[gui-talk] Fwd: GW Micro Launches GWSkype

[Michael D. Lawler]

>Subject: GW Micro Launches GWSkype
>To: gw-news at gwmicro.com
>From: gw-news at gwmicro.com
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>GW Micro Launches GWSkype
>
>Fort Wayne, Indiana (December 19, 2011) - GW 
>Micro, Inc. (www.gwmicro.com) announced a major 
>innovation today for the blind and visually 
>impaired community.  GW Micro, developers of 
>Window-Eyes, the most powerful screen reader 
>available, have developed GWSkype - a 
>Window-Eyes app that makes Skype accessible to 
>all blind and visually impaired people who use a Windows computer.
>
>Skype is a peer-to-peer service that allows 
>users to call and message others via the 
>Internet.  Skype users may also call other 
>landlines for a fee.  While Skype has been 
>around for years, its constantly changing user 
>interface has been extremely difficult for blind 
>and visually impaired users.  "Each time the 
>user interface changes, we have to completely 
>write new a new Window-Eyes app to account for 
>the changes," said Dan Weirich, Vice President 
>of Sales and Marketing for GW Micro.  "These 
>constant changes make it difficult or impossible 
>for blind and visually impaired consumers to continue using the Skype service."
>
>The new GWSkype app will always make the Skype 
>service available to blind and visually impaired 
>computer users regardless of new versions of 
>Skype that are released.  The GWSkype app is a 
>Window-Eyes app and demonstrates the power of 
>Window-Eyes apps unmatched by any of its 
>competitors.  As Christmas is approaching, GW 
>Micro is releasing the GWSkype app to all blind 
>and visually impaired users who are running 
>Windows at no cost.  So, even a consumer not 
>running Window-Eyes can still download and use the GWSkype app.
>
>"We believe that this is a special time of year 
>and we want to give back," said 
>Weirich.  "GWSkype is a special gift from GW 
>Micro to all blind and visually impaired users of Windows".
>
>The GWSkype app can be downloaded at 
>http://www.gwmicro.com/apps/gwskype.  You can 
>download the GWSkype live webinar and product 
>demonstration at www.gwmicro.com/podcast.
>
>GW Micro has been a trusted pioneer in the 
>adaptive technology industry since 1990, and 
>continues to lead with innovative, customer driven solutions.
>
>Skype™ is a trademark of Skype Technologies S.A.
>
>Contact:
>Dan Weirich, VP of Sales and Marketing
>dan at gwmicro.com
>(260) 489-3671
>
>###

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Michael D. Lawler
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