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[Gregory Nowak]

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Hello all.

I was wondering if anyone has seen the below at any of the
conventions, and had a chance to play with it? I find it interesting
that they leave out the CPU it runs on out of the specs, does that
surprise anyone else (grin)?

Greg


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From: "Jonathan Mosen" <jonathanm at pulsedata.com>
To: <bnannounce at list.pulsedata.com>,
	<braillenote at list.pulsedata.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 03:52:13 +1200
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Subject: [Bnannounce] Announcing BrailleNote PK,
	the BrailleNote that fits in your Pocket

PULSE DATA ANNOUNCES BRAILLENOTE PK?
?THE WORLD'S SMALLEST BRAILLE PDA 

?	Full Wireless networking support
?	Built-in Bluetooth
?	Full network client support
?	USB
?	Amazing new Media Player
?	Supports all versions of Microsoft Word
?	Flexible e-mail support
?	Long battery life
?	Many great KeySoft applications and features that have made
BrailleNote the market leader in PDA technology for blind people.
?	And, it's real!

Details below:

The World?s Smallest Braille PDA

You've heard the saying "good things come in small packages"? Well
terrific things come in really small packages.  Pulse Data
International, the world's leading manufacturer of personal data
assistants for the blind, is proud to announce a new member of the
BrailleNote family to complement our other great models. It's
BrailleNote PK, the BrailleNote that fits in your pocket.  Shipping
early in the fourth quarter of 2004, BrailleNote PK is the ultimate PC
companion for people on the move.

Because most professionals on the go can't really do without a full
laptop, the last thing they want is to lug a large additional device
with them.  They want a small, intuitive PDA.  BrailleNote PK is the
solution, the ultimate in portability for the blind person who needs to
be connected, but who can't make compromises on functionality. Best of
all, with an interface designed from the ground up with blind people in
mind, it's intuitive and efficient. That's important when you have
deadlines to meet and a thousand things to do.

WiFi Means More Access More Often
Take the BrailleNote PK out of your pocket at a caf?, hotel or an
airport, connect to a WiFi hotspot, and surf the Net at high speed to
catch up on your mail or read the paper. Use your corporate wireless
network no matter where you are in your office. And when you get home,
settle back in your easy chair and surf the web using your wireless home
network.


Bluetooth Means No More Wires
Never fuss with wires again. BrailleNote PK will talk to a wide range of
wireless devices including mobile phones, personal computers and
keyboards through its built-in Bluetooth technology. When no WiFi access
is available, easily establish a Bluetooth connection with your cell
phone for Internet access anywhere your mobile network has coverage.
ActiveSync with Bluetooth and you can keep in sync without your
BrailleNote PK and PC ever having to be physically connected. Use a
Bluetooth keyboard with your BrailleNote PK, and you have the choice of
either Braille input on the PK itself, or QWERTY input on the Bluetooth
keyboard.

No Bluetooth on your PC? That's OK, BrailleNote PK has USB! Use the USB
functionality built-in to BrailleNote PK to connect effortlessly with
your PC for ActiveSync.  You can load up your favorite music, important
documents, or the book you are reading, and then hit the road.


Full Network Client Support Means Portable Power

A professional on the go needs to have full networking support.
BrailleNote PK delivers. At a meeting in the office, be the envy of your
sighted co-workers as you have full access to all the facts and figures
on the network, and all in Braille. Browse those important documents
remotely from anywhere you have network access. Complete a presentation
and send it back to your office as a nicely formatted Microsoft Word
file.

Super-quiet Keyboard Means Non-intrusive Operation
BrailleNote PK utilizes the familiar Braille input and cursor routing
keys and the keyboard is super quiet. Make notes in that important
meeting at high speed, and your keyboard input is barely audible.

KeySoft Means Full-size Features 
How did we get so many full-size features into such a pocket-sized
device? Many of the BrailleNote PK?s features are thanks to Pulse Data
International's award-winning KeySoft software.  KeySoft 6.0 delivers
the functionality that is expected by mobile blind people in the 21st
century, and so many more new functions, applications and ingenious
solutions are on their way. 

KeySoft Means Powerful Applications that are Easy-to-Use

Word Processor is Unrivalled on a Blindness PDA
BrailleNote PK's word processor is the most powerful on any blindness
PDA today. With features such as place markers, Braille and print
exclusions, templates, spell checking and more, you can be sure that the
corporate presentation you're working on during that long flight will
look professional. The unparalleled handling of back-translation to
other formats like Microsoft Word means you can spend more time on the
content, while BrailleNote PK looks after the technical side. And as you
switch between documents, BrailleNote PK improves your efficiency by
remembering your place in each document.

