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May 31, 2006
De Witt & Associates Assistive Technology Update
In April 2006, our Midland Park, NJ headquarters were visited by Clarence Whaley and Bill Herzler of GW Micro who demonstrated the Braille Sense, SmallTalk Ultra, and some of the many new features of Window-Eyes 5.5.
The Braille Sense is a modern note taker with a 32-character Braille display. Some of the Braille Sense' outstanding features are:
- An LCD display enables an instructor to see what a student is Brailling,
- A video port allows the contents of the LCD display to appear on a PC monitor,
- Runs up to seven different applications simultaneously,
- Stereo speakers,
- The user can replace the battery independently
- Online update capability.
The SmallTalk Ultra is a pocket-sized Windows XP computer with a 1GHZ processor, 512MB of RAM, and a 30GB hard drive. Clarence says they're jumping off the shelf, and we can see why.
We were also impressed by the new Excel support contained in Window-Eyes 5.5. We've not had a chance to put it through its paces yet, but we'll review it in time for our summer newsletter!
Posted by Marten at May 31, 2006 01:10 PM