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iCommunicatorT, Leading Speech-to-Text-To-Sign Language Software System, Announces Version 5.0
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Expanded word library, Internet search capabilities, provides greater options for those who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or looking to increase literacy skills.
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53-key Alpha-Numeric USB Keyboard from New Standard Keyboards Challenges QWERTY
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NSK delivers silver and black 53-key alpha-numeric USB keyboard -- QWERTY alternative is ergonomic, space saving and easy to learn.
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MacSpeech Releases ScriptPak for iDVD 6
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Macintosh speech recognition authority, MacSpeech, has released a new ScriptPakfor iDVD 6. The new ScriptPak adds over 75 commands to iListen that allows theuser to do virtually anything in iDVD 6 that they would normally do using keyboardshortcuts or menus."The new ScriptPak for iDVD 6 adds new features, especially for the latest version of iDVD, and adds to our continuing support for Apple's iLife suite of applications," said MacSpeech Chief Evangelist Chuck Rogers.
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Breaking out of the AT Box: Next Generation of Literacy Software Helping Higher Level Learners Improve
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Literacy software optimized for Web access and learning boasts industryfirsts and patented technology.
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Don Johnston Launches NEW Network Version of SOLO
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Internet research tool used with digitized textbooks ensures literacy success by optimizing cognitive learning strategies.Don Johnston and his outstanding company are proud to announce the fall 2006 release of its network version SOLO, an integrated technology solution and Internet research tool to build students' skill competencies in Social Studies, Science and Language Arts using digitized textbooks. SOLO is flexible, age-appropriate and will help students in grades three to 12 become successful readers, writers and independent thinkers.
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EasyStand Evolv is now available with a removable back
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EasyStand Evolv’s removable back assists in transferring Altimate Medical’s EasyStand Evolv is now available with a removable back option. With this new option, the user can be transferred into the Evolv from the back of the unit using a patient lift. Four different back options are available (contoured or flat, 13” or 19” height) allowing the EasyStand to be customized to meet each client’s individual support requirements.
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ZoomText Large-Print Keyboard - Almost here!
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New ZoomText Large-Print Keyboard – Almost here!In just a few short weeks, Ai Squared will begin shipping the new ZoomText Large-Print Keyboard (US English version), featuring easy-to-read keycaps and fast "one-touch" access to essential ZoomText 9.0 features. Designed for the ZoomText user, the new ZoomText keyboard will make typing and using ZoomText faster and easier than ever before.
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EasyStand Evolvs support options have many advantages
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Altimate Medical Inc. introduces the new Lateral Supports and Hip Guides forthe EasyStand Evolv. These newly redesigned support options are very rigid andeasily removable to allow more room for transferring.
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AT&T Awards $1 Million AT&T AccessAll Grant to Community Technology Centers' Network to provide technology resources for people with disabilities
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AT&T Awards $1 million AT&T AccessAll Grant to Community Technology Centers'Network to provide technology resources for people with disabilitiesThe AT&T Foundation, the philanthropic arm of AT&T Inc., has announced a $1 million grant to the Community Technology Centers' Network (CTCNet) to provide new technology resources for people with all types of disabilities, including learning disabilities. In collaboration with the Alliance for Technology Access (ATA), CTCNet will upgrade technology services and equipment to benefit people with disabilitiesat community technology centers nationwide.
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Versatile Speech Device
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Person of the Week: Richard Ellenson
Father devised versatile speech device for impaired son.
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PRC and IntelliTools, inc., collaborate to support language and educational goals
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PRC (Prentke Romich Company) has partnered with IntelliTools, Inc., to provide new and exciting ways to support language and educational goals using PRC’s SpringBoard, Vantage and Vanguard.
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Incite! Learning Series by Don Johnston Incorporated
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Break-through differentiated learning approach supercharges students' core content knowledge with original short filmsDon Johnston and his company, are proud to announce the Incite! Learning Series for elementary and middle school students in grades fourth-eighth, a breakthrough whole class program to help teachers differentiate instruction and create a memorable learning experience using original short films and an interactive instructional model.
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Hand Cycle available on EasyStand Evolv
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Altimate Medical Inc. introduces the new Hand Cycle attachment for the EasyStandEvolv. The Hand Cycle provides upper body strengthening and conditioning, while receiving all the benefits of standing.
