Microsoft Internet Explorer®, Google Chrome® or Mozilla® Firefox.

Use your existing Focus 40 Blue 5th generation Braille display and your existing JAWS license:

If you already own a Focus 40 Blue 5th Generation Braille Display, use it with your new ElBraille 40. Your Focus 40 Blue 5th generation Braille Display will dock directly to your ElBraille 40. Also, if you own a current JAWS License, you can authorize it to work on your ElBraille 40.

Easy set up and troubleshooting by your IT staff – just plug in a monitor and a keyboard.

Focus 80 Blue V5

The low-profile Focus 80 Blue has 80 cells of paper-like Braille, an ultra-responsive Braille keyboard, and user-friendly controls so you can work comfortably and efficiently for hours. Built-in Bluetooth and USB connections let you work with two computers and toggle between them without losing your place. Use with the JAWS screen reader to navigate Windows and enter contracted Braille with the Perkins-style keyboard.

Features:

80 refreshable Braille cells

8-dot Braille keyboard

Convenient thumb keys and panning buttons

Freedom Scientific exclusive NAV Rockers let you rapidly scroll by line, sentence, or paragraph, or pan through a document

Smooth, paper-like feel

Adjustable key repeat for rapid scrolling and panning

Select your personal Braille firmness with VariBraille

Bluetooth 2.0 and USB 2.0 connectivity - toggle between two connected devices

Out-of-the box compatibility with Android and iOS devices such as iPhone and iPad

Compatible with Apple Devices

Use with JAWS for combined speech and Braille access

Use with JAWS for Braille Study Mode to learn and teach Braille

Works with JAWS BrailleIn for contracted Braille input in Windows®

Works with Talks and Mobile Speak