[Promotion-technology] HumanWare releases Concise Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus for BrailleNote Family

[David Andrews]

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>For Immediate Release
>Christchurch, New Zealand
>November 7, 2006
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>HumanWare releases Concise Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus for BrailleNote
>Family
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>Both children and adults who use HumanWare's industry-leading BrailleNote
>family of products now have the option of the world's most popular
>dictionary and thesaurus at their fingertips.
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>The Concise Oxford Dictionary on BrailleNote gives the meaning of a word,
>speaks it aloud with correct pronunciation, and much more. It includes the
>word's full definition of entries with additional advanced search features.
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>The Concise Oxford Thesaurus provides convenient lookup of synonyms and
>antonyms. The Dictionary and Thesaurus combination is available in either
>US English or UK English.
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>KeySoft is the software which powers all models of BrailleNote. From any
>KeySoft application, whether you are in the KeyWeb Internet Browser, the
>Book Reader or Word Processor, the Dictionary and Thesaurus are easily
>accessed by one easy key stroke.
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>"Customers are very excited about the product," said Dominic Gagliano,
>HumanWare's Vice President of Sales for Blindness in the US. "We've
>received particularly positive feedback from educational and rehabilitation
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>customers. This release demonstrates our continued momentum in developing
>software for our products for all segments of our market."
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>The Concise Oxford Dictionary is based on the largest language research
>program in the world. Its up-to-date entries are backed by the unrivalled
>new words research of Oxford University Press.
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>Running on the BrailleNote family of products, the Concise Oxford
>Dictionary and Concise Oxford Thesaurus can be accessed by QWERTY keyboard
>or Braille input, and read and heard by both Braille and auditory output.
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>The entire contents of the Concise Oxford Dictionary are automatically
>integrated and expand the functionality of the KeySoft Spell Checker, from
>which the user can easily reference the Dictionary.
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>The Concise Oxford Dictionary and Concise Oxford Thesaurus are available
>today. They run on the latest version of HumanWare's industry-leading
>software for the blind, KeySoft 7.2 Build 47, on BrailleNote mPower,
>VoiceNote mPower or BrailleNote PK, as well as other BrailleNote Classic
>models. The price is $195. To order, call 800-722-3393.
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>http://www.humanware.com/Products/Notetakers/ConciseOxfordForKeySoft.asp
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>About HumanWare
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>HumanWare provides innovative solutions which empower people to fully
>participate in society. HumanWare's many innovative products include
>BrailleNote, the leading productivity device for blind people in education,
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>in business and in their personal lives; the Victor Reader product line,
>the world's leading digital talking book players; and SmartView Xtend, the
>first fully modular and upgradeable CCTV-based video magnifier.
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>Contact: Dominic Gagliano
>Vice President, US Blindness Sales
>Phone: 800-722-3393 Ext 258
>E-mail: Dominic.Gagliano at HumanWare.com
>Visit: www.HumanWare.com
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>Matthew Janusauskas
>Technical Support and Training Manager
>HumanWare USA Inc.
>656 N Kennedy Drive
>Kankakee IL 60901
>Phone: 800-722-3393 Ext. 204
>Fax: 815-939-3194
>E-mail: matthew.janusauskas at humanware.com
>Internet:
>http://www.humanware.com

David Andrews and white cane Harry.