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

[Ken Volonte]

They shouldn't be doing this at all.  A standard CD works just fine at a tenth the cost.     
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  Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Cagdu] Guide Dogs for the Blind and HumanWare launch new education initiative with Victor Reader Stream


  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.

  # # #

  Contacts:

  HumanWare Canada
  Nicolas Lagace
  (450) 463-1717
  nicolas.lagace at humanware.com

  Guide Dogs for the Blind
  Denise St. Jean
  (415) 492-5544
  dstjean at guidedogs.com

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