Description
This easy-to-use device works with a range of
PENfriend™ labels and can also be used as an MP3 music player and Talking Book player.
Uses
- Label food items – including freezer food, with use-by dates, cooking instructions and dietary information.
- Identify your shopping – label items as you place them into your basket, so you know what they are when you get home.
- Add reminders to medicine packaging – dosage, how to take, when to take.
- Add descriptions to cosmetics – colour, shelf life.
- Organise household paperwork and personal documents.
- Identify your film and music collections.
- Label clothes with washing instructions, colours, coordinating items of clothing and accessories.
- Organise seed packets and gardening tools.
- Listen to music – you can store approximately 1,000 songs in MP3 format.
- Listen to Talking Books – you can save one book at a time.
Audio instructions are built into the packaging. Simply switch on the device and touch one of the tactile instruction hot-spots on the packaging to hear an English female voice explain how to get started with your PENfriend™.
Additional labels
- Coloured labels (DL113)
- Tactile labels (DL123-Dl127)
- Reusable can and bottle labels (DL130)DL130)
- Laundry labels (DL96-DL98, DL118, DL122)
- Magnet labels (DL135)
- Multi-coloured tags (DL136)
For more details about this product, check the product instructions manual (in the User Guides tab) to help you decide if this product is suitable for you.
Important
You must buy extra label packs in sequence to ensure you don't have duplicate labels; they are individually numbered. If you have two with identical numbers both labels will read out the newest recording attached to that number. After you've used the labels supplied with your PENfriend™ purchase Pack A of the general purpose tactile labels, then Pack B and so on.
Please note, the PENFriend™ does not scan and read text.
- "Get started" instructions are spoken in audio (in many languages) and is on the tactile, talking Instruction cards.
- Switch on PENfriend and touch the instruction hotspot for detailed explanations.
- This site also has detailed video instructions.
- On the reverse are audio explanations with 15 uses people have found.
- You can record new messages onto any label to reuse them where possible
- Supplied with 105 tactile recordable labels; each can hold a message, or music, up to one hour long.
- 16GB internal memory stores 250 hours of recordings. Memory is expandable to 32GB.
- Tactile, high-contrast operating buttons and dedicated power button.
- PENfriend is of no use to thieves so listen to your favourite talking books when you go outside
- There are over 2600 unique, reusable audio-labels, so no shortage for labelling your CD collection, birdbooks, food items, etc. Each label has a unique number to avoid duplication.
Specifications
- Internal memory: 16GB internal memory stores up to 250 hours of recordings. Memory is expandable by SD card up to 32GB.
- Each label holds a message up to one hour long.
- Record new messages on to any label to reuse them where possible.
- Back up and restore recordings.
- Colour: Black with four tactile yellow buttons.
- Size: 15 × 2.5 × 2cm.
- Tip size: 1cm.
- Weight: 54g (without lanyard).
In the box
- Rnib Penfriend ™ 3 Audio Labeller
- 21 rectangular tactile labels.
- 84 small, circular orange and yellow self-adhesive labels.
- One keyfob with four recording spots.
- Lanyard.
- “Getting started” audio instruction card.
- Two AAA batteries (already inserted).