Maestro and Trekker deliver enhanced notetaking capability. Now users can input data quickly and conveniently anytime, anywhere. The system uses wireless technology to communicate with three (3) popular portable folding QWERTY keyboards and a portable Braille Bluetooth keyboard, doing away with cumbersome wires and adapters.

The system includes drivers that enable full PDA access and control, so users can alternately use the PDA tactile keyboard or the external wireless keyboard without having to quit the Maestro or Trekker applications. The popular Key Describer feature is also available for each external keyboard, minimizing the learning curve.

Braille KeyMaestro

Take extensive notes efficiently in Braille with KeyMaestro, the HumanWare light and highly portable Braille Bluetooth keyboard. KeyMaestro uses Bluetooth technology, allowing you to communicate with your PDA without the hassle of cumbersome wires and adapters.

KeyMaestro is a full Perkins-type keyboard with eight Braille keys and a space bar, a four-way navigation key, four function keys, two edition keys (control and shift). You can input data in Braille, quickly access your favourite applications, enter commands with special function keys and enjoy the convenience of compact portability. You can alternately use the tactile keyboard or the KeyMaestro without having to quit the active Maestro (or Trekker) application.

The KeyMaestro keyboard has an improved power management. The keyboard has a power on/off key, battery autonomy of 100 hours of continuous use (1,000 hours standby) and a power-saving auto-sleep mode. Visually impaired users can also know the battery status via audio feedback.

The Bluetooth Manager of the Maestro platform has been finely tuned to provide our users with a robust and easy-to-connect interface. Once the keyboard has been enabled, Maestro will automatically communicate each time you want to use it, as soon as the Maestro and KeyMaestro have been turned on.

Braille KeyMaestro User's Guide

Bluetooth Keyboard

The HP IPAQ Bluetooth Foldable Keyboarduses Bluetooth technology to communicate with the PDA. The technology has a communication range of 30 feet (10 m). This keyboard is the same size as a notebook computer keyboard, with a standard 65 keys QWERTY layout, including a number row.

Hewlett Packard Web Site

HP iPAQ Bluetooth User's Guide

Infrared Keyboards

As long as the PDA and keyboard are within infrared range, users are free to type as they please, making keyboard-intensive tasks, such as taking detailed notes, a breeze.

The Belkin Infrared Wireless PDA Keyboard is a full-featured foldable keyboard that includes a number row and four function keys.

Belkin's Web Site

Belkin Keyboard User's Guide (.doc)

The award-winning Pocketop Original Infrared Keyboard is the smallest keyboard to offer the traditional feel and functionality of a laptop keyboard.

Pocketop Product Sheet (PDF 730 KB)

Pocketop Keyboard User's Guide (.doc)