- Accession Number:
- 2016.14.1
- Description:
- Black plastic VHS cartridge case; two green stacked circuit boards filled with transistors, with a speaker mounted in upper right; molded clear plexiglass cover mounted over the circuit boards, with a grill pattern drilled over speaker in upper right; blue plastic seven-key keyboard on front; white rechargable battery under the plexi cover on right with an on/off slider mounted on an angled extension to right of the keyboard; printed on circuitboard, "256K RAM/SPEECH BD FOR THE PORTABRAILLE"; paper label taped inside case, "SOUTHLAND MANUFACTURING CO./LEXINGTON, KY. 40510/Ky. DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND/POCKETBRAILLE #PKB-510"; on the back are jacks for headphones, power supply, 25-pin parallel port, CEN36 female port.
- Height:
- 1.25
- Width:
- 8
- Depth:
- 4.25
- Date Made:
- 1985
- Place of Origin:
- Lexington, KY
- Subjects:
- Assistive technology Braille Computers Electronic aids Speech
- Dimension Notes:
- overall, closed
- Made:
- Southland Manufacturing Co., Kentucky Department for the Blind
- Material:
- Plastic, circuitry
- Updated:
- 02/15/2021
