Description

Canute Braille E-Reader feature list:

• Reads BRF (Braille Ready Files) and PEF (Portable Embosser File)
• 360 cells: nine lines of forty characters of braille
• Supports all six-dot braille codes (including music, maths and all languages) and tactile graphics
• Dimensions: 14.5″ x 7.5″ x 1.5″ (37cm x 19cm x 4cm), 6 pounds, (2.8KG)
• 2x USB A; 1x USB A; SD Card slot; 3.5mm audio out
• 3 page navigation buttons
• 9 line select keys
• Contextual help button

Braille cells

• 2mm dot diameter.
• Dot profile a perfect dome.
• 5mm dot-to-dot within cells.
• 5mm cell-to-cell, from center of dot one to center of dot one.
• 5mm line-to-line, from center of dot one to center of dot one.
• Dots are hard plastic, like signage braille, and therefore cannot be compressed like ordinary refreshable braille.

Reading area

• 40 cells per lines, 9 lines = 360 cells of braille. This makes the reading area compatible with preformatted BRF and PEF pages with the standard 25–27 lines, which it splits into three sub pages.
• Reading surface a single plastic sheet with a paper-like feeling.
• Reading surface is a slot-board, rather than a pin-board as used in refreshable braille displays, meaning two small 2mm by 8mm slots for every cell, as opposed to six 2mm diameter holes for every cell.

Input and ports

• A total of buttons along the left-hand side;
• Besides the nine lines of braille these buttons are marked between 1–9, acting as selection buttons which correspond with menu items on each line.
• Below the ninth line is a button marked ‘0’. In combination with the buttons above this allows for page selection by page number.
• Above the first line is a button marked ‘h’ for contextual help.

**Please note that the Canute comes with a power supply and must be plugged in to be operational.  It also requires a SD card, which is not included.**