Tomorrows Classroom, Todays Technology

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Tomorrows Classroom, Todays Technology
Jonathan Mosen jmosen_at_freedomscientific.com
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Why PAC Mate Omni?

• Windows is the environment students learn in
  todays classroom and the platform they will be
  expected to be familiar with when they seek
  employment
• JAWS is the premier screen reader enabling blind
  users to exercise applications written for
  Windows
• PAC Mate Omni is based on Windows Mobile
  utilizing JAWS to make functions available via
  synthesized speech and a refreshable braille
  display

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PMViewer

• Connect PAC Mate to a PC
• Parent or teacher can see the students work
• Can even take over the helm from the PC
  keyboard
• Review and collaborate

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Share Files Easily

• Exchange via ActiveSync
• CompactFlash cards
• USB memory drives
• Beam via IR or Bluetooth

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FSEdit Word Processor

• Supports Braille and QWERTY input
• Translate to and from Braille
• Emboss and print
• Search and replace
• Spell check
• Saves location in file
• Work with two documents simultaneously

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Word Mobile

• PAC mate Omni the only notetaker to support Word
  2007
• Previous versions of Word also supported
• Students can read hand-outs prepared by a
  teacher, and save in a format easily readable by
  the teacher
• Complex formatting is saved even if Windows
  Mobile does not render it
• Contracted Braille anywhere means a student can
  Braille into a Word document and instantly
  translate it for a teacher to see

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PowerPoint

• PAC Mate Omni is the only notetaker to offer
  PowerPoint support
• PowerPoint has become a must-have in school
• Read PowerPoint presentations with speech or
  Braille
• Have a presenter copy or beam their PowerPoint
  presentation to you so you can follow along when
  its displayed

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FSCalc Scientific and Financial Calculator

• Wealth of standard functions
• Math
• Statistics
• Base conversion
• Conversions
• Finance
• Trigonometry
• Hyperbolic
• Toggle between decimal answer and fraction answer
• Set precision of answer (number of decimal places
  used)
• Calculator memories
• Print out line by line

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Foreign Language Study

• Switch instantly from primary language to
  secondary language and back
• Set different speed, speaker, and inflection for
  each language
• Switch braille table as well if desired,
  simultaneously
• Download foreign synthesizer for free from
  Freedom Scientific web site

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Braille Study

• Immediate feedback on every symbol and every word
  on the braille display regardless of language
• FSBraille Coach free download from Freedom
  Scientific web site provides 51 interactive
  lessons
• Use a standard word processor to create your own
  lessons and turn any reading material into
  interactive braille study exercise

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Student Mode

• PAC Mate Omni can be configured so that the Start
  Menu can have as many or as few choices as
  desired
• For people starting off, limit the choices they
  see to only a couple of options, such as FSEdit
  and Calculator
• The trainer chooses what options the student can
  see
• Ideal for students of all ages beginning to learn
  PAC Mate
• Ideal for hiding applications, such as the
  calculator when the student is taking a math exam
• Only PAC Mate Omni offers this feature, making it
  the simplest notetaker to use while offering
  power as the user gains confidence

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Town Compass DataViewer

• Buy at www.towncompass.com and run on PAC Mate
• Encyclopedias
• Dictionaries
• Almanacs
• Carry on a CompactFlash card
• Look up any record in seconds

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Resco Audio Recorder

• Use PAC Mates embedded microphone to record
  lectures
• Edit the file right on the PAC Mate

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FSReader DAISY Player

• Access DAISY formatted textbooks
• Unprecedented navigation of material
• Jump directly to any chapter or heading
• Go to any specified page
• Set an unlimited number of annotated bookmarks
• Read titles from RFBD once a UAK has been
  installed
• Download, unpack and read Bookshare books

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Excel and Internet Explorer

• Both included in PAC Mate
• Both required for later grades and employment

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Reader Mode

• Makes a range of formats accessible that cant be
  read on any other notetaker
• PDF
• eBooks from commercial websites
• RSS Readers

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TOPAZ
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Five Models

