[Arizona-students] FwAnnouncing BrailleNote PK, the BrailleNote that fits in your Pocket

[David Andrews]

>PULSE DATA ANNOUNCES BRAILLENOTE PK

>
THE WORLD'S SMALLEST BRAILLE PDA 
>
>•       Full Wireless networking support
>•       Built-in Bluetooth
>•       Full network client support
>•       USB
>•       Amazing new Media Player
>•       Supports all versions of Microsoft Word
>•       Flexible e-mail support
>•       Long battery life
>•       Many great KeySoft applications and features that have made
>BrailleNote the market leader in PDA technology for blind people.
>•       And, it's real!
>
>Details below:
>
>The World’s Smallest Braille PDA
>
>You've heard the saying "good things come in small packages"? Well
>terrific things come in really small packages.  Pulse Data
>International, the world's leading manufacturer of personal data
>assistants for the blind, is proud to announce a new member of the
>BrailleNote family to complement our other great models. It's
>BrailleNote PK, the BrailleNote that fits in your pocket.  Shipping
>early in the fourth quarter of 2004, BrailleNote PK is the ultimate PC
>companion for people on the move.
>
>Because most professionals on the go can't really do without a full
>laptop, the last thing they want is to lug a large additional device
>with them.  They want a small, intuitive PDA.  BrailleNote PK is the
>solution, the ultimate in portability for the blind person who needs to
>be connected, but who can't make compromises on functionality. Best of
>all, with an interface designed from the ground up with blind people in
>mind, it's intuitive and efficient. That's important when you have
>deadlines to meet and a thousand things to do.
>
>WiFi Means More Access More Often
>Take the BrailleNote PK out of your pocket at a café, hotel or an
>airport, connect to a WiFi hotspot, and surf the Net at high speed to
>catch up on your mail or read the paper. Use your corporate wireless
>network no matter where you are in your office. And when you get home,
>settle back in your easy chair and surf the web using your wireless home
>network.
>
>
>Bluetooth Means No More Wires
>Never fuss with wires again. BrailleNote PK will talk to a wide range of
>wireless devices including mobile phones, personal computers and
>keyboards through its built-in Bluetooth technology. When no WiFi access
>is available, easily establish a Bluetooth connection with your cell
>phone for Internet access anywhere your mobile network has coverage.
>ActiveSync with Bluetooth and you can keep in sync without your
>BrailleNote PK and PC ever having to be physically connected. Use a
>Bluetooth keyboard with your BrailleNote PK, and you have the choice of
>either Braille input on the PK itself, or QWERTY input on the Bluetooth
>keyboard.
>
>No Bluetooth on your PC? That's OK, BrailleNote PK has USB! Use the USB
>functionality built-in to BrailleNote PK to connect effortlessly with
>your PC for ActiveSync.  You can load up your favorite music, important
>documents, or the book you are reading, and then hit the road.
>
>
>Full Network Client Support Means Portable Power
>
>A professional on the go needs to have full networking support.
>BrailleNote PK delivers. At a meeting in the office, be the envy of your
>sighted co-workers as you have full access to all the facts and figures
>on the network, and all in Braille. Browse those important documents
>remotely from anywhere you have network access. Complete a presentation
>and send it back to your office as a nicely formatted Microsoft Word
>file.
>
>Super-quiet Keyboard Means Non-intrusive Operation
>BrailleNote PK utilizes the familiar Braille input and cursor routing
>keys and the keyboard is super quiet. Make notes in that important
>meeting at high speed, and your keyboard input is barely audible.
>
>KeySoft Means Full-size Features 
>How did we get so many full-size features into such a pocket-sized
>device? Many of the BrailleNote PK’s features are thanks to Pulse Data
>International's award-winning KeySoft software.  KeySoft 6.0 delivers
>the functionality that is expected by mobile blind people in the 21st
>century, and so many more new functions, applications and ingenious
>solutions are on their way. 
>
>KeySoft Means Powerful Applications that are Easy-to-Use
>
>Word Processor is Unrivalled on a Blindness PDA
>BrailleNote PK's word processor is the most powerful on any blindness
>PDA today. With features such as place markers, Braille and print
>exclusions, templates, spell checking and more, you can be sure that the
>corporate presentation you're working on during that long flight will
>look professional. The unparalleled handling of back-translation to
>other formats like Microsoft Word means you can spend more time on the
>content, while BrailleNote PK looks after the technical side. And as you
>switch between documents, BrailleNote PK improves your efficiency by
>remembering your place in each document.
>
>Email supports all major POP3 E-mail services
>The multiple accounts feature of the BrailleNote PK’s email program
>makes it easy to manage mail for business and pleasure on the same tiny
