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Alternative Thinking INDEPENDENT LIVING DAILY LIVING AIDS MAGNIFIERS ALERT SYSTEMS ASSISTIVE DEVICES Page 24 Page 29 Page 4 Page 16 ...AND MUCH MORE AUDITORY AND HEARING IMPAIRMENT BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED Tel: +27 (0) 86 111 3973 Email: [email protected] Web: www.editmicro.co.za DOCUMENT CAMERAS Solo 8 Ultra Ultra Plus 8 10 Solo 8 Plus Features Ultra 8 Features Ultra 10 Features The HoverCam Solo 8 is a new, The HoverCam Ultra 8 is the the first The HoverCam Ultra 10 takes the state-of-the-art document camera document camera with HDMI, VGA document camera experience to that will revolutionize learning in & SuperSpeed USB 3.0 outputs and a whole new level with a 7.1” HD your classroom. Record videos or includes an LCD monitor for preview MultiTouch screen. Pinch to Zoom, capture images straight to your and touchscreen control. Record Annotate, and Cast 4K video to any PC or Mac with the world’s first videos or capture images straight display. SuperSpeed USB3.0 Document to your PC or Mac with the world’s Camera. Use the HoverCam Solo first SuperSpeed USB3.0 Document Download your favorite apps and 8 to bring your classroom into the Camera. experience Augmented Reality and digital age! The HoverCam Solo Optical Character Recognition right 8 does everything except travel Specifications from the device. through time. • 8 megapixel camera Specifications • 60FPS FullMotion HD Specifications • HDMI VGA • Battery Powered • 8 megapixel camera • USB 3.0 SuperSpeed • 3 Wireless Casting Modes • 3x magnification with 8 million • 12x Optical Zoom Equivalent • 16 MP Camer Sensor uncompressed pixels • LCD Control Panel • 4K @ 30FPS Lesson Recording • 10x magnification mechanically • 4x ASR Zoom, 8x Interpolated • WiFi and Bluetooth Connectivity • 8x magnification digitally with Digital Zoom, 10x Mechanical • Powerful Android Operating System interpolation Zoom. • 4K @ 30FPS Wireless HDMI to Any Display • Live Streaming and Cloud Recording • Wireless Connectivitiy to Chromebook, IPad, Android, iOS, PC and Mac Please refer to website to see full specifications 2 Tel: +27 (0) 86 111 3973 | Email: [email protected] | Web: www.editmicro.co.za DYSLEXIA & LITERACY SUPPORT ReaderPen Text to speech ReaderPen promotes independent reading. This reading pen reads text out aloud with a human-like digital voice. Definitions ReaderPen contains premium monolingual dictionaries providing definitions of words. Definitions are possible to have read out loud. Interfaces Examreader features a micro USB connector for charging and a 3.5 mm earphone plug. Compact ReaderPen is robust and compact and fit for use by both kids and adults. Exam Reader Text to speech ExamReader, your reading pen for exams, reads text out aloud with a human-like digital voice. Talking menu By enabling Talking menu function, it is possible to navigate the user interface without actually having to see or read on your own. Suitable for visually impaired and severe dyslexics. Interfaces Examreader features a micro USB connector for charging and a 3.5 mm earphone plug. Compact ExamReader is robust and compact and fit for use by both kids and adults. LingoPen Connect • Scans printed text and reads aloud or via The Connect Pen scans to Windows, MAC, iOS headphones. and Android via bluetooth. • Highlights and stores text that’s scanned. • Multiple English accents included: Irish, Features Scottish, Indian, Australian, Latin American Spanish. • Scan text in a printed form and digitalise it. • Voice Recorder features. • Store scanned text on your device • No need for Wifi or Internet connection. • Send stored text directly to the Cloud or • Translate full sentences from English - and share with friends back - to 7 languages: Chinese, French, • No need to connect to the internet when German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, & Arabic translating (Arabic is a one-way translation: English to • Translates over 40 languages Arabic). • Compatible with iOS and Android. • More than 20 built-in dictionaries. • Free upgrades - No additional software The Connect Pen has no built-in screen, using required. an additional app to translate and send. 3 Tel: +27 (0) 86 111 3973 | Email: [email protected] | Web: www.editmicro.co.za ALERT SYSTEMS HomeAware Deluxe Receiver HomeAware Basic Receiver This dual clock does much The basic receiver of the signaler will telegraph events from its more than waking you up. main unit using flashing icons. The basic receiver is the core of the The dual clock will send product. You can be alerted in another room to things such as a you any notification that phone call or the door. is received by the main unit. Featuring a 105 dB alarm, the deluxe systems have a bright strobe light, two-inch scrolling display, and a strong bed shaker. It also has a new speaker