[Cagdu] Guide Dogs for the Blind and HumanWare launch new education initiative with Victor Reader Stream

tina thomas tinadt at sbcglobal.net
Wed Jul 9 17:46:03 PDT 2008 

This is really cool guys. 
Tina  
 
 Guide Dogs for the Blind and HumanWare launch new education initiative with
Victor Reader Stream





Longueuil, Quebec (June 25, 2008) -- Guide Dogs for the Blind and HumanWare 
are pleased to announce the Victor Reader Stream will become an integral 
part of the curriculum at Guide Dogs for the Blind in the early fall of 
2008. The Victor Reader Stream players will allow students attending Guide 
Dogs for the Blind to read and navigate through class materials, providing 
them with unprecedented access to materials on campus and beyond.

"All information will be in the DAISY format (digital accessible information

system) which can be read by the Victor Reader Stream," says Michael 
Hingson, president of The Michael Hingson Group, technical consultant for 
the new program. "When played on the Victor Reader Stream, the recorded 
data can be navigated much like a print book, allowing the reader to move 
from chapter to chapter, section to section or jump directly to any page."

Over the past three years Guide Dogs for the Blind has been conducting a 
total make over of their training program, especially concerning how 
information is presented to their students. Now with the addition of the 
Victor Reader Stream students will have all needed documentation available 
at their finger tips at any time.

"The Victor Reader Stream offers blind people an enhanced reading experience

and we are excited to see it used in a true educational way at Guide Dogs 
for the Blind," says Gerry Chevalier, Victor Reader Product Manager at 
HumanWare. "This is the first time we have seen the Stream be fully 
integrated into any educational environment.-"

The Victor Reader Stream which normally sells to blind users for 
approximately $330 will be available to Guide Dogs students for $150 to take

home following class. All general take home materials from GDB, including 
all state access legislation concerning guide dogs, information about 
traveling internationally with guide dogs such as access rules and 
regulations from many countries will be contained on the Victor Reader 
Stream.

About Guide Dogs for the Blind
Established in 1942, Guide Dogs for the Blind provides enhanced mobility and

quality of life to people who are blind through lifetime partnerships with 
Guide Dogs. This non-profit organization, headquartered in San Rafael, 
Calif., is the largest school of its kind and has produced more than 11,000 
partnerships across the United States and Canada. Services are provided 
free-of-charge to those it serves, and relies entirely on private donations.

Please visit www.guidedogs.-com or call toll free 800.295.4050 for 
additional information.

About HumanWare
HumanWare www.humanware.-com is the global leader in assistive technologies 
for vision, including products for the blind and visually impaired. 
HumanWare's products include BrailleNote, the leading productivity device 
for blind people in education, in business and in their personal lives; the 
Victor Reader product line, the world's leading digital talking book 
players; and myReader2, the new version of HumanWare's unique "auto-reader" 
for people with low vision.

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Contacts:

HumanWare Canada
Nicolas Lagace
(450) 463-1717
HYPERLINK
"mailto:nicolas.lagace%40humanware.com"nicolas.lagace at -humanware.-com

Guide Dogs for the Blind
Denise St. Jean
(415) 492-5544
HYPERLINK "mailto:dstjean%40guidedogs.com"dstjean at guidedogs.-com

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