Item#: 22100

Your Price : $1,995.00

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Features
• Video screen displays SimBraille and large print
• Audio feedback speaks letters/words as they are typed
• Edit, save and transfer electronic documents via USB
• Also operates as a mechanical brailler
• Rechargeable and removable battery

Using traditional typewritten braille in teaching, education and communication can be limiting, as it cannot be quickly or easily translated into written or spoken language.

Now everyone can join the learning experience. The new SMART Brailler allows users to connect and communicate with others by using a digital screen and audio output to share their braille writing.

HEAR THE WORDS. SEE THE LETTERS. CONNECT THE DOTS.
The SMART Brailler is the long-awaited evolution of the Perkins Brailler from a low-technology, beloved classic to a high-technology learning and teaching tool. It opens the door to a new, more intuitive way for individuals, both sighted and blind, to communicate, teach and learn braille together.

Now teachers in a mainstream classroom can see what their students are brailling. Sighted parents can help their visually impaired children with homework. And students can take the lead in their own braille education. Sighted or blind, we can all share the learning experience!

HOW DOES THE SMART BRAILLER DO THIS?
- Its video screen and audio feedback shows and speaks letters and words in real-time as they are being brailled in SimBraille or large print, for an instantaneous, multi-sensory learning experience.
- The USB port enables a student who is blind to create a hard copy document in braille and save it as a text file, which allows a teacher with sight to upload the document onto a computer and read it in print.
- The "Building on Patterns Series," developed by the American Printing House for the Blind, can be downloaded to the SMART Brailler, offering easy lessons for anyone – sighted or blind – who wants to learn braille, inviting everyone to share the learning experience. (Included on APH version only, or will be available for download soon.)

No other education tool makes learning braille this intuitive and accessible. And there is no other product on the market that bridges the gap between low-technology devices like the Perkins Brailler and high-technology notetakers.

The Perkins SMART Brailler is built upon the newly released Next Generation Perkins Brailler - VERSION 2 platform, an upgraded version of the Next Generation Perkins Brailler which includes significant improvements to enhance its durability and performance The SMART is added in a new high-technology format.

FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS:
- A video screen that displays SimBraille and large print, combined with audio feedback, for an instantaneous, multi-sensory learning experience
- The ability to edit, save and transfer electronic documents via USB
- Built-in software with lessons for braille beginners (American Printing House version only; available separately for a fee)
- Headphone jack and volume control
- Acapela Text to Speech from Acapela Group
- Operates as a mechanical brailler for extended use
- Multiple language platforms including English, Spanish, French, German, Russian and Portuguese
- Rechargeable and removable battery
- Color: Midnight Blue
- Fits most common size paper - 28 cells; fits up to 8.5 inch wide and 14 inch long paper (21.6 cm W X 35.6 cm L)
- One Year Manufacturer's Limited Warranty

Product Dimensions: 12.0" L x 10.0" W x 6.0" H
Weight: Approx. 8 lbs.

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