[Promotion-technology] [gui-talk] Fwd: WINDOWS MOBILE SCREEN READER

[David Andrews]

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>HUMANWARE AND CODE FACTORY PROVIDE FIRST WINDOWS MOBILE SCREEN READER WITH WORLD'S LEADING PORTABLE BRAILLE SOLUTION
>Concord, CA -- February 7, 2007
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>Today, HumanWare U.S., the leading supplier of adaptive technology solutions for persons who are blind and vision impaired, announces the strategic compatibility of its BrailleNote mPower Family with Code Factory's Mobile Speak Pocket screen reading software.  In March, 2000, HumanWare unveiled the first Braille and speech PDA designed for persons who are blind, and over the past seven years, it has continued to set the standard for portable, intuitive access to countless mainstream applications.
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>HumanWare is the exclusive distributor for Mobile Speak Pocket (MSP) in the United States. Developed by Barcelona-based, Code Factory, this dynamic, innovative company has paralleled HumanWare's commitment to its customers on the software development front.  BrailleNote users will now have direct access to hundreds of Windows Mobile PDAs and cellular phone solutions, and are able to enjoy access to all of the mainstream applications used by their sighted friends, family members, and colleagues through Mobile Speak Pocket.
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>BrailleNote users can establish a wireless connection to these MSP equipped devices and access them in a Braillecentric, note taking environment that feels familiar to them.  This allows the user to read the contents of a PDA or cellular phone screen in his preferred Grade of computer or contracted Braille. MSP runs on the most current version, Windows Mobile 5 for PDA/cellular phone devices, preventing important data loss if the device's battery goes flat. Users can access popular mobile applications, beam contact information, appointments, or tasks to sighted co-workers and friends, and enter Grade II Braille into Pocket Word documents.  Users will be able to toggle back and forth between their familiar BrailleNote KeySoft applications and their PDA/cellular phone.
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>"We're ecstatic to have worked with Code Factory to have developed synergies between our respective products," stated Dominic Gagliano, Vice President, Blindness Sales, HumanWare U.S.  "Such an effort enhances and compliments the use of both the BrailleNote and Mobile Speak Pocket."
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>To assist the development, sales, and marketing effort, HumanWare has retained the services of Larry Lewis, Founder and President of Flying Blind LLC.  Lewis was involved in the initial launch of the BrailleNote in both product and sales management capacities and has extensive experience and familiarity with all of Code Factory's products, as well as with a variety of wireless Braille devices and user interfaces.  As a BrailleNote mPower user himself, Lewis is excited to be assisting with such an effort.  "It's rewarding to see HumanWare branching out into uncharted waters," says Lewis.  "HumanWare has always been Number 1 in the development of easy to use, yet robust user interfaces, and I'm most pleased to be assisting them with this effort, thus cementing current and future BrailleNote users' confidence in this evolving product line. Lewis will be involved in a series of workshops around the U.S. showcasing and promoting these developments and will be celebrating with Hu!
manWare seven years of BrailleNote innovation at CSUN, 2007 in March.
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>About HumanWare
>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, in business and in their personal lives, and the Victor Reader product line, the world's leading digital talking book players. 
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>For more information, call (800) 722-3393 or email at us.info at humanware.com.
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>HumanWare
>175 Mason Circle
>Concord CA 94520
>(800) 722-3393

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