Brailliant BI 20 X

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Specifications

SpecificationBrailliant BI 20 X

General

ManufacturerHumanware
Product NameBrailliant BI 20 X
Availability Available , released in 2021
Price $2199

Dimensions

Size 182 x 93 x 23 mm
7.2 x 3.7 x 0.9 in
Weight 400 grams
14.1 ounces

Connectivity

USB Client USB-C 2.0, on left side, for simultaneous braille terminal and media transfer
USB Host USB-A port, on left side, for USB disks or keyboards. USB-C port can also be used for this purpose.
Bluetooth Client Bluetooth 5
Simultaneous Bluetooth Connections 5
Bluetooth Host Bluetooth supports audio devices
WiFi WiFi 5 (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz)
Other connections

Audio

Speaker Yes
Headphones 3.5 mm jack on right side
Microphone No
External Microphone No
Text to Speech Acapela (two voices at a time)

Features

Feature Level Smart Display

Editor

Text Editor Yes
Braille Editor Yes
Editor Supports Other Formats Yes
Editor information Text editor supports opening .docx, .pdf, .txt (only saves in .txt Braille editor supports .brf

Reader

Text Yes
Braille Yes
Daisy Yes
Audio No
Reader information Victor Reader application can read .docx, .pdf, .txt, .brf, .pef, .rtf, .fb2, Daisy 2.02 or 3

Other Features

Calculator Yes
Clock Yes
More Clock Functions No
Calendar No
One-handed Mode Yes
Other Functions Direct download of content from Bookshare, NFB Newsline, NLS BARD, and international libraries

Hardware

Internal Storage 16 GB
CPU unknown
RAM 256 MB
SD Card Slot (full-sized SD) Yes
Micro SD Card Slot No
USB Storage Support Yes
Summary Full-sized SD card slot, USB disks supported
Battery User-replaceable Yes
Battery Information
Power Supply 5V via USB-C, 5 W power supply included
Power from USB Yes

Software

Operating System

Interface

Cells 20
Dots Per Cell 8
Cells Per Line 20
Lines 1
Refreshing Mechanism piezo
Routing Buttons Yes
Thumb Keys Yes
Advance Buttons No
Touch Control No
SummaryFour thumb keys
Graphics ,

Keyboard

Perkins Keyboard Yes
QWERTY Keyboard No
Arrow Keys No
Modifier Keys No
Keyboard summary8-key Perkins-style keyboard, 2 space bars below display

