The Mountbatten Brailler Tutor is the complete Braille learning center for children and their teachers. As a professional resource, the Mountbatten Brailler Tutor offers exceptional connectivity and software to simultaneously support flexible teaching and educational needs. The Mountbatten is a simple tool that develops awareness of Braille symbols and characters, while the clear audio response reinforces learning and tells the student which commands are being entered.
The Mountbatten is the first and only Bluetooth® Smart hard-copy Braille device that communicates wirelessly with iOS Bluetooth® Smart Ready devices.
Mountbatten Brailler Tutor – Braille, Speak, Play!
- Brailler, embosser, communication and gaming implement;
- First technology interaction opportunity for blind children;
- Modern Braille learning tool;
- Indispensable for understanding new concepts (page, paragraph, line of text, alignment etc.);
- Invaluable help for teachers and parents;
- Good for children with multiple disabilities;
- Education through fun, games and scenarios
- Facilitates interaction with peers;
- Remote education.
Firstly, literacy skills are basic to all learning, and learning is fundamental to every child’s success. Designed for children who need braille, the Mountbatten certainly enables a fun and inclusive introduction to Braille literacy and provides a solid foundation for a life-time of learning. It is suitable for the very first stages of Braille instruction through to high school and beyond. With its exceptional flexibility and range of functions, the MB Tutor is a solution for meeting ever changing educational and equally teaching goals. It contains tools that are generally not offered by more traditional devices.
This system particularly reinforces recognition of Braille characters – utilizing speech output to enable and promote experiential learning. This system allows pre-Braille activities and play for young children straightaway, long before they are physically able to use traditional mechanical Braille writers.
Why Mountbatten?
The Mountbatten Brailler introduces organizational concepts such as planning and time management. This is done so by the built-in clock and diary functions. By removing attitudinal barriers by taking the “mystery” out of Braille – enabling sighted teachers, peers and family can connect a regular PC keyboard and write in Braille.
Certainly, this system assists with inclusion and participation – the student’s work is displayed on the LCD screen.
Literacy through Braille opens up the world of communication and expression, which is overall, essential for living successfully. Generally, Braille fulfils needs that cannot be addressed by verbal and audio methods. The MB Tutor is the ideal platform overall for launching children into the world of Braille literacy.
Mountbatten Brailler Tutor speaks and produces Braille in more than 30 languages.
Features:
- Easy type, comfortable, detachable Braille keyboard; that is Menu-driven operation, embedded visual display;
- Synthetic speech – user switchable languages;
- Fast and quiet Braille embossing, optional ink or laser printers;
- Two-way print and Braille conversion, APH patterns;
- On-page editing (erase function), optional QWERTY keyboard;
- Braille graphics capabilities;
- Internet sharing of resources, games and scenarios;
- Math, music mode;
- Practically unlimited memory, cloud attached.
Specifications:
- Dimensions: main unit: 405 x 157 x 102,5 mm (4″ x 6 1/5″ x 16”), keyboard: 220 x 100 x 32 mm (8 2/3″ x 4″ x 1 1/4″);
- Weight: 3.9 kg (8.6 lbs);
- Power: rechargeable internal Li-Ion battery good for 70 pages embossed per charge;
- Battery life: 20 hours standard use, 5 hours embossing mode;
- Paper: a variety of paper thicknesses from 80 gsm (office paper), to 140 gsm (Braille paper);
- Languages: a range of languages and braille codes;
- Comes with: battery charger, carrying case;
- Software: MB-Comm for PC available at Download section of this site, MBMimic app available on AppStore and Play Store.
Mountbatten Brailler Tutor Support
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