Orbit Writer-Portable, The Orbit Writer is the ultimate solution for blind and visually impaired users who need a fast, quiet, and efficient way to type on smartphones, tablets, and computers. Weighing only 90 grams—less than most smartphones—it fits easily into a pocket or purse for on-the-go productivity.
Key Features: Ergonomic Braille Input: Features a high-quality, 8-key Perkins-style Braille keyboard with scissors keys that provide a smooth, quiet, and tactile typing experience.
Complete Device Control: Includes a navigation cursor pad with 4-way arrow keys and a select key, allowing you to browse the web, send emails, and navigate apps without touch gestures.
Multi-Device Connectivity: Seamlessly connect to up to 5 Bluetooth devices and 1 USB device simultaneously. Switch between your phone and laptop instantly with simple hotkey combinations.
Wide Compatibility: Works out of the box with iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Fire OS, and Linux.
Haptic Feedback: Provides vibration (haptic) pulses for status indications like battery levels, connection status, and power.
Long-Lasting Battery: Enjoy over 3 days of operation on a single charge. The fast charging battery reaches full capacity in under 2 hours via the included micro-USB cable.
Orbit Reader QWERTY +Braille Display Device 20 or 40 Cell Note Taker
This advanced Braille device combines the convenience of QWERTY and Braille in one compact unit, featuring signage-quality True Braille™ cells and 20 eight-dot refreshable Braille cells. It includes a full-size, high-quality QWERTY keyboard with sculpted keys—78 in total—featuring 12 Function Keys and an inverted-T arrow key configuration.
Designed for seamless compatibility with both Windows and Mac computers, it also offers cursor-routing buttons and configurable thumb keys for intuitive navigation. The device can be used as a standalone note taker or connected via USB or Bluetooth to multiple computers or mobile devices.
Orbit Reader QWERTY +Braille Display Device 20 or 40 Cell Note Taker
Users can read books from SD Cards or USB flash drives in Book-Reader Mode, take notes and edit files in Note-Taker Mode, and connect to up to six devices simultaneously in Braille Display Mode. It supports all major screen readers, including JAWS, NVDA, Voice Over, TalkBack, Fire OS, Chrome OS, and Linux.
With onboard forward and backward translation in over 70 languages, built-in apps such as a clock, alarm, calendar, and calculator, and responsive audio and haptic feedback, this device offers both power and accessibility.
Additional features include USB-A and USB-C ports, an SD Card slot, a fast-charging long-life battery, and a compact, durable design weighing just 1.9 lbs (870 g) and measuring 11.7 × 7.5 × 1.3 in (29.6 × 19 × 3.3 cm).
Orbit Reader 20 Plus braille display. The Orbit Reader 20 Plus is the world’s most affordable Refreshable Braille Display. It is a unique 3-in-1 device and serves as a self-contained book reader, a note-taker and as a braille display by connecting to a computer or smartphone via USB or Bluetooth.
Equipped with a 20-cell 8-dot display, the Orbit Reader 20 Plus is based on revolutionary braille cell technology developed by Orbit Research. The breakthrough technology uses mainstream components and manufacturing processes to enable unique, signage-quality, refreshable braille at a fraction of the cost of the piezoelectric technology used in braille cells to date.
When used as a standalone reader, it enables the user to read any file from the SD card. These could be BRF and BRL formatted books, text files or files in any format. This allows students, especially in developing countries, to have content loaded on to the SD card by teachers and use the unit without any live connectivity to a computer or the internet. The reader has features for easy navigation, bookmark insertion and editing, folder browsing, etc.
Demo-Orbit Reader 20 Plus Braille Display Book Reader and Note-taker.
The Orbit Reader 20 Plus is the world’s most affordable Refreshable Braille Display. It is a unique 3-in-1 device and serves as a self-contained book reader, a note-taker and as a braille display by connecting to a computer or smartphone via USB or Bluetooth.
Equipped with a 20-cell 8-dot display, the Orbit Reader 20 Plus is based on revolutionary braille cell technology developed by Orbit Research. The breakthrough technology uses mainstream components and manufacturing processes to enable unique, signage-quality, refreshable braille at a fraction of the cost of the piezoelectric technology used in braille cells to date.
When used as a standalone reader, it enables the user to read any file from the SD card. These could be BRF and BRL formatted books, text files or files in any format. This allows students, especially in developing countries, to have content loaded onto the SD card by teachers and use the unit without any live connectivity to a computer or the internet. The reader has features for easy navigation, bookmark insertion and editing, folder browsing, etc.
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