“The Perkins SMART Brailler is an excellent learning tool, allowing blind and sighted users the opportunity to work and learn together.”
Janet Ingber,
American Federation for the Blind
SMART Brailler®
SMART Brailler®
An interactive way to teach and learn braille
The SMART Brailler® is an early learning tool designed to promote an interactive educational experience between students, teachers and parents by displaying, vocalizing, and brailling what a student types.
Why the SMART Brailler?
- Accelerates Learning: Encourages multi-sensory learning through visual, tactile and auditory feedback, increasing the student’s ability to process new information and making learning fun.
- Lightens the Load: Weighs 20 percent less than the classic Perkins Brailler, making it easy to transport between home and classroom.
- Integrates with Mainstream Technology: Edits, saves and transfers brailled documents to digital text files via USB, letting sighted teachers or parents read the document on a computer.
- Involves Non-Braille Users: Enables better collaboration between students and sighted teachers or parents using Roman letters on the display screen to mirror what is being brailled.
- Reliable Support: One year warranty and repair service training availability, ensuring that any problem with your product is resolved quickly.
"Make braille cool and fun"
“This product really helps bridge the gap between sighted parents and blind children. I think it would make homework a lot less intimidating for parents.”
Jessica Kovacs,
thomasmarshalldoesitall.com
“I sent the SMART Brailler to school with my daughter so that her Braille teacher can work with her on it and it has been absolutely awesome.”
Libby Leeds,
Lockport, NY
Features
- Headphone jack and volume control
- Rechargeable and removable battery
- Built-in “Building on Patterns” Kindergarten exercises [APH only]
- Video screen displays SimBraille and large print
- Audio feedback via Acapela Group’s text to speech, male/female voice options
- The ability to edit, save and transfer brailled documents to a computer via USB
- Mechanical brailler capabilities
- Language platforms in Unified English Braille, English, UK English, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Swedish, Polish, Turkish, Arabic and Portuguese
- Braille output conforms to American National Library Service for the Blind Size and Spacing Standard
- New and improved! We are dedicated to providing the highest quality products based on feedback from our user community. Improvements like these have led to a decrease in the number of SMART Braillers returned for warranty repair and an increase in user satisfaction:
- Unified English Braille (UEB)
- Increased strength and durability of plastic exterior
- Easier paper loading and decreased paper jamming
Product Specifications
| Physical Properties | |
| Dimensions | 14 in L x 5.5 in W x 9.5 in H (34 cm L x 15 cm W x 24 cm H) |
| Weight | 8.5 lb (3.9 kg) |
| Color | Raspberry, Midnight Blue, Blue (APH only) |
| Drop test | Conforms to ASTM D 5276 |
| Braille Specifications | |
| Cells per line | 28 |
| Lines per page | 26 |
| Braille Paper Specifications | |
| Paper size maximum (A4 or smaller) | 8.5 in x 11 in (21.6 x 27.9 cm) |
| Recommended paper weight | 90 lb |
| Multimedia | |
| Screen size | 4.3 in (10.9 cm) |
| Resolution | 480 x 272 pixels |
| Audio & voice | Built-in speaker & headphone output, male/female voice option |
Braille produced by the SMART Brailler conforms to the American National Library Service for the Blind Size and Spacing Standard.
- Dot height: .019 in (.5 mm)
- Dot diameter: .057 (1.4 mm)
- Dot spacing: .09 in (2.3 mm)
- Character spacing: .24 in (6 mm)
- Line spacing: .4 in (10 mm)
Downloads
SMART Brailler Data & Information Sheet
Learn about the SMART Brailler’s key feature & benefits.
User Manuals & Watch Training Videos for the SMART Brailler
Learn how to setup, operate and maintain your Perkins SMART Brailler.
SMART Brailler Software Updates
Update your Brailler to include Unified English Braille Code (UEB) or Latin America Spanish.
