Dear Juan,
Here is the comparison sheet between
BrailleNote Classic, BrailleNote PK, and a
BrailleNote mPower:
Differences between Classic, PK, and the
mPower follows (I'm going to describe in
technical terms):
Technical specifications for BrailleNote
Classic running KeySoft 7.2:
Operating System: Windows CE 4.2 (KeySoft
7.2.47)
Processor: MIPS r4000 clocked (running) at
100 mHz
Memory: 16 MB RAM, 16 MB Flash (upgradable to
48 MB)
Components and ports: serial (RS232),
parallel, PC card slot, CompactFlash slot,
56k modem, InfraRed (IRDA) port, headphone
jack
Input: 9 key braille keyboard/QWERTY keyboard
configuration
Output: 18 or 32 cell braille display and/or
single channel sound card (for speech only)
Speech: KeyNote Gold
Technical specifications for BrailleNote PK
running KeySoft 7.2:
Operating System: Windows CE 4.2 (KeySoft
7.2.47)
Processor: Intel X-Scale PXA255 clocked at
400 mHz
Memory: 64 MB RAM, 32 MB Flash (actually it
is 40 MB RAM, 16 MB Flash)
Components and ports: serial (proprietary),
CompactFlash slot, Bluetooth tranceiver,
headphone jack, internal microphone (with a
Record button), USB client
Input: 9 key braille keyboard
Output: 18 cell braille display and/or
multi-channel sound card (for listening to
speech and a media file)
Speech: KeyNote Gold
Technical specifications for BrailleNote
mPower running KeySoft 7.2:
Operating System: Windows CE 4.2 (KeySoft
7.2.47)
Processor: Intel X-Scale PXA272 clocked at
416 mHz
Memory: 64 MB RAM, 128 MB Flash
Components and ports: serial (RS232), PC card
slot, CompactFlash slot, SD card slot, 56k
modem, InfraRed (IRDA) port, headphone jack,
internal microphone (with a Record button)
and an external microphone jack, FM Radio
chip, Bluetooth tranceiver, USB client and
two USB host ports
Input: 9 key braille keyboard/QWERTY keyboard
configuration
Output: 18 or 32 cell braille display and/or
multi-channel sound card (for listening to
speech and a media file; see note 1)
Speech: KeyNote Gold, Eloquence
Note 1: Actually, BrailleNote mPower has the
true multi-channel sound card (I've managed
to listen to four things at once: Eloquence,
a media file, a recent recording, and the FM
Radio at the same time).
I hope this information may help you. If you
have any questions, feel free to post them to
the list!
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