Languages

Interface Languages
21 languages
  • English (English)
  • Czech (Čeština)
  • Danish (Dansk)
  • German (Deutsch)
  • Spanish (Español)
  • French (Français)
  • Italian (Italiano)
  • Dutch (Nederlands)
  • Bokmål, Norwegian (Norsk Bokmål)
  • Polish (Język Polski)
  • Portuguese (Português)
  • Slovenian (Slovenski Jezik)
  • Finnish (Suomen Kieli)
  • Swedish (Svenska)
  • Russian (Русский Язык Russkiĭ Âzyk)
  • Arabic (العربية)
  • Hebrew (עברית 'Ivriyþ)
  • Ukrainian (Українська Мова)
  • Chinese (中文 Zhōngwén)
  • Turkish (Türkçe)
  • Hindi (हिन्दी Hindī)
Braille Languages
137 languages
  • Afrikaans (Afrikaans)
  • Akkadian (𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑)
  • Amharic (አማርኛ Amârıñâ)
  • Arabic (العربية)
  • Assamese (অসমীয়া)
  • Awadhi (अवधी)
  • Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan Dili)
  • Bashkir (Башҡорт Теле)
  • Belarusian (Беларуская Мова Belaruskaâ Mova)
  • Bulgarian (Български Език Bălgarski Ezik)
  • Haryanvi (हरियाणवी)
  • Bihari Languages
  • Bengali (বাংলা Bāŋlā)
  • Tibetan (བོད་སྐད་ Bodskad)
  • Bosnian (Bosanski)
  • Catalan (Català,Valencià)
  • Cebuano (Sinugbuanong Binisayâ)
  • Cherokee (Ꮳꮃꭹ Ꭶꮼꮒꭿꮝꮧ Tsalagi Gawonihisdi)
  • Coptic (Ϯⲙⲉⲑⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ)
  • Czech (Čeština)
  • Chittagonian (চাটগাঁইয়া)
  • Chuvash (Чӑвашла)
  • Welsh (Cymraeg)
  • Danish (Dansk)
  • German (Deutsch)
  • Dravidian Languages
  • Dzongkha (རྫོང་ཁ་ Ĵoŋkha)
  • Ewe (Èʋegbe)
  • Greek, Modern (1453–) (Νέα Ελληνικά Néa Ellêniká)
  • English (English)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • Spanish (Español)
  • Estonian (Eesti Keel)
  • Persian (فارسی Fārsiy)
  • Finnish (Suomen Kieli)
  • French (Français)
  • Irish (Gaeilge)
  • Gujarati (ગુજરાતી Gujarātī)
  • Hausa (Harshen Hausa)
  • Hawaiian (ʻŌlelo HawaiʻI)
  • Hebrew (עברית 'Ivriyþ)
  • Hindi (हिन्दी Hindī)
  • Hiligaynon (Ilonggo)
  • Croatian (Hrvatski)
  • Hungarian (Magyar Nyelv)
  • Armenian (Հայերէն Hayerèn)
  • Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia)
  • Igbo (Asụsụ Igbo)
  • Iloko (Pagsasao Nga Ilokano)
  • Ingush (Гӏалгӏай Мотт)
  • International Phonetic Alphabet
  • Icelandic (Íslenska)
  • Italian (Italiano)
  • Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ Inuktitut)
  • Japanese (日本語 Nihongo)
  • Javanese (ꦧꦱꦗꦮ / Basa Jawa)
  • Georgian (ქართული Kharthuli)
  • Kazakh (Қазақ Тілі Qazaq Tili)
  • Central Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ Phiəsaakhmær)
  • Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ Kannađa)
  • Korean (한국어 Han'Gug'Ô)
  • Kurukh (कुड़ुख़)
  • Kashmiri (कॉशुर / كأشُر)
  • Kurdish (Kurdî / کوردی)
  • Kirghiz (Кыргызча Kırgızça)
  • Latin (Lingua Latīna)
  • Luxembourgish (Lëtzebuergesch)
  • Ganda (Luganda)
  • Lao (ພາສາລາວ Phasalaw)
  • Lithuanian (Lietuvių Kalba)
  • Latvian (Latviešu Valoda)
  • Magahi (मगही)
  • Maithili (मैथिली)
  • Māori (Te Reo Māori)
  • Macedonian (Македонски Јазик Makedonski Jazik)
  • Malayalam (മലയാളം Malayāļã)
  • Mongolian (Монгол Хэл Mongol Xel)
  • Manipuri
  • Marathi (मराठी Marāţhī)
  • Malay (Bahasa Melayu)
  • Maltese (Malti)
  • Burmese (မြန်မာစာ Mrãmācā)
  • Ndebele, North (Sindebele Sasenyakatho)
  • Nepali (नेपाली भाषा Nepālī Bhāśā)
  • Dutch (Nederlands)
  • Norwegian (Norsk)
  • Pedi (Sesotho Sa Leboa)
  • Chichewa (Chichewa)
  • Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ)
  • Panjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ / پنجابی Pãjābī)
  • Polish (Język Polski)
  • Pushto (پښتو Pax̌Tow)
  • Portuguese (Português)
  • Biblical original language studies
  • Romanian (Limba Română)
  • Russian (Русский Язык Russkiĭ Âzyk)
  • Kinyarwanda (Ikinyarwanda)
  • Sanskrit (संस्कृतम् Sąskŕtam)
  • Yakut (Сахалыы)
  • Santali (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ)
  • Sadri
  • Sindhi (سنڌي / सिन्धी / ਸਿੰਧੀ)
  • Sinhala (සිංහල Sĩhala)
  • Slovak (Slovenčina)
  • Slovenian (Slovenski Jezik)
  • Shona (Chishona)
  • Somali (Af Soomaali)
  • Albanian (Shqip)
  • Serbian (Српски / Srpski)
  • Sotho, Southern (Sesotho [Southern])
  • Swedish (Svenska)
  • Swahili (Kiswahili)
  • Classical Syriac
  • Sylheti (সিলেটি)
  • Tamil (தமிழ் Tamił)
  • Telugu (తెలుగు Telugu)
  • Tajik (Тоҷикӣ Toçikī)
  • Thai (ภาษาไทย Phasathay)
  • Tigrinya (ትግርኛ)
  • Turkmen (Türkmençe / Түркменче / تورکمن تیلی تورکمنچ)
  • Tagalog (Wikang Tagalog)
  • Tswana (Setswana)
  • Turkish (Türkçe)
  • Tsonga (Xitsonga)
  • Tatar (Татар Теле / Tatar Tele / تاتار)
  • Udmurt (Удмурт Кыл)
  • Ugaritic
  • Ukrainian (Українська Мова)
  • Urdu (اُردُو Urduw)
  • Uzbek (OʻZbekcha / Ózbekça / Ўзбекча / ئوزبېچه)
  • Venda (Tshivenḓa)
  • Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
  • Xhosa (Isixhosa)
  • Yiddish (ייִדיש)
  • Yoruba (Èdè Yorùbá)
  • Chinese (中文 Zhōngwén)
  • Zulu (Isizulu)

Compatibility

Windows Yes
NVDA As of NVDA 2020.1
JAWS As of JAWS 18
Supernova Yes
Mac OS As of Mac OS 10.15
BRLTTY Yes
IOS As of IOS 13.4
Android Bluetooth requires Android 15 and Talkback 16, or USB only with Talkback 13.1 and above
Chrome OS USB only
Other connection options

Resources

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