India’s First Locally Made DAISY and Media Player, the Orbit Player Brings Affordable, Accessible Learning Tools to the Visually Impaired Community

Ahmedabad, India – November 14, 2024

Orbit Research today announced the launch of the Orbit Player, the first DAISY and media player designed, manufactured, and supported entirely in India. Debuting today at the ICEVI World Conference in Ahmedabad, the Orbit Player represents a breakthrough in making books, music, and educational resources truly accessible for the visually impaired community in India.

For years, visually impaired individuals in India have faced limited options for technology that supports reading and learning. Imported devices often come with high costs and lack local support, making essential repairs and reliable service nearly impossible to access. In response, Orbit Research developed the Orbit Player—a device specifically created for India, in India. Compact, durable, and affordable, the Orbit Player opens doors to knowledge and learning with the confidence of reliable, local support.

“Over the past 25 years, Orbit Research has pioneered accessible technology for the visually impaired, always driven by a mission to make impactful tools available at an affordable price,” said Venkatesh Chari, president of Orbit Research. “With the Orbit Player, we focused on addressing the specific challenges voiced by India’s visually impaired community. Every feature—from multilingual text-to-speech to a simple, tactile interface—was chosen to make the device practical, intuitive, and enjoyable for daily use. By developing and manufacturing in India and providing fully local support, we’re able to offer this technology at an affordable price while ensuring users have dependable service and repair options that they simply can’t get with imported products.”

With intuitive navigation, voice guidance, and multilingual text-to-speech synthesis—including Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu—the Orbit Player provides seamless access to digital books, audio, and essential resources. Supporting DAISY, EPUB, DOCX, PDF, BRL, BRF, TXT, MP3, WAV, FLAC, and more, it enables users to enjoy text and audio content from a single device. Users can also connect to online libraries like Sugamya Pustakalaya and Bookshare, and access internet radio, podcasts and recording functions for a full range of learning and entertainment options.

Built for India, the Orbit Player combines affordability, practicality, and local service in a single device, designed to enhance the lives of visually impaired users across the country. Shipping begins in February 2025, and orders can be booked starting now.

Visit www.orbitresearch.com/product/orbit-player for more information or contact Orbit Research at +91 74360 45305.

About Orbit Research:

Orbit Research stands as a beacon of innovation in the development and manufacture of assistive technology. With a passion for empowering the blind and visually impaired community, Orbit Research has consistently delivered products that define the state-of-the-art in convenience, functionality and affordability, from the revolutionary Orbit Reader series of braille displays, the Orion family of accessible scientific and graphing calculators, the iBill Talking Banknote Identifier, the Orbit Slate family of multi-line refreshable braille displays, and the Orbit Magna family of digital magnifiers to the Graphiti family of tactile graphic displays.  For more information, visit www.orbitresearch.com.

 Contact details:

Carla Morris
Orbit Research LLC
Tel:  1-888-606-7248
Email: morris.carla@orbitresearch.com
www.orbitresearch.com