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    Aesop - The talking keyboard
     
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" The results I have had using Aesop to teach touch-typing have been amazing. My students to date have said the experience was one of fulfilment, development of a new skill, and building of self esteem. Without Aesop they didn’t think that they could achieve learning this new skill." - Terry Bartlett, Tutor, Dunedin
  
         
    Description:
Aesop has been designed to announce each letter which is typed on a keyboard in a clear human quality voice. It helps anyone and especially a blind or visually impaired person to learn touch typing without a computer or Screen Reader.

Aesop is a compact, light-weight, battery powered unit that allows you to practise touch typing anywhere at your leisure. It does not require a PC so it's ready immediately, there is no software to run and no risk of scrambling the hard-drive. It is ideal for people with limited PC skills.

Aesop can also be connected to a PC so that keystrokes are announced as text appears on the screen. Put aesop into Phonic mode and the phonic sound of each key is announced. This can help sighted users who are new to the language or have a difficulty such as dyslexia, to match the letter images to the sounds they represent.

Agencies teaching keyboard skills can now offer clients an inexpensive system to practise touch typing at home. Aesop requires little training to master and is an ideal teaching aid for developing keyboard skills and for teaching the early stages of written language.


         
    Features:

• Announces keystrokes in a digitised, (human quality) voice.
• Annouces letter names or letter phonic sounds.
• Calculates typing speed, up to 99 words per minute.
• Adjustable volume control via the keyboard.
• Battery or mains operation.
• Headphone and speaker output.
• Operates with or without a PC.
• Comes with a touch typing tutorial

  
         
     Specification:

• Dimensions: 65 x 110 x 28 mm
• Power: 9 Volt battery or AC adaptor
• Weight: including battery 210 Grams
• Speech: Digitised male voice
• Output: headphones and speaker
• Input: PS-2 keyboard

To use the Aesop with a USB compatible keyboard a low cost adaptor is required. Refer to the Accessories page for details of this.

  
         
    Options: English:
  
  • Australasian or North American accent (male)
  • UK or US keyboard compatibility
  • Standard Aesop without PC and phonic mode
  • Enhanced Aesop with PC and phonic mode
 
Spanish:
  • Spanish language version