[DSM-Iowa] Braille Technology Marches Forward

[rjray at q.com]

Greetings,

 

This week Humanware has released two new Braille displays. They are of
course part of the Brailliant line of displays. 

 

The first one is the BI 20 X. This display is very much like a display the
APH announced last summer. A few of the highlights of it are

20 cell Braille display

If you have  the E-reader from NLS this machine will look for all purposes
identical.

It does all of the things that the e-reader does plus having a notepad built
into it.

It not only will connect with BARD but also, Bookshare and NFB Newsline.

 

If you are interested in having a device that has these features it is
currently priced at $1,895.

 

Next is the BI 40X.

 

This device has

40 cells

The same basic design as the BI 20X .

 

The differences for the 40 are that it does not have an SDcard slot.
However, you can put files on it from a jumpdrive. In addition, the 20 has
16 Gigabytes of memory and the 40 has 32 gigabytes of memory.

The price of this device is $3,195.

 

No, these devices have not gone to the newer lower priced braille cells but
they are good solid devices and even though they are higher price points
than any of us would have liked to see they are available ready to go.

 

I should also remind you that Pat Fisher with Nanopac will work with you for
discounted pricing.

 

One last thing on this subject. Humanware has a contract with Mystic Access
to provide audio tutorials for their devices. If you wish to have one of
these tutorials go the 

www.mysticaccess.com/free <http://www.mysticaccess.com/free>  downloads

 

and download the tutorial you wish to try.

 

Bob Ray

 

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