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Tobii C-Series: C8 and C12 communication aids

Posted by Robert Stewart on the 2nd October, 2009

Tobii seem to be releasing a lot of new products recently and have added the weather resistant C8 (approximately £4800) and C12 (approximately £5400) to their range. They are both designed like tablet PCs with a 8.4" and 12.1" screen respectively.  The C12 can also have the Tobii CEye control system (approximately £4900) attached to it.  Both of these devices have an integrated desk stand or can be wheelchair mounted. You can also insert a mobile phone SIM card into each of them for sending and receiving text. Saves all that hassle with connecting up mobile phones! I've been told that it also works well in a wide variety of lighting conditions which will be useful for wheelchair mounting. Keyguards can also be fitted to them.

Both of these devices come pre-installed with Tobii Communicator, however, you are free to choose the communication package (such as the Grid 2) you wish since the underlaying operating system of the device is Windows Vista. I suspect the reason for having Vista (as opposed to Windows XP) installed is the fact that Vista has touchscreen capabilities built-in.

An interesting feature on these devices is the ability to add an extra battery which will take the battery life from 4 to 6 hours on the C8 (no data for C12). Not that remarkable that you can add another battery until you see that they are 'hot swappable'. This effectively means that you can remove (and replace) the secondary battery without having to turn the device off.

They also support interchangeable coloured side panels....a nice feature if the client is particular to a certain colour!

Tobii C8

 

Tobii C12

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