Description
Annie — Your students’ interactive self-learning Braille device in Canada.
ANNIE Braille Learning Tool: The handheld device, called Annie, uses gamified and interactive content to help make learning braille fun. A friendly human voice guides students in their local language, thus making learning more efficient. Annie is lightweight and easy to handle. It lets children play and learn braille by themselves. The teacher can assign homework and schedule tests for the child to complete at their own pace. Annie has curated content that is suitable for all age groups. For reading, Annie features twin large braille cells to introduce the child to braille. Six standard-sized braille cells cover all primary learning needs including contractions.
For typing, Annie uses a universal design based on the standard Brailler. It has soft keys that are much easier to press than those of a mechanical typewriter. For writing, Annie uses a first-of-its-kind braille slate that is paper-free. It features a digitized output that gives instant feedback and makes evaluation easy.
The world’s first self-learning Braille literacy device
Designed to give pre-school and primary school-aged children with a visual impairment a head starts in learning braille, Annie is a self-learning electronic device that teaches reading, typing, vocabulary and spelling in uncontracted and contracted braille in a fun, game-like format. Annie’s learning ecosystem offers interactive content to students while collecting usage data. It provides an online teacher portal for remote access and progress tracking, serving both educators and parents.
How does this product change your life?
Annie is an innovative electronic and Wi-Fi enabled device that has completely transformed the braille learning journey by allowing children to play and learn braille by themselves. Relying on an online platform for assigning lessons and tracking progress, Annie offers contracted and uncontracted braille content, enriched with vocabulary from short stories and consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) word spellings.
With various input methods, a speaker for guidance, and an online teacher portal for remote access and progress tracking, Annie caters to the needs of educators and parents, ensuring a comprehensive and accessible educational solution.
ANNIE Braille Learning Tool (includes 3-year subscription and 2-year warranty)
Packed with gamified and interactive content, Annie® makes learning braille fun.
The tactile hardware modules tailored to teach, coupled with a soft human voice guiding students through lessons eliminates the need for handholding and constant supervision.
Annie evaluates answers given by the students instantly and gives smart corrective feedback.
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Reading: Twin large braille cells to introduce the child to braille.
Six standard-sized braille cells cover all primary learning needs including contractions. -
Typing: Universal design based on the standard Brailler.
Soft keys that are much easier to press than those of a mechanical typewriter.
Learn how to type braille in your browser -
Interactive Content: Annie accomplishes these outcomes through gamified content, challenges and tests.
Built in speakers provide the perfect acoustics.
Curated content suitable for all age groups -
Self-Learning: Annie® lets children play & learn braille by themselves.
Assign homework and schedule tests for your child to complete at their own pace.
Annie Ecosystem: Helios Suite
- Track student progress and recommend lessons.
- Schedule tests, homework, and create custom content.
- Visualise usage and performance insights.
- Generate performance reports of entire classroom.
- Compare results and identify focus areas.
- Works seamlessly offline and online.
Annie Ecosystem: Content
- Local medium of instruction and accent
- Grade 1 English (Open Braille)
- Grade 1 Bharti Braille (All Languages)
- Grade 2 English (Contractions)
- Lessons to teach numbers and punctuation
- Word banks with thousands of words to build vocabulary
- Games and challenges to make learning fun and interactive