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BrailleNote mPower
HumanWare is proud to offer the next generation of mobile information management technology, BrailleNote mPower. It's a BrailleNote supercharged for today's connected, information-rich world. Thanks for the memory! With 128 megabytes of user storage built right into BrailleNote mPower, you can store hundreds of thousands of pages of information. The unique DiskOnChip technology of BrailleNote mPower means that even when the unit's battery is completely flat for a long period, you won't lose data. Enhance your memory with the new SD card slot. Insert extra storage in your BrailleNote mPower in a card not much bigger than a postage stamp. Use the PCMCIA and Compact Flash slots to add even more storage, or for connecting to accessories like WiFi and network cards. Accessible Accessories: BrailleNote mPower lets you work with a wide range of accessories. Use the two USB ports to connect printers, hard drives, flash drives and more. Just plug and play. Bluetooth and WiFi! We now live in a wireless world! Connect your BrailleNote mPower to the internet via WiFi or a Bluetooth cell phone anywhere, any time, no wires attached. Access your wireless network and share files, surf the web, download e-mails and use Bluetooth to connect with a wireless QWERTY keyboard, sync wirelessly with your PC, or print. WiFi connectivity via optional Compact Flash card Network Access! No WiFi network yet? Never fear, Ethernet access is here. Get onto the network using an Ethernet card and its all there at your fingertips. If all you have is a phone jack, BrailleNote mPower has a 56 KBPS dial-up modem on board. Media Player! How does this sound? Listen to a wide range of media files in popular formats including MP3, Windows Media, and WAV. Put them all together in playlists for hours of continuous listening. The advanced high quality stereo sound of BrailleNote mPower is unrivalled on any portable device for the blind. Let the music play and keep working in the rest of KeySoft. Listen to audio books, internet radio or music, while e-mailing, surfing the web or reading. Independent volume controls mean you can turn the music down and the speech up, or vice versa. Play and pause audio even when you're not in the Media Player. Streaming audio! Listen right here, right now. Now your BrailleNote supports streaming audio so you can listen to thousands of internet radio stations that use MP3 or Windows Media formats. Voice Memos! Just say the word! Use the built-in microphone or the external microphone of your choice to make voice recordings. Press the conveniently placed record button, and away you go. Play back the last memo you recorded from anywhere in KeySoft with a single key press. Word Processor! The latest word in creating, editing and storing documents. So much more mPowering than you'd find on a regular PDA. Translate between any grade of Braille and text, including Microsoft Word, then save, print or emboss your document, or attach it to e-mail. Daily Planner! It's all going according to plan -- you can schedule single or recurring appointments, set reminder alarms, synchronize with Microsoft Outlook's Calendar. Address List! It's who you know! Store and organize your contact information, look up an address quickly and simply, paste it into a document or e-mail, synchronize with MS Outlook's Contacts. Or create your own database to manage everything from customer records to your CD collection. Web Browser! Let your fingers do the surfing -- explore the web with ease and do on-line banking, shopping and research via a dial-up (including Bluetooth mobile), wireless or Ethernet network. Independent observers rate the browser in BrailleNote mPower as the most intuitive way to surf the web. And, it's very fast! E-Mail! Where you can web surf, you can e-mail. You can send and receive e-mail via the same range of connection options. Supports standard POP3 e-mail services. Book Reader! Download and read e-books in standard Braille or text formats, in any grade you choose. PLUS Stopwatch Scientific Calculator Connect to a video display to present to anyone who is sighted On-line help Technically Speaking: Windows Media player including streaming audio SD card slot 2 USB host ports that you can connect to a range of accessories including: External floppy disk drive, USB flash drive, a USB printer or embosser, USB keyboard for Braille keyboard units USB client port for ActiveSync connectivity Standard 9-pin RS232 serial port Infra-red port Updated KeyWeb with Microsoft's Internet Explorer version 6 Network connectivity Wireless Ethernet connectivity via optional Compact Flash card Bluetooth wireless connectivity that includes: ActiveSync to a PC, Internet via Bluetooth cell phone, printers and keyboards Record voice memos X Scale 272 (416 MHz) processor 128 MB internal flash disk 64 MB RAM 18 or 32 cell displays available
Product Selection: VoiceNote mPower BT Features Nine-key Braille keyboard Speech output only One-handed mode for people with limited mobility Context sensitive help and indexed user guide Two key touch volume, speed and pitch control Weight: 0.75kgs/1.65lbs Dimensions: 25cm x 15cm x 4cm/9.9” x 5.9” x 1.6” VoiceNote mPower QT Features Computer style keyboard Speech output only One key touch access to the main menu and on line help Two key touch volume, speed and pitch control Weight: 0.75kgs/1.65lbs Dimensions: 25cm x 15cm x 4cm/9.9” x 5.9” x 1.6” BrailleNote mPower BT 32 Features 32 cell refreshable Braille display Nine-key Braille keyboard Speech output Effortless thumb navigation by line, sentence, or paragraph One-handed mode for people with limited mobility Context sensitive help and indexed user guide Serves as a Braille disply for PC's screen reader Weight: 1.3kg/2.9lbs Dimensions: 25cm x 15.5cm x 5cm/9.9” x 6.1” x 2” BrailleNote mPower BT 18 Features 18 cell refreshable Braille display Nine-key Braille keyboard Speech output Effortless thumb navigation by line, sentence, or paragraph One-handed mode for people with limited mobility Context sensitive help and indexed user guide Serves as a Braille terminal for PC's screen reader Weight: 1kg/2.2lbs Dimensions: 25cm x 15.5cm x 5cm/9.9” x 6.1” x 2”

BrailleNote mPower

BrailleNote mPower BT 32 HumanWare is proud to offer the next generation of mobile information management technology, BrailleNote mPower. It's a BrailleNote supercharged for today's connected, information-rich world.

