Orbit Reader 20 Plus Target Software A1.02.00.09r62
Date - 24th June 2026

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements
	1. Added support for setting the Orbit Reader 20 device nickname using the Orbit Chat app.
	2. Resolved an issue that prevented file transfers from the Orbit Reader 20 to the Orbit Chat app.
	3. Resolved an issue affecting the naming of files received from the Orbit Chat app.
	4. Resolved an issue that prevented message transfers from the Orbit Reader 20 to the Orbit Chat app.

Notes:
If the device’s current firmware version is A1.02.00.09r49 or an earlier version, following points must be considered:
	1. The device settings will be reset to their defaults after the upgrade.
	2. If localization has been applied, you will also need to re-apply it after the upgrade using the package available on our website http://www.orbitresearch.com/support/orbit-reader-20-plus-support/orbit-reader-20-plus-localization-download/

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Orbit Reader 20 Plus Target Software A1.02.00.09r58
Date - 20th February 2025

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements
	1. Resolved an issue where folder and file names were displayed incorrectly when creating a new folder or renaming a file while the Hindi language was selected.
 
Notes:
If the device’s current firmware version is A1.03.00.09r49 or an earlier version, following points must be considered:
	1. The device settings will be reset to their defaults after the upgrade.
	2. If localization has been applied, you will also need to re-apply it after the upgrade using the package available on our website http://www.orbitresearch.com/support/orbit-reader-20-plus-support/orbit-reader-20-plus-localization-download/

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Orbit Reader 20 Plus Target Software A1.02.00.09r56
Date - 28th August 2025

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements
	1. Resolved an issue where in rare cases, the device was not powering on after a deep battery discharge, even when connected to a charger. The device would only recover after performing a hard reset.
 
Notes:
If the device’s current firmware version is A1.02.00.09r49 or an earlier version, following points must be considered:
	1. The device settings will be reset to their defaults after the upgrade.
	2. If localization has been applied, you will also need to re-apply it after the upgrade using the package available on our website http://www.orbitresearch.com/support/orbit-reader-20-plus-support/orbit-reader-20-plus-localization-download/

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Orbit Reader 20 Plus Target Software A1.02.00.09r54
Date - 21st April 2025

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements
	1. Resolved an issue where the unit failed to power back on after being turned off by holding the power key for more than two seconds, when localization was enabled.

Notes:
	1. Please note that the device settings will be reset to their defaults after the upgrade if the device's current firmware version is A1.03.00.09r49 or an earlier version
	2. If you have applied the localization, you need to re-apply the localization using the package available on our website at http://www.orbitresearch.com/support/orbit-reader-20-plus-support/orbit-reader-20-plus-localization-download/
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Orbit Reader 20 Plus Target Software A1.02.00.09r52
Date - 5th March 2025

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements
	1. Resolved an issue where the language settings reset after power cycling the device.
	2. Resolved an issue where the device gets stuck on a busy message when applying localization from the preference menu.
	3. Resolved an issue where dots 3, 4, 7, and 8 stop refreshing when selecting any profile from the preference menu.
 
Notes:
	1. Please note that the device settings will be reset to their defaults after the upgrade if the device's current firmware version is A1.03.00.09r49 or an earlier version
	2. If you have applied the localization, you need to re-apply the localization using the package available on our website at http://www.orbitresearch.com/support/orbit-reader-20-plus-support/orbit-reader-20-plus-localization-download/
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Orbit Reader 20 Plus Target Software A1.02.00.09r49
Date - 30th September 2024

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements
	1. Added a menu item, "UTF8" to support reading files encoded in UTF-8 format without a BOM.  It is sometimes difficult for computing systems to guess the format of a file if it does not have a BOM.  This new feature allows users to specifically choose this file type in cases where the system can’t guess the type correctly.
	2. We have also introduced a hotkey command [Space + Dot 1 3 6] to toggle the "UTF8" option
	3. Searching in a BRF file now works faster and for large files also.  It previously used to fail if the file size exceeded 30 MB.
 
Notes:
	1. The localization files have been changed to accommodate the new menu item.  New localization files must be downloaded and installed on the device, otherwise the new release will not work.
	2. Please note that the device settings will be reset to their defaults after the upgrade if the device's current firmware version is  A1.02.00.09r47 or an earlier version
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Orbit Reader 20 Plus Target Software A1.02.00.09r47
Date - 22nd November 2023

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements

	1.	Added Maintenance cycle control shortcut.
			a.	Space + Dot1 + Left Pan Up to Enable Maintenance cycle.
			b.	Space + Dot2 + Left Pan Up to Disable Maintenance cycle.

