DAISY in the Assistive Technology Devices for the Visually Impaired

1. DAISY in the Assistive Technology Devices for the Visually Impaired June, 2009 HIMS Co., Ltd.

2. Company profile

3. Introduction • Established in 1999 • Main products : IT products for the visually impaired • Products for the blind • Products for the low vision

4. DAISY in the Assistive Tech Device for the blind

5. BrailleSENSE Plus • Hardware configuration • Braille display : 32 cells • Wireless LAN(802.11b/g), Bluetooth installed • Interfaces : LAN, Serial, USB, VGA, CF slot and SD slot • Memory: 8GB for user data storage, 128MB of SDRAM • Detachable battery • Inputting Braille : Perkins and QWERTY type keyboards • Software configuration • Real time text-to-Braille, Braille-to-text translator • Text-to-speech engine installed • Application software • File manager, Word processor, Address manager, Schedule manager, • E-mail, Web browser, MSN messenger • Media player with voice recording, DAISY player • Database manager

6. VoiceSENSE and SyncBraille • Hardware feature of VoiceSENSE • Wireless LAN(802.11b/g), Bluetooth installed • Interfaces : USB, CF slot and SD slot • Memory: 1GB for user data storage, 128MB of SDRAM • Software feature of VoiceSENSE • Real time text-to-Braille, Braille-to-text translator • Text-to-speech engine installed • Application software • File manager, Word processor, Address manager, Schedule manager, • E-mail, Web browser, MSN messenger • Media player with voice recording, DAISY player • Database manager • Specification of SyncBraille • Interface : USB 2.0 • Powered by USB • Cursor routing keys • Scroll up/down keys at both ends of Braille cells

7. DAISY in SENSE • DAISY format supported by SENSE • Daisy 2.0, 2.02 and NISO, • Audiable, Bookshare, NIMAS, NLS • RFB&D(under development), • Merit of BrailleSENSE and VoiceSENSE • Multi-tasking • Running 7 programs simultaneously • Word processing during listening DAISY contents (2 tasks) • Word processing during listening DAISY contents with back music (3 tasks) •  Useful feature for studying and working • Easy control • Ergonomic design for the blind •  Key commends using Braille keyboards (Perkins style)

8. DAISY Player / BookSense • BookSense has a Daisy Player with advanced feature and quality. • It is excellent e-learning products for the blind and Dyslexia. Model: T50 Model: T50XT

9. DAISY Player / BookSense

10. DAISY Player / BookSense • Specification • Software (supporting contents) • Daisy player: • Daisy 2.0/2.02, ASI/NISO Z39.86 2002/2005, DAISY XML, • NLS, RFB&D, Bookshare, NIMAS 1.1, PDTB v1.1(RFB&D), v2.0(NLS). • Audio player: • MP3, MP4, WAV, WAX, WMA, OGG, FLAC, AA, AAX, NLS(3GP), • Audible, ASF audio files. • Text reader: TXT, DOC, RTF, HTML, XML, BRL(BRF) • Hardware • Internal flash memory: 4GB • Memory extension: SD card slot (up to 32 GB) • Interface: Bluetooth, USB • Audio recording: Internal condenser microphone, External MIC jack • Audio output: Internal stereo speakers, Stereo headphone jack • FM Radio • Detachable battery (2.5 hours charging and 12 hours using)

11. Thank you HIMS Co., Ltd. 139-9, Gajung-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, KOREA, 305-350 http:///www.himsintl.com (Tel) 042-864-4460 (Fax) 042-864-4462 (Email) hims@himsintl.com