PAC Mate Omni ™ and OpenBook ® 9 with PEARL ® Camera

1. PAC Mate Omni™ and OpenBook® 9 with PEARL® Camera Presented by Ron MillerFreedom ScientificBlindness Hardware Product Manager

2. Why PAC Mate Omni? • Windows is the environment students learn in today’s classroom and the platform they will be expected to be familiar with when they seek employment • JAWS is the premier screen reader enabling blind users to exercise applications written for Windows • PAC Mate is based on Windows Mobile utilizing JAWS to make functions available via synthesized speech and a refreshable Braille display • Microsoft Office Mobile applications provides access to mainstream applications in a portable, accessible device

3. Microsoft Office Mobile • Word Mobile • Full access to Word documents including Office 2007/2010 documents • Ability to enter contracted Braille text into a Word document with automatic back translation • PowerPoint Mobile • Open and read PowerPoint presentations directly on the PAC Mate Omni • Single keystroke navigation to previous and next slides in the presentation • Allows for immediate access to the same content being projected for sighted students in classroom or lecture hall • Excel Mobile • Access spreadsheet content • Include/use spreadsheet formulae, etc. • Useful in transition to college and/or business activities

4. Freedom Scientific Applications and Features • FSEdit Word Processor • Supports Braille and QWERTY input • Translate documents to and from contracted Braille • Emboss and print • Search and replace • Spell check • Saves location in file • Work with two documents simultaneously

5. Freedom Scientific Applications and Features • FSReader DAISY Player • Now included as a pre-installed application • Access DAISY formatted textbooks • Unprecedented navigation of material • Jump directly to any chapter or heading • Go to any specified page • Set annotated bookmarks • Reader Mode • Powerful new feature creating a cursor where none really exists • Similar to Virtual Cursor on the Internet • PDF files • eBook readers such as the one from www.ereader.com. • Text adventure game interpreters • RSS readers

6. Freedom Scientific Applications and Features • FSCalc Scientific and Financial Calculator • Wealth of standard functions • Math • Statistics • Base conversion • Conversions • Finance • Trigonometry • Hyperbolic • Toggle between decimal answer and fraction answer • Set precision of answer (number of decimal places used) • Calculator memories • Print out line by line to show your work

7. Freedom Scientific Applications and Features • Extensive, Powerful Braille Support • Enter contracted Braille in any literary application • Instant, transparent forward and back translation for seamless contracted Braille editing • Braille Input Mode extended to anywhere in PAC Mate Omni QX • Braille Study Mode • Immediate feedback on every symbol and every word on the braille display regardless of language • FSBraille Coach – free download from Freedom Scientific web site provides 51 interactive lessons • Use a standard word processor to create your own lessons and turn any reading material into interactive Braille study exercise

8. Foreign Language Support • Switch instantly from primary language to secondary language and back • Set different speed, speaker, and inflection for each language • Switch Braille table as well if desired, simultaneously • Expansion of available Braille languages • Now includes US English, European French, Canadian French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, Dutch, Danish, Russian, and Greek • Input languages on QX keyboard expanded to 18 • Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Hungarian, Danish, Czech, Polish, Italian, Swiss French, Canadian French, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss German, German, United Kingdom and US

9. Foreign Language Support • Support of Non-English Eloquence Synthesizers • Free download from Freedom Scientific web site • http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/PACmate_2.5_languages.asp • Available languages include: US English, Latin American Spanish, Castilian Spanish , Canadian French , European French , German , Italian , Brazilian Portuguese • Support of RealSpeak Solo voices from Nuance Communications • Available now for PAC Mate as free download from Web page • http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/pacmate/RealSpeak-Solo-PACMate-Omni-Downloads.asp • Can be installed in either main memory or onto CompactFlash card • Available languages include: Australian English, British English, United States English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Flemish, Greek, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Turkish

