[real-eyes] PackMate info
- From: "Robert Beach" <rbeach@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:45:26 -0600
Hi all,
With the recent discussions of electronic notetakers on the list, I
thought I'd share this post I received from the ATIA conference
currently happening in Florida. ATIA is the Assistive Technology
Industries Association. The conference is a chance for the different
companies involved in A T to show their newest products and provide
information.
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More news from the ATIA conference...
The next item that caught my attention was the PACmate series of
accessible PocketPC devices from Freedom Scientific, specifically the
BX and QX series. The BX series features a Perkins-style keyboard, the
QX series features a standard QWERTY-style keyboard, and both systems
use the JAWS screen reader to provide audio information to the user.
The devices use the Pocket-PC OS and will run a variety of third-party
applications, and they feature a modular design that allows the user
to easily add third-party hardware such as scanners or wireless LAN
cards. You can also quickly and easily add a portable refreshable
Braille display in seconds with no tools or cables- they just click
into the unit and you?re ready to go. You can connect each of the
units to another computer via USB, which allows you to operate the
device with your desktop or laptop computer and access all of the
features and configuration settings of the unit through a visual
interface.
The PACmates feature Intel Xscale 400MHz processors, and come with 64
MB RAM and 32 MB Flash ROM. Connectivity capabilities include: 2
CompactFlash Type II ports, IrDA 115 KB/second infrared port, and USB
type Mini A/B (2.0 compliant). Also included in the units are a voice
recorder and a speaker and microphone. The units are built to work
with the PBD refreshable Braille displays sold by Freedom Scientific
(of course), which are available in 20 or 40 cell configurations, and
feature many more controls such as dual cursor router buttons, 10
dual-purpose shortcut keys and a ?Whiz Wheel? for quick navigation by
line, sentence, or paragraph. Visit the Freedom Scientific website for
more information at: http://www.freedomscientific.com.
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Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist
Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66112
Phone: (913) 288-7671
Fax: (913) 288-7678
E-mail: rbeach@xxxxxxxxx
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