2. Note: Device settings will be reset to their default after the upgrade of this firmware.

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Orbit Reader 20 Plus Target Software A1.02.00.09r45
Date - 5th June 2023

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements

	1.	NA


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Orbit Reader 20 Plus Target Software A1.02.00.09r44
Date - 4th May 2023

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements

	1.	Fixed: While working over the HID Braille Chanel, typing fast misses the characters.


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Orbit Reader 20 Plus Target Software A1.02.00.09r42
Date - 30th March 2023

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements

	1.	Fixed: The issue of,  when trying to go back up line by line using the Left pankey in a file, it either jumps to the first line in the file or to the 'start of file' is fixed.


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Orbit Reader 20 Plus Target Software A1.02.00.09r38
Date - 10th October 2022

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements

	1.	Added support for new Hardware.


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Orbit Reader 20 Plus Target Software A1.02.00.09r33
Date - 9th June 2022

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements

	1.	Improvement in Power consumption of unit in Sleep mode.


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Orbit Reader 20 Plus Target Software A1.02.00.09r32
Date - 16th March 2022

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements

	1.	Fixed: Unit gets stuck while entering to the Calendar if the file is opened and selected  Reader Editor language is other than English Computer braille.
	2.	Fixed: While entering the Calendar, it shows the Junk character if the selected system language is English US Grade 1 or Grade 2.
	3.	Fixed: Latency observed while doing navigation between days in the calendar.
	4.	Fixed: While entering an appointment with notes, it only takes the first word.
	5.	Fixed: Weekdays are displayed only once while entering the calendar the first time. Now weekdays will be displayed after every month's name.
	6.	Fixed: Calendar is not working properly if the system language is English Computer Braille and the Read/Edit language is other than English Computer Braille.
	7.	Fixed: In Calendar, Pressing Space + Dot 1 2 4 5 shows the junk character if the system language is English Computer Braille and Read/Edit language is other than English Computer Braille.
	8.	Fixed: None of the dates shown are highlighted in any way while navigating using the up and down key in the calendar.
	9.	Fixed: In the Calendar, an appointment is almost impossible to enter if your time is set to 12-hours format.
	10.	Fixed: In Calendar, after deleting the appointment, it shall display the message "Appointment Deleted" instead of showing the remaining appointments.
	11.	Dot 8 shall work as an entering key instead of a select key.
	12.	Fixed: In Calendar, while navigating date using the right arrow key, it displays the file properties (e.g. Pos 0:) instead of the date.
	13.	Fixed: In Calendar, Getting Dot 6, instead of space while pressing the space key in appointment note.
	14.	Fixed: In Calendar, Pressing space with dots 1-2-4-5 (a braille g) does not enable you to enter a specific date.
	15.	Fixed: Appointment can be created from anywhere by pressing the SPACE + N in Calendar.
	16.	Fixed: In the calendar, the blinking cursor position changed while navigating the weeks.
	17.	Fixed: The unit gets stuck while searching the file using type the initial characters of the file name. 
	18.	Fixed: In some cases, the unit gets stuck while searching the file using type the initial characters of the file name.
	19.	Appointment changes can be discarded by pressing the Select + Dot Key.

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Orbit Reader 20 Plus Target Software A1.02.00.09r17
Date - 16th July 2021

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements

	1.	Fixed: The unit gets stuck after the firmware upgrade.

Note: 
	1.	Device settings will be reset to its default after upgrade if the device current firmware version is A1.02.00.09r02 or an earlier version.
	2.	If you have applied the localization, you need to re-apply the localization using the package available on our website at http://www.orbitresearch.com/support/orbit-reader-20-plus-support/orbit-reader-20-plus-localization-download/
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Orbit Reader 20 Plus Target Software A1.02.00.09r16
Date - 6th July 2021

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements

	1.	Added support for the Orbit Teacher Remote android application. 

Note: 
	1.	Device settings will be reset to its default after upgrade if the device current firmware version is A1.02.00.09r02 or earlier version.
	2.	If you have applied the localization, you need to re-apply the localization using the package available on our website at http://www.orbitresearch.com/support/orbit-reader-20-plus-support/orbit-reader-20-plus-localization-download/
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Orbit Reader 20 Plus Target Software A1.02.00.09r14
Date - 29th June 2021

