Discover a braille new world with Mountbatten Braille Writer Learning System

Mountbatten Braille Writer Learning System

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Literacy Skills are basic to all learning, and learning is fundamental to every child's success.

The MB Learning System has been designed for children who need braille. It is 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 Learning System it is a solution for meeting ever changing educational and teaching goals. It contains tools that are simply not offered by more traditional devices.

The MB Learning System:

Reinforces recognition of Braille characters - utilising speech output to enable and promote experiential learning.
Allows pre-braille activities and play for young children long before they are physically able to use traditional mechanical braille writers.
Links music and braille by using three available music braille modes:
Simple 'fun' mode giving play opportunities with peers and siblings;
Play mode for brailling music notes and listening.
Braille music editor for more advanced musicians.
Develops technology and braille as Life Skills. Concepts of using files and editing documents are introduced at a basic level, all in the context of learning braille.
Introduces organisational concepts such as planning and time management. Using the built-in clock and diary functions.
Removes attitudinal barriers by taking the "mystery" out of braille.
Sighted teachers, peers and family can connect a regular PC keyboard and write in braille.
Assists with inclusion and participation. The student's work is displayed on the Mimic screen.

Literacy through Braille opens up the world of communication and expression - essential for Living Successfully. Braille fulfils needs that cannot be addressed by verbal and audio methods.

The MB Learning System is the ideal platform for launching children in to the world of braille literacy.

On my MB LS, today I:

Wrote my spelling list in braille and heard it speak at the same time.
Got a note saying good work from my teacher. He used a computer keyboard plugged in to the MB LS to write it, he doesn't know braille.
Wrote a secret note to my best friend - he read it on the Mimic.
Had fun playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the MBLS keys.
Printed out in print a story me and Dad wrote at home last night.
Learned to set the alarm so it rang at playtime.
Drew a braille picture of my house.

Specifications:

MBComm Free software for the PC to transfer files between the MB

Learning System and the PC.

MIMIC Display for sighted people to read what is being brailled on the (Optional) MB Learning System.

12 x 24 x 45 cm ( 4.5” x 9.44” x 17.7”)

4.7 kg ( 10.3 lbs)

Standard photocopy paper recommended

( 80 gsm or 20 lbs), can also emboss regular braille paper

Available in foreign languages and braille codes.