>device. Set up an account for business and an account for pleasure, and
>BrailleNote PK knows which address to use when.
>
>Planner with Outlook Synchronization
>You always know what you are doing with The Daily Planner. It’s a mini
>electronic memory that keeps track of important dates, and lets you set
>reminder alarms. And the Outlook synchronization functionality means
>it’s easy for people back at the office to keep track of your diary, and
>for you to be aware of appointments that have been scheduled for you.
>
>Address List in Synch with your PC
>The Address List means what you know is who you know. All your contacts,
>phone numbers, addresses are on hand ­ and constantly in synch with your
>PC.
>
>Browser is the Most Intuitive Way to Surf the Web
>KeyWeb, the web browser in BrailleNote PK, has already won acclaim for
>being the most intuitive way for a blind person to surf the web. With
>KeyWeb, there's no need to go in and out of forms mode when you want to
>complete a form on the web. Easily access the link you want by pressing
>its initial letter, without having to go into a special links list mode.
>Based on Internet Explorer 6 technology, KeyWeb gives you access to
>on-line banking and shopping, and many sites that use complex
>enhancements like Javascript. Manage your banking with privacy and
>dignity, shop at a time that suits you and without assistance, all on
>the most easy-to-use web browser for the blind on the market today. Go
>where you've never been able to go before, surf faster than ever.
>
>As Easy as MP3
>It might sound too good to be true but you can listen to a wide range of
>media using the Media Player in BrailleNote PK. Connecting headphones
>means you can enjoy crystal clear stereo sound when listening to files
>in MP3, Windows Media, Wave, AIF and other formats. BrailleNote PK lets
>you listen to media files while working in other applications. Play some
>relaxing music while answering your work e-mail, or working in the word
>processor. There's no need to worry about the music being too loud for
>the speech, the volume of the speech and the volume of your Media Player
>are controllable separately, even when the Media Player is running in
>the background! Listening to an audio book or training material that
>requires you to take notes? No problem, just play the book in the media
>player, switch to KeyWord, and type away. And the Media Player remembers
>your place in the last file you were playing, great for that long audio
>book when your reading is interrupted.
>
>Stopwatch
>Time flies when you’re having fun, so the stopwatch feature in
>BrailleNote PK helps you keep track.
>
>Scientific Calculator
>The BrailleNote PK even has a Scientific Calculator, another feature to
>add to the list.
>
>Simply Powerful
>
>There's plenty of power in the BrailleNote PK, yet it's easy to use. For
>those times when you want detailed help, truly context sensitive help is
>just a keystroke away, as is the entire user guide.
>
>Exceptional Battery Life
>When your days are long and the workload is heavy, you need robust
>technology that won't let you down and just keeps on going. With over 30
>hours of battery life when using speech, the tiny BrailleNote PK will
>easily see you through more than one grueling day. 
>
>Robust Yet Snappy
>And it's solid. On the outside the BrailleNote PK is protected by a
>robust magnesium pressure-molded case, and ships with an attractive,
>fashionable carrying case for additional protection. On the inside a
>state-of the-art processor gives snappy performance when loading or
>searching large documents. 
>
>The BrailleNote PK has an 18 cell Braille display, easy-to-use joystick
>for menu navigation and convenient function keys for scrolling through
>text, plus the clarity and responsiveness of KeyNote Gold speech.
> 
>
>Technically Speaking 
>
>-       Size 6.8" x 3.6" x 1.3” (174mm x 92mm x 32mm )
>-       Weight 0.9 lbs. ( 450 grams)
>-       8MB of non-volatile user storage 
>-       24MB ROM for program and OS storage 
>-       64 MB of RAM 
>-       Compact Flash Card slot for additional user storage Ethernet
>card, modem card etc.
>-       Serial port (custom connector and cable)
>-       USB slave/client
>-       Bluetooth
>-       Ethernet connectivity
>-       Synchronization with MS Outlook's Planner and Contacts using
>KeySync
>-       Supports the 1GB MicroDrive and ATA Memory cards. 
>-       PS2 connection (custom cable and connector)
>-       18 cell Braille display
>-       Nominal operating time (speech only) 30 hours.
>
>It's Real!
>
>
>While others have been talking about new and exciting products, we've
>been busy putting them together. No smoke and mirrors here! Come and see
>the BrailleNote PK for yourself at the ACB and NFB Conventions in the
>United States, and Sight Village in the UK.
>Jonathan Mosen
>Blindness Product Marketing Manager
>Pulse Data International Ltd
>
>DDI: +64-3-373-6192
>Fax:  +64-3-384 4933
>Mobile: +64-21 466 736
>Email: JonathanM at pulsedata.com
>Internet: www.pulsedata.com 
>
>
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