The Braille Sense original and Braille Sense Plus now have the ability to turn on the LCD with one simple keystroke. For teachers in the classroom, they can simply press ENTER-4-5-6 to turn the LCD on or off. This will let the teacher easily see everything displayed on the Braille display in text on the LCD. So, whether you can read Braille or not, you can press one keystroke, and be able to find out exactly what the Braille display is showing.

On the Braille Sense Plus, deaf-blind consumers can use the new Flip LCD function. This brand new concept is only available on the Braille Sense Plus, and allows it to be used as a face-to-face communication device. Simply turn on the Flip LCD option, and sighted people that are located directly across from the deaf-blind consumer can read everything on the LCD without the need to read the text upside down or over the shoulder of the consumer, making the Braille Sense Plus one of the easiest ways deaf-blind consumers can communicate to the sighted world.

All Sense notetakers also allow for the easy operation of one-handed mode. If you need to enable one-hand mode, press BACKSPACE-1-2-3, and one-hand mode will automatically turn on. This ease of operation improves the ability for anyone with dexterity issues to operate any Sense notetaker.

While accessing the Internet wirelessly, the Sense notetakers now support WPA2 wireless encryption along with the traditional WPA and WEP encryption, which were already previously supported. With any of the Sense notetakers, you can use 802.11b or 802.11g. Note that the Braille Sense original requires a wireless card for this type of access.

While accessing the Internet, take advantage of the new email capability to open HTML emails in the Web Browser by pressing BACKSPACE-O. Rather than trying to read an HTML email in plain text, get access to all HTML in the email that the Web Browser supports, including links that are sent to you by your friends for easy access to websites that are referred to in an HTML email.

The Media Player boasts a wealth of new features, including the ability to change the speed of a recording without changing the pitch. You can also easily press S to shuffle files in your playlist, or press R to repeat a media file. If you enjoy streaming media, you can now enter the link of the streaming media directly from the Media Player without opening the Web Browser. Catch your favorite show quickly and easily with this new feature.

All Sense notetakers now include the latest Duxbury Braille translator tables to ensure that each notetaker adheres to the newest standards.

These are just a few of the enhancements and features that have been added. To see the complete list of changes as well as download the free update, visit the following links appropriate to your specific Sense notetaker.

• Voice Sense 1.3 Firmware Download
• Braille Sense Plus 5.2 Firmware Download
• Braille Sense (Original) 5.2 Firmware Download