The MB Pro is a braille writing tool that will greatly enhance educational opportunity for students of all ages. The MB Pro has a new simple Learn Mode, which lets students work at their own pace, speech feedback, simplified commands and a host of other new features.

The MB Pro now has both digitized and synthetic speech providing a multi-sensory approach to learning braille. You can combine typing and touching braille with the audio reinforcement of real speech confirming the letters or dot combinations you have brailled. The synthetic speech features enable a student to create an assignment, edit text, modify, delete, block text and then produce a copy of the assignment in braille.

Work in braille and print at the same time

The MB Pro’s back translation software gives students added independence and flexibility by allowing them to simultaneously produce a print copy of their work as it is being entered in braille. Teachers and peers can also view in text what is written in braille using the new Mimic LCD display.

Take the mystery out of braille

In addition to helping blind students learn braille the MB Pro is also a wonderful resource for parents, vision teachers, and aides who want to quickly and easily produce small volumes of braille. A person who knows next to nothing about braille, can type information onto an attached PC keyboard, and the MB Pro will translate and emboss the typed letters into perfect Grade II braille.

At the heart of its educational value is the fact that student’s learn new skills like keyboarding, working with files in memory, and other computer related concepts all within the context of learning braille.

Young children can start to braille as it now one-handed operation. The Mountbatten has an erase and correction feature, tabs, automatic margin settings, a memory and a host of features that make braille writing simple and enjoyable.

Technical Specifications

Braille output- 6 dot standard (8 Dot available as option)

Memory - 480k user Ram (approx. 650 pages of braille)

I/O - 2 serial ports, parallel port, PC port PS2 connector (to connect standard PC keyboard to MB Pro)

Power Supply - AC only model: 100 - 240 volts 1.3 amp;
Battery model: 12 volts DC, 1.0 amp (auto cutout battery protection)

Dimensions - Weight: 4.7 kg; Height 120mm x Depth 240mm x Width 450mm