• TOPAZ camera only
• TOPAZ w/17" CRT
• TOPAZ w/17" LCD
• TOPAZ w/19" LCD
• TOPAZ w/22" Widescreen LCD

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Adjustable LCD Monitor

• Height and tilt
• Tilt up for use while standing
• Tilt down and forward for short or wheelchair
  user
• Controls always accessible
• Monitor never in the way
• Document never in the way

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Magnification

• 3x to 82x - 22 monitor
• 2.7x to 70x 19 monitor
• 2.4x to 63x 17 monitor
• 16 positive increments
• Position indicator on dial
• Large onscreen indicator

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28 Color Select - Standard

• 6 standard
• Up to 12 on the button
• 3 minimal configuration

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Position Locator - Standard

• Push button right under magnification dial
• Bright LED points to center of camera view

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Focus Lock

• Auto focus with lock for writing
• Large onscreen icon

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Large Workspace Low Profile
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TOPAZ Connectivity Pack

• Field addable
• Latches to rear of post
• Connects to PC
• Split view
• Lines and masking
• Foot pedal

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TOPAZ Summary

• Ergonomic design
• Easily accessed intuitive controls
• Onscreen feedback
• Adjust height and tilt with large work space
• Standard features others dont have or charge
  extra for
• Position locator
• 28 color modes
• Enhanced color mode
• Focus lock
• Freeze frame
• Modular design for field serviceability
• Field updateable firmware
• Add PC connectivity to any unit later
• Work with entire PC screen in split mode
• Set lines and masks per video source including
  PC

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OPAL
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Magnification from 4.5x to 9x
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Flip Down Writing Stand
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Six Video Modes

• Full color
• Black on white
• Enhanced black on white
• White on black
• Blue on yellow
• Yellow on blue

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NTSC TV Connectivity

• Same port as charger uses
• Standard RCA jack to video in
• Y-cable charges while connected
• Magnification levels
• 9-inch screen 10x to 20x
• 12-inch screen 13.5x to 27x
• 17-inch screen 19x to 38x
• 21-inch screen 23.5x to 47x

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OPAL Summary

• Lies flat on document
• Magnification 4.5x to 9x
• Six video modes
• Flip down writing stand
• Connect to NTSC TV
• Optional car charger
• Best battery life in the category more than 4
  hours

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SAPPHIRE
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Magnification Slide from 3.4X
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to 16X
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Five Video Modes Standard - Up to 23 Configurable
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4-Hour Rechargeable Battery
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Standard RCA Video Output

• Six-foot cable included
• All color modes available

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Camera-up Position for Viewing 3D Objects
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Freeze Frame
Display folds all the way around to view items on
shelves
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Built-in Writing Stand
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SAPPHIRE Summary

• Compact magnifier with large display area
• Large, useful, continuous magnification range
  3.4X to 16X
• Intuitive controls easy to locate and operate
• 23 configurable color modes
• Closes to protect both display and camera
• Integrated writing stand
• Freeze frame
• TV connectivity
• Long battery life 4 hours continuous use, auto
  turn-off when closed

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SARA - Scanning and Reading Appliance
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Low Vision Functionality

• Only reading machine with built-in low vision
  features
• User selectable settings
• Font style
• Font size
• Foreground/background selection (35 color
  combinations)
• User selectable spotlight colorization (35 color
  combinations)
• Independence of foreground/background setting
• Set same background color reduces spotlighting to
  text color
• Set same foreground/background colors eliminates
  spotlighting
• Adjustable white space between text units
• Words automatically spotlighted as spoken
• Keyboard color coded for easy identification

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Low Vision Functionality

• Interconnectivity with TOPAZ using Connectivity
  Pack
• SARA provides ease of reading long documents
• TOPAZ provides for forms, 3-dimensional objects,
  and handwriting
• Single monitor for SARA and TOPAZ
• Toggle full screens
• User adjustable split screen