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements

	1.	Added support for the localized languages in Calendar
	2.	Added support for the localized languages in Calculator
	3.	Added the “Indent on/off” menu item. When on, it doesn’t compress the leading spaces of the paragraphs while reading a file in the reader.
	4.	Added support for 12 hours time format
	5.	In the Calendar, Today’s date is displayed by underlined with Dots 7 8 instead of underscore pre-fix
	6.	The calendar year range changed from 2018-2040 to 2001-2099
	7.	Added “goto date” command in the calendar that lets you jump to a particular date directly
	8.	Added the menu option "Add language" and "Remove language" to manage the localization files
	9.	Changed the default of auto-scroll time to 4 seconds
	10.	Fixed: In Calculator, overflow errors are reported as "Syntax error" instead of "Overflow"
	11.	Fixed: In the Calendar, the underscore indication of the current date is not appearing
	12.	Fixed: If UEB languages are loaded then the user is not able to select ANSI profile
	13.	Fixed: Translation is not correct if the text file contains the extended ASCII characters
	14.	Fixed: In reader, Pressing down arrow at the start of the file jumped to the end of the file, not to the next paragraph

Note: 
	1.	Device settings will be reset to its default after upgrade if the device current firmware version is A1.02.00.09r02 or earlier version.
	2.	If you have applied the localization, you need to re-apply the localization using the package available on our website at http://www.orbitresearch.com/support/orbit-reader-20-plus-support/orbit-reader-20-plus-localization-download/
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Orbit Reader 20 Plus Target Software A1.02.00.09r02
Date - 15th October 2020

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements
 
	1.	The issue of wrong floating point precesion for the answer in the calculator is resolved now.
	2.	The issue of with file conversion resulting into garbage while switching any local language from grade-1 to grade-2 if the files are in the sub folder is resolved now.
	3.      Change the system message from "Media device" to "Mass storage"

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Orbit Reader 20 Plus Target Software A1.02.00.09r00
Date - 30th July 2020

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements
 
	1.	The issue of Find command not working in BRF files is resolved now.
	2.	Improvements to battery charging when connected to a computer.

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Orbit Reader 20 Plus Target Software A1.02.00.08r02
Date - 11th June 2020

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements
 
	1.	The issue of the battery percentage being stuck at a certain percentage is resolved.
	2.	The issue of garbled text appearing during copy/paste operations from the Calculator to the Editor is resolved.
	3.	When you apply copy command in Calculator, the entire result will be copied if no mark has been set.
	4.	Enabled the display time command in Calculator.
	5.	The name of the menu item “media” changed to “Mass Storage”.
	6.	Scroll rate message changed from “XX.Y sec scroll rate" to "XX.Y s scroll rate". 
	7.	The issue of the device stop responding when changing profile system language to UEB G2 is resolved now. 
	8.	The issue of cursor not retaining position in the Editor is resolved now.
	9.	Added the menu item for the date format selection
 
Note: 
	1.	Device settings will be reset to its default after upgrade
	2.	if you have applied the localization, you need to re-apply the localization using the package version vA1.02.00.03r00 available on our website at http://www.orbitresearch.com/support/orbit-reader-20-plus-support/orbit-reader-20-plus-localization-download/

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Orbit Reader 20 Target Software A1.02.00.06r01
Date - 17th February 2020

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements
 
	1.	Bug fixes and improvements related to the Orbit Chat interface.
	2.	Changes in factory modes.
	3.	Issue of the message “Broadcast ON” appearing upon pressing command Space + Dots 1 2 is fixed.


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Orbit Reader 20 Target Software A1.02.00.05r00
Date - 26th November 2019

1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements

	1. Added support for Orbit Teacher and Orbit Chat.

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Orbit Reader 20 Target Software A1.02.00.04r01
Date - 2nd October 2019

	1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements

	1.	Added support for the HID Braille standard to be used to connect with screen reader applications
	2.	Added Hotkey key command SPACE + DOT 6 + DOT 7 for enabling Remote HID Braille mode.
	3.	Now you can change the Auto-scroll rate and disable it from the Menu.
	4.	While working with the editor, the cursor will always be placed on the first cell after the left panning operation instead of the last cell.
	5.	Now, Dot 8 key can be used to select menu items as an alternative to “Select” key.
	6.	Added ability to retain the cursor position in any file you edited last.
	7.	The issue of blank display shown on the right side of the display panel after left panning operations is fixed.
	8.	The issue of inconsistent behavior of placing cursor when you pan forward at the end of the file is fixed.
	9.	The issue of getting a blank display when you pan and back and forth in the file having long words of more than 20 characters is fixed.                        

Note: 
	1.	Device settings will be reset to its default after upgrade

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Orbit Reader 20 Target Software A1.02.00.03r00
Date - 10th August 2019

	1.	New features, Improvements & Enhancements

		1. Improvements in battery management system.
	
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