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The BrailleNote PK is the worlds smallest personal digital assistant (PDA) with an integrated Braille display. The BrailleNote PK has an 18 cell Braille display, easy-to-use joystick for menu navigation and scrolling through text, plus the clarity and responsiveness of KeyNote Gold Speech. Sometimes when companies produce a miniature version of their devices, a lot of their best features are either compromised or lost completely. This is not the case with the BrailleNote PK: you can create and review documents, set appointments, handle e-mail, surf the Internet, perform calculations, maintain your contact information and much more. The BrailleNote PK is an accessible PDA that truly puts computing power in the palm of your hand.
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- BrailleNote QT
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- BrailleNote Software Maintanence Agreement (SMA)
Additional Detail for BrailleNote PK
The BrailleNote PK has the following easy to use and friendly features:
- Word Processing: Create, edit and store documents, translate between any grade of Braille and text including Microsoft Word, then print or emboss any document or attach it to e-mail.
- Web Brower: Surf the net - do online shopping, banking and research via a dial-up (including Bluetooth mobile), wireless or Ethernet network.
- E-Mail: BrailleNote users can now specify any port for both POP and SMTP traffic if they are with Internet providers using nonstandard POP and SMTP server ports for security reasons.
- Daily Planner: Schedule single or reccuring appointments, set reminder alarms and synchronise with MS Outlook's Calendar
- Address List:Store and organize your contact information, look up an address quickly and simply, paste it into a document or email, synchronize with MS Outlook's Contacts.
- Bluetooth & WiFi:
- Use your device as a wireless remote synthesizer and still hear what your PC is saying from up to 10 meters (30 feet) away
- Use your device as a wireless Braille display
- Drive a wireless visual display. Use a range of devices for the visual display function including Palm Pilots and Windows HyperTerminal.
- Use your device to connect to wireless networks and hotspots
- Enhanced Media Player: Listen to a wide range of media files including MP3, Windows Media and WAV. Put them all together in a playlist for continuous listening. Listen to audio books, internet radio or music while emailing, surfing the web or reading. Play and pause audio even when not in the Media Player.
- Voice Memos: Use the built-in microphone or an external microphone to make voice recordings. Play back the last memo recorded from anywhere in KeySoft with a single key press.
- KeyBase Database Manager: This is a powerful database manager with step by step wizard-style interface, making it a snap to create your own databases.
- Book Reader: Read e-books in standard Braille or text formats, in any grade of Braille.
- Stopwatch: Keep track of time passing while performing other tasks.
- Updated KeyPlus Scientific Calculator: Work with fractions in the updated KeyPlus Scientific Calculator. As well as performing standard mathematical operations, you can convert fractions to & from decimals and percentages, convert a fraction to its lowest terms, and much more.
- Visual Display: Connect to a visual display for real-time translation and viewing by sighted observers, peers or teachers.
- Online help: Context sensitive help and fully indexed user guide are available at the touch of a key.
- Activesync: Enables you to connect your PC to share or synchronize files
- Game on! There are hundreds of compatible interactive fiction games available for download on the Internet, ranging from educational titles right through to epic fantasy, and you can easily switch in and out of games when you need to check e-mail or make a note.
- Braille Input for JAWS for Windows: Compose e-mail, write a Microsoft Word document or work with your spreadsheets on your PC, all from your BrailleNote's keyboard.
- FM Radio: That's right, your BrailleNote or VoiceNote mPower is now an FM radio too! Scan the FM band for your stations, save them as presets & read the frequency on the Braille display.
The BrailleNote mPower BT has following hardware and software making them highly compatible with mainstream technology:
- Microsoft Windows CE operating system
- 16MB of non-volatile user storage
- 16 MB of RAM
- 32MB ROM for program and OS storage
- Windows media player
- CompactFlash card slot
- USB client port for ActiveSync connectivity
- Serial port (custom connector and cable)
- PS2 connection (custom cable and connector)
- Updated KeyWeb with Microsoft's Internet Explorer version 6 engine improvements
- Network connectivity
- Wireless Ethernet connectivity via optional CompactFlash card 802.11b
- Bluetooth wireless connectivity that includes: ActiveSync to a PC, Internet via Bluetooth cellphone, printers and keyboard
- High quality leather carry case
Other BrailleNote Features
- 18 cell refreshable Braille display
- Eight-key Braille keyboard
- Speech output
- Effortless thumb navigation by line, sentence, or paragraph
- Context sensitive help and indexed user guide
- BrailleNote PK - Weight: 0.45kg/0.99lbs
- BrailleNote PK - Dimensions: 17.4cm x 9.2cm x 3.2cm/6.8" x 3.6" x 1.3"
- One-year limited manufacturer's warranty