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Deaf/Blind Solution

• Plug and Play support for Freedom Scientific
  braille displays
• Same core braille keyboard commands as JAWS
• Active follows braille
• Computer and Grade 2 support

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Speech

• RealSpeak Solo Direct
• 39 high quality, natural sounding voices
• 22 language dialects
• Separate settings for Reading and Menu/Dialog
  Voices
• Voices grouped by major language - easy switching
  between voices using different dialects
• Toggling reading language automatically toggles
  OCR engine to match language

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Scanning

• Scanning language tied to Reading Voice language
• Optical character recognition using OmniPage 15
• Automatic page orientation
• Scanning order
• Scanning modes
• Scan and Read
• Scan in Background
• Scan and Replace
• Buckscan
• Scanning Contrast

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Playing Audio Files

• Play audio files - DAISY, CDA, MP3, unprotected
  WMA and WAV file formats
• Auto-play audio CDs
• Auto-play does not invoke if scanning or reading
  when CD is inserted
• User can manually play audio CDs through the menu
• Auto-play can be disabled through the Advanced
  menu
• Play position is retained for future sessions
• Tree navigation of tracks or headings

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SARA 9.0 Features

• Three new languages bring total to 18 languages
• Basque
• Czech
• Turkish
• Seven new voices
• British English - Serena
• Danish - Ida
• Italian - Paolo
• Norwegian - Stine
• Castilian Spanish - Diego and Monica
• Swedish - Alva
• Turkish - Aylin

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SARA 9.0 Features

• Low vision features
• Color schemes to match TOPAZ
• User selectable spotlight colorization
• Ease of use
• Auto start audio CDs
• Change volume without interrupting SayAll
• Configuration wizard
• OCR improvements
• Updated OCR engine to OmniPage 15
• Contrast adjustment
• Streamline support of other synthesizers
• Braille display support

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SARA Summary

• Totally quiet no fan
• Only reading machine with built-in low vision
  features
• Connectivity with TOPAZ
• New low vision model with 19 monitor
• Built-in connectivity with Freedom Scientific
  braille displays
• Minimal configuration for ease of use
• Scan and replace
• Key cover kits
• Field updatable

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ONYX Multiple View Cameras
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ONYX - Reading, Writing, Projects
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ONYX - Self View
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ONYX - Five Models
PC Editions include software for screen
magnification and image capture
Swing-arm and Flexible-arm models work with your
TV
Deskset comes with its own portable 17 or 19-inch
monitor
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ONYX Camera Functions

• Continuous zoom magnification
• Up to 75x on 15-inch screen
• Up to 100x on a 20-inch screen
• Find feature for focusing on distant objects
• Freeze frame
• Auto-focus with focus lock for writing
• Video modes
• Full color
• Reverse color
• Enhanced B/W positive
• Enhanced negative
• Brightness control per video mode
• Powered by PC 2 USB ports

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EyeMerge Software Functions

• Works with MAGic screen magnification software
• Switch easily between magnified PC view and
  camera view
• Create multiple split screen views
• Vertical and horizontal
• Resize
• Change text and background colors
• Capture images
• Flip easily between multiple snapshots and live
  view
• Adjust contrast levels
• Add masks to reduce glare
• Add reading lines
• Resize
• Reposition
• Change colors

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MAGic Screen Magnification Software
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MAGic Screen Magnification Software

• View magnified screen - listen with speech
  synthesizer
• Magnify from 1x to 36x 10 increments from 1x to
  2x
• Settable enhancements to help track the mouse
  pointer and cursor on the screen
• Change how colors display
• Customizable views to see both an unmagnified and
  magnified area of the screen simultaneously
• Move the magnified area of the screen with the
  keyboard

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MAGic Screen Magnification Software

• Spotlights text as it reads
• Customize pitch, voice, speech rate, and
  verbosity level
• Tracking features move the magnified area so the
  mouse pointer, cursor, highlighting, and other
  screen elements remain visible
• Locator feature to quickly jump to different
  areas or find items on your screen
• Quick View Frame allows you to monitor a region
  of the screen while you work in other areas

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Thank You