Makes the
smartboard accessible
my Board Buddy
"My Board Buddy allows a visually impaired student or employee to magnify the smartboard or presentation screen on a nearby screen."
500 + users every day
easy
to install
makes digital
boards accessible
What are visualy impaired students encountering?
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Magnification equipment is often expensive. Budgets are sometimes inadequate, leaving students without the right tools to take the class.
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Smart blackboards are increasingly being used, but analog magnification does not provide a quality image, causing students to drop out more quickly.
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Young children need very user-friendly tools. Something playful and intuitive that connects to their experience.
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Older pupils and students take classes in different classrooms. Therefore, there is a need for a mobile solution.
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Students do not want to be different from their peers. They want to give their disability as little visibility as possible. So there is a need for compact, unobtrusive aids that can be used anywhere in the classroom.
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Teachers want to minimize the impact of the presence of assistive devices on classroom organization. Therefore, they expect something that they don't have to worry about and that always works.
The solution to magnify the smartboard in a classroom
It is impossible to imagine modern classrooms without the digital blackboard. The challenge is to provide high quality information to the visually impaired student.
A camera that takes a picture of a digital blackboard or projection is
then insufficient.
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A specific solution for the digital blackboard is needed.
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My Board Buddy is the answer.
My Board Buddy brings the image from the smartboard in high quality to a monitor or tablet close to the student.
The student can adjust the magnification and color contrast himself without impacting the image of the smartboard.
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All screen content is displayed with minimal delay: text, photo, video, live notes.
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"Thanks to the my Board Buddy, students and employees are able to participate in the classroom or meeting room."
- Andy Mylle - technical expert my Board Buddy
Give visually impaired employees access to digital presentations
In any modern work environment, digital presentation screens are everywhere. Think of hybrid consultation moments in a meeting room or powerpoint presentations for a large group.
Visually impaired employees must be able to participate.
What it does
This simple but genious device makes a vibration-free, maximum magnifiable duplicate of the smartboard or any other projection, while maintaining the original image quality and offering the possibility to manipulate the colors. It’s both ideal as add-on to existing school systems with a camera and as a stand-alone device with a monitor.
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The my Board Buddy transmitter is placed between the source of the image e.g. laptop and the smartboard or beamer using an HDMI cable.
It transmits the image wirelessly to a receiver connected to both the monitor and the
joystick or to a tablet with the my Board Buddy app. The fact users can determine which view works best for them turn this device into the best solution for a better view of the smartboard. Students will be more involved during lessons and can participate actively in the class exercises.
my Board Buddy helps them to work independently.
AIR vs GO
There are 2 'my Board Buddy'-solutions:
my Board Buddy AIR & my Board Buddy GO
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Ideal in case of a fixed class,
meeting room,... -
Suitable for young children
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User uses monitor and remote control
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Much overview by large monitor
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my Board Buddy AIR = transmitter, receiver and remote control
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Compatible with 4K blackboards
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Ideal when user moves frequently
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Suitable from adolescence onwards
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User uses tablet and touch screen
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App enables records of screen and video
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Tablet size determines degree of overview
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my Board Buddy GO = transmitter ​and app
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Compatible with 4K blackboards
Why my Board Buddy AIR?
Stand-alone
with monitor
my Board Buddy AIR works perfectly stand-alone with a monitor on which the user determines the magnification & color manipulation of the duplicated image.
Add-on toÂ
school systems
my Board Buddy AIR is an ideal smartboard magnifier add-on to the existing school systems for analog info.
In this case the camera is used for magnification of analog info and class participation, my Board Buddy AIR is usefor digital info.
MultipleÂ
Buddies possible
Duplicates to multiple Buddies simultaneously.
Each Buddy has control
over the way the image
is represented on his or
her screen.
Wired or wireless
+ simple management
Installling and using the
my Board Buddy AIR
is fast and simple (wireless
or via network cable). No need to adapt existing infrastructure.
The ideal solution for ...
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Visually impaired students
Visually impaired students who attend classes with a digital blackboard use the my Board Buddy very smoothly.
They magnify the smartboard on a nearby monitor or tablet and can magnifie or minimize the image and adjust the color contrast.
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Visually impaired employees
Visually impaired employees who attend presentations or hybrid meetings can use the my Board Buddy to stay up to date.
The employee can magnifie or minimize the image and adjust the color contrast thanks to his my Board Buddy.
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Distributors
of assistive devices
Assistive device distributors will love this magnification device if they want to offer their customers (students and adults) a high-quality solution for magnifying a digital board.
The ideal add-on, but also
a perfect stand-alone.
Magnification with splitter
1 on 1 duplicate
- no magnification
- no color manipulation
- low quality image
- a lot of hassle with wires
Anaïs - 15y
"Thanks to my Board Buddy GO, I now follow lessons easily in all classrooms. I carry the tablet with me everywhere and it takes little space in my school bag."
Eliana - 12y
"Since this year we no longer have a chalkboard in the classroom, only a digital board. Thanks to my Board Buddy, I can see everything clearly, even better than before, including the videos that are shown."
Kathleen- 36y
"I use my Board Buddy in our conference room. This way I can follow the presentations without disturbing my colleagues. That gives me the nice feeling of being independent."