[Blindtlk] Fwd: GW Micro contributes to Extreme Makeover: HomeEdition

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Once I must say pardom me while I retch.

Paul Whipple n7pzr
Vice President Inland Empire Chapter
of the National Federation of the Blind
of Wa.
phone 509/362/3148
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HomeEdition


> Apparently blindness will again play a role in Extreme Makeover this 
> Sunday evening, 8:00 eastern and Pacific and 7:00 Central time on ABC.  As 
> you know,
> Freedom Scientific received exposure on previous makeovers.
>
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> To: "'gw-info list'" <gw-info at gwmicro.com>
> Subject: GW Micro contributes to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:23:59 -0400
> From: "Dan Weirich" <dan at gwmicro.com>
>
> The following press release is being sent to various media.
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> Contact:
> Dan Weirich
> GW Micro, Inc.
> 725 Airport North Office Park
> Fort Wayne, IN  46825
> Phone: 260-489-3671
> www.gwmicro.com
> sales at gwmicro.com
>
>
> GW Micro Donates Advanced Assistive Technology to ABC Extreme Makeover to
> Help Disabled Family
>
> Fort Wayne, IN -- September 12, 2006 --  GW Micro, Inc., a leader in
> assistive technology for blind and visually impaired consumers is pleased 
> to
> announce a cooperative effort with ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."
>
> ABC's national television show, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" helps
> families around the country who have been hindered by hardships and 
> recently
> they selected a family in Bergenfield, New Jersey.  The family, originally
> from the Philippines consists of both parents, two daughters, one son, and
> paternal grandmother.  The father, two daughters and grandmother suffer 
> from
> a degenerative genetic eye disease, which causes blindness, the son is 
> deaf
> and the mother was recently diagnosed with thyroid cancer.
>
> To improve the quality of life, GW Micro has graciously donated several
> assistive technology products, including Window-Eyes, a screen reader that
> reads all information on a computer screen and the Small-Talk Ultra: the
> world's smallest, accessible computer for blind and visually impaired 
> people
> (www.gwmicro.com/smalltalk).  The Small-Talk Ultra uses Window-Eyes
> (www.gwmicro.com/windoweyes) to speak everything on the screen to the 
> blind
> family members.  Jeremy Curry, Training Specialist for GW Micro,
> hand-delivered the technology to the worksite.  "It was quite an
> experience," said Curry.  "It was remarkable how everyone came together to
> help out this very deserving family, and make this one of the most
> technologically advanced homes in the world."
>
> "The Small-Talk Ultra with the power of Window-Eyes is the first, 
> hand-held,
> Windows XP computer that is completely accessible to people that are blind
> or visually impaired," said Dan Weirich, Vice President Sales and 
> Marketing
> for GW Micro.  "Our goal as a company has always been to help people, and
> this was just one small way that we could help."
>
> The family can use these talking computers wherever they go, whether in 
> the
> house, in class or riding the subway.  Since the son is deaf, the 
> Small-Talk
> Ultra can also be used as a communication device between the blind members
> of the family and the son, since Window-Eyes speaks everything on the 
> screen
> and the Small-Talk Ultra includes a visual display.  "GW Micro is not only
> making the world accessible for visually impaired people, but we are
> bridging the communication gap between people with various types of
> disabilities," said Weirich.  "Advanced assistive technology devices like
> ours are opening up a whole new world for people with disabilities and GW
> Micro is at the forefront; pioneering innovative technologies."
>
> GW Micro has been producing adaptive technology solutions since 1990,
> enabling blind and visually impaired consumers to lead productive lives at
> home, work and school.
>
> "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" is produced by Endemol USA, a division of
> Endemol Holding. David Goldberg is the president of Endemol USA. The 
> series
> is executive-produced by Tom Forman and co-executive produced by Denise
> Cramsey. This episode airs Sunday, September 17, 2006 (8:00-10:00 p.m. 
> EST),
> on the ABC Television Network.
>
> For more information, contact:
>
> GW Micro, Inc.
> Dan Weirich, Vice President of Marketing and Engineering
> 725 Airport North Office Park
> Fort Wayne, IN  46825
> Phone (260) 489-3671
>
> sales at gwmicro.com
> www.gwmicro.com
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