1. Technology to easily create Braille documents and exchange them with sighted teachers

2. Brian Goemmer Lab Computers, Inc. Brian@labcomputers.com 502-447-2458

3. Problems for sighted teachers when working with blind students Listening rather than visually reading a screen Unfamiliar with Braille code Extra programs to learn to create accessible documents Terminology Ie. DAISY, contracted or uncontracted Braille

4. Humanware looked at the challenges and developed the Braillenote

5. The BrailleNote Apex Family BrailleNote Apex BT32 BrailleNote Apex QT 32

6. Familiar Ports

7. Familiar Software

8. Applications, Keysoft Word Processor Planner Address Book Email Internet Media Center BookReader Scientific Calculator Database Manager Games File Manager Utilities Terminal for Screen Reader Remote Synthesizer Keyboard Learn

9. Ways for Blind students and their sighted teachers to work together using the Braillenote Visual Display MS Word files Printing documents without translation USB Keyboard input

10. Visual Display Teachers and parents can directly plug-in a VGA screen to view the student’s work Any VGA monitor can easily be connected to the Apex KeyView can be installed on the PC to view the representation of the braille display and text

11. Word Processor Students can create documents in contracted or uncontracted Braille Save as MS Word format and share with sighted peers Peers can change file and resave, exchange with Braillenote user to Instantly have file in Braille

12. Printing

13. USB Keyboard

14. Easily turning books to Braille

15. Questions?