Has standard Braille keyboard with additional navigation keys, function keys, and mode switches. Weighs 7.9 lbs. A computer access system that includes a Braille display, Braille keyboard, synthetic speech, and Optical Sensor Cursor Routing that allow immediate positioning of the Braille display at any point of the computer screen, and perform functions, such as cursor routing, fast reading mode, data and attribute information retrieval, by tracking the user's finger position above the Braille display. The Braille keyboard has built-in and user definable functions. Braille display features 80 Braille cells.
Speech synthesis offers a choice of four languages.
A software that works with the Optacon II to provide tactile access and large print access to the Macintosh computer. Features are set from the keyboard. For IBM PCs and compatibles. The touch-sensitive surface includes raised lines for controlling reading. Optacon II is a portable tactile reading system that gives the user direct access to printed material.