[gui-talk] Fwd: GW Micro contributes to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

[Steve Pattison]

>To: gw-info list gw-info at gwmicro.com
>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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