Refreshable braille displays, or eReaders, are devices with small pins that electronically move up and down through holes representing a braille cell. Users move their fingers across the cells as if they were reading braille on paper.

HumanWare Brailliant eReaders are available to NTBS patrons who read braille through Utah State Library for the Blind and Disabled. The unit has 20 braille cells, a Perkins-style keyboard, 16GB of internal memory, and the ability to use an SD card and a USB drive for external storage. It connects to Wi-Fi so that braille files can be downloaded directly from BARD. Its navigational capability includes searching for a passage and moving by sentence, paragraph, and volume.

Instructional videos on how to operate and interact with the HumanWare eReader are available here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o1ZXxvQ7l4&list=PLpAGnumt6iV6prz0YgF9lkKJ_drAB0jmw

Players ship with:

A Braille 64 page book for NLS eReader User's Guide,.

•           A leaflet in print and Braille called, Getting Started.
•           Another leaflet in print and Braille telling what is included in the box.
•           A Braille leaflet with UEB, United English Braille symbols.
•           And a UEB and Passwords leaflet in print and Braille.
•           A sample cartridge in a library case.

To request an eReader, contact Nevada Talking Book Services. For technical support, or for a replacement of malfunctioning eReader please contact Utah State Library at 1-800-622-5540.