Description
MegaBee is an assisted communication tablet. An easy to use, low tech, eye pointing device for people who have no speech and are unable to have direct or switch access to other AAC devices. Ideal for people with a range of neurological conditions, acute and progressive.
The MegaBee is a simple-to-use hand-held writing tablet (eye transfer frame) to aid frequent communication with:
- Stroke patients
- Motor-loss sufferers
- MS patients
- Motor-neuron disease patients
- Persons affected by medium and severe cerebral palsy
- Patients who have no, or impaired, ability to speak and cannot write legibly
MegaBee is easy-to-use and rapidly deployed, providing convenient, frequent means of communication with the care giver, thus providing a much enhanced lifestyle for the patient. It does not require calibration and accommodates changes in head position or movement of the tablet.
The tablet uses eye movement and blinking as the method to select letters, which are displayed on the integral screen. MegaBee is fully portable and can be used for bed-confined, home-care and chair-mobile situations. Whilst the unit does not require computing equipment for its basic operation it does however have Bluetooth wireless communication ability should the user require to display on a larger screen or input text into a personal computer.
MegaBee comes complete with a custom carrying case which includes battery charger suitable for worldwide use, full operating instructions and a computer animation for easy training purposes.
Features
- Easy to use out of the box for both speaker and listener
- Dual screens accommodate 20 characters in 2 lines
- Easy to manage text or picture modes
- 260 custom abbreviations available
- Bluetooth pc connectivity allows large, remote display and text storage options
- No demands on literacy skills of listener
- Activating Force: 0 - 50g