[Blindtlk] Fwd: ViewPlus Announces New IVEO (v.2) - Hands-on Learning System

[David Andrews]

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>For Immediate Release -- Wednesday, Feburary 6, 2008
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>ViewPlus Announces New IVEO (v.2) - Hands-on Learning System
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>Corvallis, Oregon USA, Wednesday, Feburary 6, 2008 - Today ViewPlus 
>announced the release of the new IVEO Hands-on Learning System 
>(v.2). IVEO is a multi-sensory learning system that makes teaching 
>of visual concepts - diagrams, images and even art - more complete 
>and interactive, while incorporating tools to better accommodate 
>people with visual or learning disabilities.
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>The IVEO system includes a touch-sensitive pad on which raised or 
>embossed templates are placed. Students can touch the tactile 
>pictures and diagrams on the pad while the software speaks 
>descriptions of the objects being touched. Descriptions can include 
>computer speech, recorded speech, sounds, music or even links to web 
>pages or computer files that contain information about objects on 
>the tactile template.
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>Scientific studies demonstrate that people learn better when given 
>information through simultaneous use of the three learning 
>modalities - touch, sound and sight - as is done with the IVEO 
>Hands-on Learning System. Combining the senses when studying allows 
>students to learn faster and retain knowledge longer. This universal 
>approach is also inclusive of people with sensory disabilities.
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>The IVEO Touchpad interacts with any of three IVEO software options: 
>IVEO Viewer, IVEO Creator and IVEO Creator Pro. IVEO Viewer is a 
>free downloadable program for interactive audio, tactile and visual 
>access to images. IVEO Creator allows users to generate new IVEO 
>files and IVEO Creator Pro adds the ability to import and scan 
>existing electronic and paper materials into the IVEO system.
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>Using IVEO Creator, tactile templates can be made with programs like 
>Microsoft Visio, CorelDraw and Adobe Illustrator. IVEO Creator Pro 
>allows users to also import bitmaps, PDF files, other Windows files, 
>and even scan from paper documents. Drawing tools are also included 
>in IVEO Creator and IVEO Creator Pro as another option to produce 
>new images or to edit existing ones. These tools can be accessed 
>through the computer mouse, the keyboard or by drawing on the 
>touchpad surface. Once the drawing is complete, a template can be 
>embossed on any Tiger embosser or printed from a Windows printer and 
>then placed on the touchpad to be studied.
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>IVEO utilizes the Scaleable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. SVG 
>images can be scaled/zoomed to any size without losing resolution. 
>Therefore, the same images can be used by people of all visual 
>abilities with no compromise in quality. Users can zoom to the ideal 
>size for their particular needs using the touchpad or mouse. When a 
>zoomed printed template is placed on the touchpad, the computer 
>automatically adjusts the image on the screen to the new size.
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>The use of SVG makes IVEO compatible with the new DAISY SVG Plug-in. 
>Thus, IVEO can be used to add accessible images to DAISY electronic 
>books and other media to enhance the text.
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>New features in IVEO (v.2) include: the ability to add sounds, music 
>and links to objects in the tactile template; an enhanced user 
>interface; and a choice of the previous portable IVEO touchpad or a 
>new large format touchpad. IVEO (v.2) comes with sample curriculum 
>templates with more available for free download and printing from 
>the ViewPlus website (www.viewplus.com). Curriculum packs for 
>biology, math, health, and geography will be available soon.
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>ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. is a private firm that develops and 
>manufactures hardware and software for people with sensory 
>disabilities, including people who are blind, low-vision and 
>learning disabled. For more information about ViewPlus and the IVEO 
>Hands-on Learning System please visit the ViewPlus website, 
>www.viewplus.com, email, info at viewplus.com, or call 541.754.4002.
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>Press contacts:
>Kayleen Hagen
>Public Affairs Coordinator
>ViewPlus Technologies, Inc.
>Phone: (541) 754 4002 x 222
>kayleen.hagen at viewplus.com
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