Blindness

The PAC Mate series incorporates JAWS, the world’s most popular screen reading software, and Microsoft Windows Mobile to create the world’s first accessible Pocket PC device for the blind.

The new PAC Mate Omni is a combination of enhanced hardware with expanded functionality and powerful new software that features the latest advances from Freedom Scientific and Microsoft.

The PAC Mate Omni is powered by Windows Mobile 6.0, the very latest Microsoft operating system. With Windows Mobile 6.0, the PAC Mate Omni will provide users with a host of innovative features and tools that enable the blind to access virtually every application that sighted users of mainstream PDAs now enjoy.

Windows Mobile 6.0 is the most keyboard-friendly version of this operating system. With full support for soft keys in Windows Mobile products, the PAC Mate Omni enables users to install and easily operate a huge variety of off-the-shelf third-party applications that offer keyboard support.

Features

The ScannaR is a flatbed scanner that will scan any text document and read it back to you in seconds. Unlike other scan-and-read products, it does not need to be connected to a PC, as it has its own hard drive with room for up to 500,000 pages of text, making it one of the most portable scan-and-read products on the market.

ScannaR allows you to read anything from letters and brochures to newspapers, reports, books or other print materials, and then save them for future reference.

ScannaR is not only great for the home or office. It is an ideal tool for educators and students at all levels for quickly scanning and recording textbooks, worksheets, tests and exams. Because of its audio output as well as the bonus ability to download files to a BrailleNote or VoiceNote, it is suitable for environments where resources are shared among students who either have low vision or are blind.

The only DAISY player that offers you so much in such a small package

Download your favourite books and MP3s on your Stream and leave home with your library in the palm of your hand. This versatile, powerful DAISY-MP3 and NISO player lets you read and navigate through complex books, such as reference manuals and school books, as well as novels and magazines. You can also use its built in text to speech to read books in text format such as Bookshare. There are many more functions, including an integrated microphone to record voice notes. No other DAISY player offers you so much in such a small package.

Packed with DAISY functions

This little player packs a mighty punch, offering high performance and advanced navigation. Victor Reader Stream gives you access to a book with equivalent speed, flexibility and accuracy of reading a printed book. Full control is at your fingertips.

Your books and music go everywhere with you

Since it is ultra-compact and sleek, you can take it everywhere. No need to bring CDs with you… it stores everything in its SD memory card. Only the size of a deck of cards, it fits in the palm of your hand and can easily be carried in a pocket or clipped on your belt in its attractive case.