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