Email supports all major POP3 E-mail services
The multiple accounts feature of the BrailleNote PK?s email program
makes it easy to manage mail for business and pleasure on the same tiny
device. Set up an account for business and an account for pleasure, and
BrailleNote PK knows which address to use when.

Planner with Outlook Synchronization
You always know what you are doing with The Daily Planner. It?s a mini
electronic memory that keeps track of important dates, and lets you set
reminder alarms. And the Outlook synchronization functionality means
it?s easy for people back at the office to keep track of your diary, and
for you to be aware of appointments that have been scheduled for you.

Address List in Synch with your PC
The Address List means what you know is who you know. All your contacts,
phone numbers, addresses are on hand ? and constantly in synch with your
PC.

Browser is the Most Intuitive Way to Surf the Web
KeyWeb, the web browser in BrailleNote PK, has already won acclaim for
being the most intuitive way for a blind person to surf the web. With
KeyWeb, there's no need to go in and out of forms mode when you want to
complete a form on the web. Easily access the link you want by pressing
its initial letter, without having to go into a special links list mode.
Based on Internet Explorer 6 technology, KeyWeb gives you access to
on-line banking and shopping, and many sites that use complex
enhancements like Javascript. Manage your banking with privacy and
dignity, shop at a time that suits you and without assistance, all on
the most easy-to-use web browser for the blind on the market today. Go
where you've never been able to go before, surf faster than ever.

As Easy as MP3
It might sound too good to be true but you can listen to a wide range of
media using the Media Player in BrailleNote PK. Connecting headphones
means you can enjoy crystal clear stereo sound when listening to files
in MP3, Windows Media, Wave, AIF and other formats. BrailleNote PK lets
you listen to media files while working in other applications. Play some
relaxing music while answering your work e-mail, or working in the word
processor. There's no need to worry about the music being too loud for
the speech, the volume of the speech and the volume of your Media Player
are controllable separately, even when the Media Player is running in
the background! Listening to an audio book or training material that
requires you to take notes? No problem, just play the book in the media
player, switch to KeyWord, and type away. And the Media Player remembers
your place in the last file you were playing, great for that long audio
book when your reading is interrupted.

Stopwatch
Time flies when you?re having fun, so the stopwatch feature in
BrailleNote PK helps you keep track.

Scientific Calculator
The BrailleNote PK even has a Scientific Calculator, another feature to
add to the list.

Simply Powerful

There's plenty of power in the BrailleNote PK, yet it's easy to use. For
those times when you want detailed help, truly context sensitive help is
just a keystroke away, as is the entire user guide.

Exceptional Battery Life
When your days are long and the workload is heavy, you need robust
technology that won't let you down and just keeps on going. With over 30
hours of battery life when using speech, the tiny BrailleNote PK will
easily see you through more than one grueling day. 

Robust Yet Snappy
And it's solid. On the outside the BrailleNote PK is protected by a
robust magnesium pressure-molded case, and ships with an attractive,
fashionable carrying case for additional protection. On the inside a
state-of the-art processor gives snappy performance when loading or
searching large documents. 

The BrailleNote PK has an 18 cell Braille display, easy-to-use joystick
for menu navigation and convenient function keys for scrolling through
text, plus the clarity and responsiveness of KeyNote Gold speech.
 

Technically Speaking 

- -	Size 6.8" x 3.6" x 1.3? (174mm x 92mm x 32mm )
- -	Weight 0.9 lbs. ( 450 grams)
- -	8MB of non-volatile user storage 
- -	24MB ROM for program and OS storage 
- -	64 MB of RAM 
- -	Compact Flash Card slot for additional user storage Ethernet
card, modem card etc.
- -	Serial port (custom connector and cable)
- -	USB slave/client
- -	Bluetooth
- -	Ethernet connectivity
- -	Synchronization with MS Outlook's Planner and Contacts using
KeySync
- -	Supports the 1GB MicroDrive and ATA Memory cards. 
- -	PS2 connection (custom cable and connector)
- -	18 cell Braille display
- -	Nominal operating time (speech only) 30 hours.

It's Real!


While others have been talking about new and exciting products, we've
been busy putting them together. No smoke and mirrors here! Come and see
the BrailleNote PK for yourself at the ACB and NFB Conventions in the
United States, and Sight Village in the UK.
Jonathan Mosen
Blindness Product Marketing Manager
Pulse Data International Ltd

DDI: +64-3-373-6192
Fax:  +64-3-384 4933
Mobile: +64-21 466 736
Email: JonathanM at pulsedata.com
Internet: www.pulsedata.com 


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