Eye-Pal

We are proud to introduce the Eye-Pal, a portable 1-pound Scanner/Reader. This innovative tool makes it possible to turn any computer into a scanner and reader for blind and deaf-blind. It converts printed material to refreshable Braille, speech, or a saved text file.

The Eye-Pal scans printed material and instantly converts text to speech or sends the information to a Braille Display for the Blind and Deaf-Blind.

Faster than flatbed scanners, the Eye-Pal takes only 3-7 seconds from the keystroke to speech or Braille output.

Image of Eye-Pal connected to laptop with Braille display being used by a user who is Blind to scan and read a bound book

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Get up to speed with sighted people: use Eye-Pal to instantly convert printed material to refreshable Braille, speech, or into a text file.

Eye-Pal is a one-pound foldable USB device that is faster than flatbed scanners – it takes only a few seconds from a single keystroke to convert print into speech or Braille output.

At home or away, even in the dark, Eye-Pal allows you to browse through piles of letters and organize them either as paper or computer files, read bound books, newspapers, or professional magazines and save as text or sound with one keystroke.

Blind users know exactly where to place the material to be scanned because they can touch and feel L-shaped edges.

The foldable stand designed for the blind holds a digital camera over the printed matter. The camera is always at the exact distance needed to create a clear image.

Eye-Pal's patented motion detector allows scanning a bound book at 20 pages per minute. You turn a page over; wait half a second for the shutter sound, turn again and again, it's that easy.

With a single keystroke you can easily start and stop scanning or reading or get the description of the page layout spoken as a sighted reader sees it.

The saved text can be carried anywhere and used with MP3 players, key chain memory, CDs and more.

Image of Eye-Pal folded and carried in one hand

Eye-Pal folds up like a tripod and fits in your laptop bag.

Eye-Pal Features

Intuitive design makes it easy to position books and documents for scanning as the unique L-shaped design of the stand provides a guide for aligning materials.
Instant output on a Braille display, in speech, or as a saved text file with one keystroke.
Supports most of refreshable Braille displays.
Eye-Pal has no buttons – everything can be done using keyboard or keypad.
Recognizes and verbally identifies page formatting and design elements, including columns, titles, tables.
Advance text navigation, selection of voice, speed, etc.
Eye-Pal reads curved lines.
Easy scanning of bound books.
Save whole books as a text file with a single keystroke.
Lightweight: complete tool weighs less than one pound.
Fits in a standard backpack when folded: dimensions (folded) are 17 inches length, 4 inches wide.
Runs off of your USB 2.0 port- no additional power packs or batteries required.
Built in LED lights – you can read even in a dark room.
Supported Operating Systems: Windows XP, Vista.
30 day money-back satisfaction guarantee and 2 years warranty against manufacturer defects. Extended warranty is available.
One year free maintenance agreement and renewable maintenance agreement after the first year.

Minimum System Requirements
•An IBM compatible personal computer
•2 GHz Pentium or equivalent AMD processor
•1 GB RAM Memory
•1 GB free space on Hard Drive
•High Speed USB 2.0 port
•Microsoft Windows® XP, Vista (32 and 64 bit), Windows 7
•Mac Compataible

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