Designed on a new generation of hand-held tablet-size, personal pen computer, the Optimist II is a powerful augmentative / alternative communication (AAC) aid that is ideal for direct selection on its 8.4 inch screen or scanning its dynamic display. The unit's light weight makes carrying easy and its audio amplifier/speaker module provides exceptionally loud, clear output.

A touch screen on the color display is easily accessed and its design precludes the need for keyguards. AAC software may be pre-installed and wheelchair mounting systems are available.

The Optimist II can be accessed by switches, joystick, trackball or adapted mouse, an adaptive keyboard, voice recognition or the built-in touch screen — or any of the standard computer access methods.

The standard unit comes pre-loaded with Windows® 98 and a variety of speech synthesis and AAC packages are optional.