10. Easy File sharing • Files Shared Easily Between PAC Mate Omni and PC or other devices • Exchange via ActiveSync • Email attachment • CompactFlash cards • USB memory drives • Beam using infrared • Transfer using Bluetooth

11. Extensive Online Help • Context sensitive help makes PAC Mate even more attractive to the education market • Control Help – Press F1 on the PAC Mate QX (DOTS 1-4-5-6 CHORD on the PAC Mate BX) to hear a description of the currently selected control • Context Help – Quickly press F1 (DOTS 1-4-5-6 CHORD) twice to hear a complete description of the entire dialog, application, or window that is currently open • System Help – Press WINDOWS Key, H (F4, H) to access and hear in-depth help about the current application or dialog • Windows Help – Press JAWS Key+W (DOTS 2-4-5-6 CHORD) to hear a list of Windows commands frequently used to operate the PAC Mate • Keyboard Help – Press JAWS Key+1 (DOTS 1-4-5-6-8 CHORD) to hear Keyboard help, which allows you to safely explore keyboard commands without actually performing the command

12. Off-the-Shelf Applications • Audible.com • E-book readers • E-wallets • Dictionaries • Games • Support for PDF documents • Support for Palm EBooks • Reader Mode makes many new applications highly useable with speech, such as book readers of all kinds, and RSS readers • Resco Audio Recorder • Use PAC Mate’s embedded microphone to record lectures • Edit the file right on the PAC Mate

13. Customizable menus • Start and Programs menus can be configured to include as many or as few choices as desired • For people starting off, limit the choices they see to only a couple of options, such as FSEdit and Calculator • The trainer chooses what options the student can see • Ideal for students of all ages beginning to learn PAC Mate • Ideal for hiding applications, such as the calculator when the student is taking a math exam • Only PAC Mate Omni offers this feature, making it the simplest notetaker to use while offering power as the user gains confidence

14. Best Value • USD 900 price reduction of all six PAC Mate Omni models • BX400/QX400 reduced from USD 2,395 to USD 1,495 • BX420/QX420 reduced from USD 3,795 to USD 2,895 • BX440/QX440 reduced from USD 5,595 to USD 4,695

15. A Powerful Tool within the Education Arena • PowerPoint Mobile allows complete access to group presentations • Inclusion of FSReader as an installed application provides immediate access to DAISY formatted materials • Use of Word Mobile provides full access to the file and document formats used in education and business today • Excel Mobile permits use of spreadsheets on the go • FSEdit provides flexible editing, printing and embossing as well as the ability to open and work with two documents simultaneously • FSCalc is a powerful, feature-rich, multi-function scientific calculator • Support of foreign language speech and Braille • Improved contracted Braille input and output, along with instant availability of Braille Study Mode highlights outstanding support for both novice and fluent Braille users • Expandable through off-the-shelf applications • Highly customizable menu system • Best price value

16. OpenBook 9 and New PEARL Camera • PEARL camera folds into a compact, highly portable package • Durable carrying case included • Connect to PC via USB, no external power supply needed • Built-in, LED light source for use in low-light environments • Convenient page guide helps you align document or book to capture a good image every time • Paperback and other small books can be oriented sideways to capture two pages at a time

17. High Speed Acquisition and Reading • Fastest, most accurate text recognition available • Take a picture of the text and begin reading in seconds • OpenBook 9 automatically detects and correctly processes facing pages • Built-in motion detection allows page images to be taken automatically, sensing when a page is turned • Acquire up to 20 pages per minute

18. Numerous Features for Users with Low Vision • Spotlighting • Emphasizes text being read with synthesized speech • Visual Enhancements • Change the text size, font, and spacing • Change colors of text and background • Exact View displays the image on the screen of the page as the PEARL camera captured it • Change the zoom level of the onscreen image • Use virtual XY table to move the image onscreen to read through the text and non-text components without physically moving the item under the camera • Add spotlighting and colors • Split View displays both the original page and the processed text • Camera View displays a live view of the page that can be zoomed and is useful for filling out forms