Communication Tools for People with Visual Impairment
With the advancement of technology has come the need to support and provide people with visual impairment (students, professionals) the capacity to take advantage of this ongoing technological boom!
Introducing the BrailleNote Apex manufactured by HumanWare Company.
The HumanWare comapny has been around since the year 2000 and has been helping the visually impaired with tools and gadgets to aid in their communication since then. Their latest product on the market is the BrailleNote Apex BT 32 Braille Notetaker!
The first video attached talks about the hardware of the BrailleNote Apex to help the visually impaired and organizations wanting to buy these devices know how it works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOGCIyI-k4Y&feature=em-share_video_user
http://store.humanware.com/hus/braillenote-apex-bt-32-braille-notetaker.html
The advantage of this device is that the braille dotes help to read and write as when disconnected from a computer it can take notes and when it’s connected can serve as braille reader.
It has a user replaceable battery and a recorder to help you record quickly without necessary having to open a document.
It can be connected to the internet, monitor, pen drives etc.
The second video gives a practical demo of how the braille apex is and can be used.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkNK8D-t5q4&feature=em-share_video_user
This is just one of the many devices that can aid the visually impaired to communicate in this technological world. So, the next time that you are caught wondering what gift to get a visually impaired, think no further as a BrailleNote Apex BT 32 Braille Notetaker would be very much appreciated.
Until next month on the GESI Corner keep the conversation going wherever you are