Storm Interface EZB2 ADA Compliant Nav-Bar™

Storm Interface EZB2 ADA Compliant Nav-Bar™ provides improved accessibility for users with impaired vision, restricted mobility, or limited fine motor skills. The Nav-Bar is a highly tactile interface that improves accessibility, making audio navigation and selection of screen-based menus possible. An audio description of available menu options is transmitted to the user through a headset, handset, or cochlea implant. When the desired menu page or option is located, it can be selected by the press of a distinctive tactile button. Successful implementation of the Nav-Bar required a compliant host application featuring synthesized or recorded human voice audio-tags.

The Storm Interface Nav-Bar was developed in association with the Trace Research & Development Center with support from the University of Wisconsin. The Nav-Bar is a compliant tactile interface device for use as part of an ADA audible menu navigation system or EZ-Access® implementation.

Features

Space efficient horizontal format for use with contemporary touch-screen kiosks
Easy to navigate and makes audio references to a key's position and function easier to understand
Internal color-coded illumination makes location of individual keys much easier for those with partial vision
The keytop's distinctive shape and tactile symbols provide the primary means of identifying a key's specific function
The intensity of keytop illumination can be adjusted or turned off when not in use
Each keytop is illuminated by a dedicated LED light source. Each LED is independently controlled.

By use of the Nav-Bar utility software, default illumination status and 'wake-up' behavior can be selected. USB key-press codes can also be changed.
Optional Audio-Module includes sound volume controls and an illuminated jack plug socket for headset connection (Audio-Module supplied separately)
The Audio-Module includes sound volume controls and an illuminated jack plug socket for headset connection (
The Audio-Module can be positioned separately from the Nav-Bar to optimize system ergonomics
Nav-Bar is connected to the host system via a single USB cable.