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SRA/McGraw-Hill Real Math to guide special education students at New Jersey's largest school district
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New Jersey's largest K-8 district, Gloucester Township School District, has selected SRA/McGraw-Hill's Real Math as its math curriculum for special education students in Grades K-8, beginning September, 2006, after first piloting the series in January, 2006.SRA Real Math underwent a thorough selection process beginning in the 2004-2005 school year. Special education teachers at all grade levels from all eight elementary and three middle schools were actively involved in reviewing programs. The district participated in Real Math workshops and piloted the program before making the decision.
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Mariner ships Montage 1.0.1
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Mariner Software, developers and publishers of professional and personal software for the writing and
creativity markets, today announced the release of Montage 1.0.1, the only professional screenwriting software exclusively developed for Mac OS X. As a follow-up version to last month's 1.0 release, Montage 1.0.1 addresses several speed enhancements,feature additions, and bug fixes.Montage provides screenwriters with a live script outline, a view of scenes, characters, locations, tasks, research, and more. Several pre-formatted templates, including film, television, and theater, automatically format the user's script to industry standards.
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PRC and AbleNet partner to support language and literacy goals for special education
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PRC (Prentke Romich Company) has partnered with AbleNet, Inc. to bring new and exciting ways to support language and literacy goals using PRC's Vantage and Vanguard.
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Chester Creek Technologies releases new and innovative KinderBoard
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Chester Creek Technologies (CCT), manufacturers of specialty computer keyboards and mice designed for the educational and assistive technology markets, world-wide, announced the release of the KinderBoard, a standard-sized keyboard with 1-inch square, color-coded keys for pre-school children and users with vision and/or motor skill impairment.
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Altimate Medical joins ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to help paralyzed mom and family
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ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Altimate Medical Inc. have joined forces to create an accessible home with a new therapy room for Amy Hawkins and her family of Hendersonville, Tennessee. Therapy equipment will be provided by Altimate Medical Inc, maker of EasyStand standing products.
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New EasyStand Web site a vast resource
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Altimate Medical Inc. is proud to announce the launch of their new EasyStand Web site with many features for clinicians, end users and suppliers. It includes all information from the previous Web site plus many new extras, like the Supplier Locator, Downloads & Resources, and Standing Room Only.Clinicians can benefit from our many educational resources, like the clinical case studies, standing articles, and research study abstracts.
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Voice for Phoenix to educate families about technology for those who cant speak
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voiceforliving.com will present the first annual Voice for Phoenix event, a technology, health and information fair for families who care for a child or adult with a severe speech disability. Voice for Phoenix will be held Saturday, September 23, 2006 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at Southwest Human Development, an accessible facility located at 2850 N. 24 th Street in Phoenix.
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MY Access! 7.0 helps students write the next chapter in their academic careers
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Vantage Learning, a provider of on-line assessment and automated essay scoring tools, has announced the release of MY Access! 7.0, the newest version of the company's innovative on-line instructional writing tool.
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ZYGO Industries, and NAMCO Ltd., announce marketing agreement
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ZYGO Industries, Inc. announced that it has signed a marketing agreement with NAMCO, Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan, to distribute augmentative and alternative communication products made by NAMCO.
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Serotek names Canadian distributor
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Aroga alliance expands distribution of System Access and FreedomBox assistive technology products in Canada.
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GW Micro donates advanced assistive technology to ABC Extreme Makeover to help disabled family
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GW Micro, Inc., a leader in assistive technology for blind and visually impaired consumers, is pleased to announce a cooperative effort with ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.ABC's national television show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition helps families around the country who have been hindered by hardships, and recently, they selected a family in Bergenfield, New Jersey. The family, originally
from the Philippines, consists of both parents, two daughters, one son, and paternal grandmother. The father, two daughters and grandmother suffer from a degenerative genetic eye disease that causes blindness, the son is deaf,
and the mother was recently diagnosed with thyroid cancer.
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PRC awards first round of free AAC devices to individuals with disabilities through "40 for 40" anniversary program
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More than 20 speech-output devices valued at over $200,000 already donated by leader in augmentative communication; remainder to be awarded by year’s end.
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HumanWare products empower family on ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition
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HumanWare, in cooperation with Microsoft Corporation and the National Foundation for the Blind, has supplied assistive technology for a family in New Jersey, featured on ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition which aired in September 2006, in a special two hour show.