Thanks for the memory!

With 128 megabytes of user storage built right into BrailleNote mPower, you can store hundreds of thousands of pages of information. The unique DiskOnChip technology of BrailleNote mPower means that even when the unit's battery is completely flat for a long period, you won't lose data.

Enhance your memory with the new SD card slot. Insert extra storage in your BrailleNote mPower in a card not much bigger than a postage stamp.

Use the PCMCIA and Compact Flash slots to add even more storage, or for connecting to accessories like WiFi and network cards.

Accessible Accessories: BrailleNote mPower lets you work with a wide range of accessories. Use the two USB ports to connect printers, hard drives, flash drives and more. Just plug and play.

Bluetooth and WiFi!

We now live in a wireless world! Connect your BrailleNote mPower to the internet via WiFi or a Bluetooth cell phone anywhere, any time, no wires attached. Access your wireless network and share files, surf the web, download e-mails and use Bluetooth to connect with a wireless QWERTY keyboard, sync wirelessly with your PC, or print. WiFi connectivity via optional Compact Flash card

Network Access!

No WiFi network yet? Never fear, Ethernet access is here. Get onto the network using an Ethernet card and its all there at your fingertips. If all you have is a phone jack, BrailleNote mPower has a 56 KBPS dial-up modem on board.

Media Player!

How does this sound? Listen to a wide range of media files in popular formats including MP3, Windows Media, and WAV. Put them all together in playlists for hours of continuous listening. The advanced high quality stereo sound of BrailleNote mPower is unrivalled on any portable device for the blind. Let the music play and keep working in the rest of KeySoft. Listen to audio books, internet radio or music, while e-mailing, surfing the web or reading.

Independent volume controls mean you can turn the music down and the speech up, or vice versa. Play and pause audio even when you're not in the Media Player.

Streaming audio!

Listen right here, right now. Now your BrailleNote supports streaming audio so you can listen to thousands of internet radio stations that use MP3 or Windows Media formats.

Voice Memos!

Just say the word! Use the built-in microphone or the external microphone of your choice to make voice recordings. Press the conveniently placed record button, and away you go. Play back the last memo you recorded from anywhere in KeySoft with a single key press.

Word Processor! The latest word in creating, editing and storing documents. So much more mPowering than you'd find on a regular PDA. Translate between any grade of Braille and text, including Microsoft Word, then save, print or emboss your document, or attach it to e-mail.

Daily Planner!

It's all going according to plan -- you can schedule single or recurring appointments, set reminder alarms, synchronize with Microsoft Outlook's Calendar.

Address List!

It's who you know! Store and organize your contact information, look up an address quickly and simply, paste it into a document or e-mail, synchronize with MS Outlook's Contacts. Or create your own database to manage everything from customer records to your CD collection.

Web Browser!

Let your fingers do the surfing -- explore the web with ease and do on-line banking, shopping and research via a dial-up (including Bluetooth mobile), wireless or Ethernet network. Independent observers rate the browser in BrailleNote mPower as the most intuitive way to surf the web. And, it's very fast!

E-Mail!

Where you can web surf, you can e-mail. You can send and receive e-mail via the same range of connection options. Supports standard POP3 e-mail services.

Book Reader!

Download and read e-books in standard Braille or text formats, in any grade you choose.

PLUS

Stopwatch Scientific Calculator Connect to a video display to present to anyone who is sighted On-line help

Technically Speaking:

Windows Media player including streaming audio
SD card slot
2 USB host ports that you can connect to a range of accessories including: External floppy disk drive, USB flash drive, a USB printer or embosser, USB keyboard for Braille keyboard units
USB client port for ActiveSync connectivity
Standard 9-pin RS232 serial port
Infra-red port
Updated KeyWeb with Microsoft's Internet Explorer version 6
Network connectivity
Wireless Ethernet connectivity via optional Compact Flash card
Bluetooth wireless connectivity that includes: ActiveSync to a PC, Internet via Bluetooth cell phone, printers and keyboards
Record voice memos
X Scale 272 (416 MHz) processor
128 MB internal flash disk
64 MB RAM
18 or 32 cell displays available

Product Selection:

VoiceNote mPower BT

Features

Nine-key Braille keyboard
Speech output only
One-handed mode for people with limited mobility
Context sensitive help and indexed user guide
Two key touch volume, speed and pitch control
Weight: 0.75kgs/1.65lbs
Dimensions: 25cm x 15cm x 4cm/9.9” x 5.9” x 1.6”

VoiceNote mPower QT

Features

Computer style keyboard
Speech output only
One key touch access to the main menu and on line help
Two key touch volume, speed and pitch control
Weight: 0.75kgs/1.65lbs
Dimensions: 25cm x 15cm x 4cm/9.9” x 5.9” x 1.6”

BrailleNote mPower BT 32

Features

32 cell refreshable Braille display
Nine-key Braille keyboard
Speech output
Effortless thumb navigation by line, sentence, or paragraph
One-handed mode for people with limited mobility
Context sensitive help and indexed user guide
Serves as a Braille disply for PC's screen reader
Weight: 1.3kg/2.9lbs
Dimensions: 25cm x 15.5cm x 5cm/9.9” x 6.1” x 2”

BrailleNote mPower BT 18

Features

18 cell refreshable Braille display
Nine-key Braille keyboard
Speech output
Effortless thumb navigation by line, sentence, or paragraph
One-handed mode for people with limited mobility
Context sensitive help and indexed user guide
Serves as a Braille terminal for PC's screen reader
Weight: 1kg/2.2lbs
Dimensions: 25cm x 15.5cm x 5cm/9.9” x 6.1” x 2”