and a USB charging port! You can add an additional 1,000 feet to the deluxe systems. Either way, the alerts will still come up on your scrolling display. HomeAware Telephone Ring Package HomeAware Fire/CO and Internal This signal system makes Smoke/CO Listener Package things much easier for you by offering both a dual When you are hearing alarm clock and alert system impaired or deaf, you might for your landline telephone not hear important noises calls. All you have to do is such as the smoke or CO connect your telephone detector. If there is a fire or to the signal system. The CO emergency, you could HomeAware will show who be in danger because of this. exactly is trying to reach you on caller ID and a two inch, easy This is why the HomeAware is to read display. The signaler can alert you by babies crying, so important to have if you do have these struggles. doorbells, mobile phone calls, text messages, emails, dogs barking, and much more. HomeAware Smoke & CO Listener HomeAware Doorbell and Alarm A smoke & CO listener Clock function can come in handy if you have The visual alarm clock difficulty hearing. kit will alert you to This smoke & CO your home phone, listener has a built-in alarm clock, and door. microphone that will The visual alarm clock detect T3 (smoke) or kit includes a doorbell T4 (CO) alarms. The and bed shaker. smoke listener is ready for installation and can be wirelessly linked Through the starter kit, you can be alerted by the bed shaker, to your main unit. While it is among the best alarm smoke & CO flashing strobe light, and the 110 dB alarm. Every time a transmitter listeners out there, the HomeAware also features an alarm clock sends a signal, the alert message will scroll across the display of the part to it, which can alert you to phone calls. main units such as PHONE or DOOR. HomeAware Wireless Doorbell HomeAware Universal Transmitter Transmitter The HomeAware Universal Transmitter works to notify you to many different alerts if it is Ready with batteries and installation connected to the HomeAware main unit. within minutes, the wireless doorbell This wireless transmitter will send a signal to comes ready with the items pictured. the main unit and will make a loud sound, The wireless doorbell can be placed vibrate a bed shaker, or flash a strobe. anywhere and easily linked to the main unit. The doorbell unit is great for any person with a HomeAware system. The doorbell unit can be very powerful to have. 4 Tel: +27 (0) 86 111 3973 | Email: [email protected] | Web: www.editmicro.co.za ALERT SYSTEMS HomeWare Door and Window HomeAware Motion Sensor with Sensors Remote Transmitter The HomeAware door and The motion sensor transmitter and window sensors make the receiver easily works with the main ultimate addition to your unit. The Dry Contact Universal main unit. Are you concerned Transmitter will send a wireless about doors and windows signal to the main unit. Then, it being opened without your vibrates the bed shaker, flashes a knowledge? Are you not sure strobe, and makes a loud sound. you can hear them? If you When the main unit receives the are concerned about any of signal, it will send a signal to all these things, it might be important to seek out the door and HomeAware remote receivers. window sensors. This product will alert you to any opening This motion sensor transmitter and receiver is a good doors or windows. addition to your HomeAware collection. HomeAware Baby Cry Sound HomeAware Smoke C/O Sound Signaler Transmitter Your Sonic Alert baby cry signaler is perfect Through the HomeAware main unit and for you if you have a child. The Sonic Alert remote receivers, this sound transmitter baby cry signaler works to signal you to the will detect a smoke and carbon monoxide sound of a baby cry. The Sonic Alert baby alarm sound and send a signal. Following cry signaler works through the HomeAware that, the red LED light will start flashing. main unit and other receivers in other Should it detect a loud smoke detector rooms. sound that meets the T3 standard used for smoke detectors, the word “SMOKE” will be displayed on your HomeAware main unit. Alternatively, if it detects a loud sound from a carbon monoxide (CO) detector meeting the T4 standard, “CO” will display on your HomeAware main unit. HomeAware Remote Phone HomeAware Super Shaker Transmitter The HomeAware Super Shaker is the key to signaling you of any alerts in your house. The super shaker can be placed between your The remote transmitter is easy to set box spring and mattress. The bed shaker shakes you awake once up. It plugs into an RJ11 telephone your HomeAware notifies you of a phone, alarm, or door alert. jack. An RJ11 telephone jack is a wall phone jack, a pass-through phone jack on a phone or fax machine, or a phone jack provided by VoIP or VRS hardware.
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