Hi, welcome to PATINS TV. I'm your host, Jena Fahlbush, and today I have our
Featured Solution and it as EYE can see. I'm here with Greg Blackman and he's
going to show us the Elbraille 14 from Freedom Scientific.
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Hi, I am Greg Blackman with EYE can see. We are the local providers and dealers for
Freedom Scientific, Optelec, and AI Squared products now known as VFO in
the state of Indiana and Kentucky. And I'm here today to talk to you about a really
cool new device from Freedom Scientific and VFO called the ElBraille 14.
The ElBraille 14 is a really cool new device that combines a few different tools from
Freedom Scientific into one larger tool that does a lot of different functions.
Essentially it's the combination of the ElBraille 14 itself and then the ElBraille
is a Windows 10 based computer that is driven by the Focus 14 Blue Braille
Display and JAWS software. JAWS home or pro version software. The ElBraille
device itself essentially is a portable Braille computer. It is a Windows 10
computer in a small portable device. It is also a note-taker and a docking
station for the Focus 14 Blue Braille Display. So, essentially with the
ElBraille the Braille user gets all of the capabilities and functionality of a
modern mainstream computer as his or her laptop or desktop computer at home, in a
small portable device with a refreshable Braille display. So what I'm going to do
briefly is talk about the Focus 14 Braille Display itself, and then how it
interacts with the ElBraille. The focus 14 Braille display is essentially this
small black box here with these blue buttons, okay? The Focus 14 Braille
display from Freedom Scientific has been out on the market for a while now and it
is a portable refreshable Braille display. Fourteen cell Braille display with
an eight dot Perkins-style keyboard here that can connect via bluetooth or USB. It can
connect wirelessly to your iOS devices, to your portable devices and so it has
always been a really nice portable Braille, refreshable Braille display
on-the-go that can work with your portable devices. It has
a nice little carrying case, great battery life. So that is the Focus 14
Blue Braille Display, okay? The ElBraille itself is the docking
station for the Braille display, so the ElBraille is... circles, comes around the
Focus 14 and the Focus 14 actually docks into the ElBraille. Here to the side
there's a micro USB cord that when you first insert the Focus 14 into it, you
have to insert the cord in first, and there's instructions on this, but you
basically take off this little tab here you insert the cord and
then you dock the Focus 14 in there and essentially at that point these are now
one device. You have inserted the Braille display into the ElBraille and they are
together and again they are being powered by the JAWS software. So once you
have that together you can cover that up and now you have your ElBraille device.
So now you have a portable computer, essentially, note-taker and refreshable
Braille display that can do all of the applications that you would want to do
with your computer at home - checking emails, searching the web, anything that
you may do with any a regular computer, you can now do in a nice portable format.
Like I said, it runs on Windows 10. It has memory already built into it. You turn it
on. It powers and it runs on JAWS and away you go. If you are already a JAWS
user you can use your current license and just get the Focus 14 and the
ElBraille. If you're already a current JAWS user and have a JAWS license and a Focus
14, then all you would need to do is the ElBraille. So, essentially to get the
ElBraille working you would need those three different parts: the ElBraille
Note-taker, the Focus 14 Blue Braille Display, and JAWS software. But if you
have any of those components, you wouldn't have to get them. All in all, the
ElBraille itself is pretty reasonably priced and together, you know, there's
different you know combo prices that we can work out. But once you get
that all together, you have a nice portable note-taking device, Braille
display. It also comes with a very handy carrying
case here, because if you're going to have a note-taker like this, you
certainly want to have it in a carrying case at all times. So it fits really
nicely in this carrying case and snaps down, okay?
Snaps down just like that. You can carry any extra materials with you just like
that and essentially now a Braille user has a portable computer with them that they can use
and access and do all the applications that they would before. I can mention the battery life is
incredible with these. So, you get a long battery life.
>>Jena: All right. Well thanks for being here today, Greg. I really appreciate your time.
>>Greg: Well thanks for having me. Happy to be here.
>>Jena: Yeah, and can you tell us - are you offering any
promotional deals for our viewers?
>>Greg: Yes, certainly. If you just want to mention
that you saw this video, we have a promotional offer on any part of the
ElBraille, the Focus 14, the JAWS bundle. If you have one or two of the parts, we
would still offer a promotion. Then, obviously, if you need all three, there's
a promotional price as well. Feel free to contact me directly at my cell phone is
area code 317-258-6747 and my email address
all one word is greglowvision@gmail.com and that is just one G at the end of Greg.
>>Jena: All right. Awesome. Thank you so much, and we'll see you next time on
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