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Serotek signs new dealer
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Serotek Corporation, a provider of Internet and digital information accessibility software and systems, announced the execution of a dealer agreement with Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. (TVI), a provider of assistive and adaptive technology products for the visually impaired headquarteredin New York.“We are delighted to welcome TVI to our family of dealers,” said Mike Calvo, CEO, Serotek Corporation. “They share our commitment to the visually impaired community and will serve this market well.”
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NPR and WGBH partner to research and create services
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The Department of Education's National Institute of Disability Rehabilitation and Research has awarded a grant to NPR and WGBH's National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) to develop accessible radio technology for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or visually impaired. The Accessible Digital Radio Broadcast Services grant, in the amount of $150,000, for the first year, will help fund an anticipated three-year research and development project to prototype, field test and assess the cutting-edge radio technologies to serve the needs of people with sensory disabilities. NPR and NCAM are internationally recognized experts in digital radio technologies and accessible media service models.
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AssistiveWare to introduce Mac OS X accessibility solutions to the UK
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AssistiveWare announced that it will for the first time participate in the special needs section of the BETT educationaltechnology show in the UK (January 10-13 2007, London). AssistiveWare is a leader in access software for Mac OS X and will now introduce its innovative solutions to the educational market in the United Kingdom.AssistiveWare specializes in software that provides full access to Mac OS X for students with physical, speech, language and vision impairments. With the AssistiveWare software, a student with a disability can fully participate in school activities, whether it involves creating a video in iMovie or using the standard educational software all the other kids use.
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Dolphin Computer Access Inc. at ATIA
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Dolphin Computer Access Inc. will make its annual appearance at the 8th Annual Assistive Technology Industry Association Conference and Exhibition. Dolphin will be demonstrating its wide range of products including computer access software for the visually impaired, mobile software solutions, and its line of Alt Format Production tools.
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Freedom Machines newly released on DVD
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"Freedom Machines", which premiered on PBS' acclaimed documentary series P.O.V., reveals a new wealth of human talent. A truly useful tool for broadening perceptions of "disability," this award-winning film reframes our views of disability through the diverse stories of people whose lives are being transformed by access to new technologies, highlighting how human ingenuity, universal design concepts, and societal commitment can change your students'world.
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AssistiveWare / ConvenienceWare announce new version of TextParrot, new value bundles and educational licenses
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AssistiveWare / ConvenienceWare has announced the release of TextParrot 1.0.1 for Mac OS X, as well as a number of new value bundles and new educational licenses.TextParrot is a universal binary, multilingual speech solution for Mac OS X that allows users to listen to their documents with naturally sounding voices in a language of choice. It also allows users to create their own personal podcasts or audio books by exporting to iPod-ready iTunes tracks. Or, users can just use it to speak selected text in a handy reader window with play, fast forward and rewind functionality.
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HumanWare strengthens partnership with Baum
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HumanWare is pleased to announce the strengthening of the strategic partnership with Baum, the manufacturer of the Brailliant displays, and the new portable BrailleConnect 12 display. In addition, the new BrailleConnect 40 and BrailleConnect 32 cell displays are now shipping. Their innovative design, coupled with USB and Bluetooth interface, make it the preferred choice for refreshable Braille when using either a desktop, laptop or mobile PDA devices.HumanWare is the exclusive distributor of Mobile Speak Pocket in all English speaking countries and has worked closely with Code Factory to support Mobile Speak Pocket to interface with the BrailleNote mPower and PK.
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New Mac technologies make a difference for blind translator (video)
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AssistiveWare has announced the release of "it has made the world of difference", a new video and video podcast, featuring Anne Robertson, a blind translator.Anne Robertson became blind as a small child. She is now a professional French to English translator. In this short video, she shows how she uses VoiceOver, the latest Mac OS X screen reader from Apple, in combination with naturally sounding French and British English text-to-speech voices of Acapela Group's Infovox iVox to do her work.
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cmERDC acquires Viewpoint Data System
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The Central Minnesota Educational Research and Developmental Council (cmERDC) has acquired Viewpoint, a data warehouse and data management system for managing instructional planning, from Tandem Library Group (formerly Sagebrush Corp.). As of January 1, 2007, Viewpoint sales, development, support and implementation operations were transitioned to cmERDC.
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MacSpeech releases ScriptPak for TaxCut 2006
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Macintosh speech recognition authority MacSpeech Inc. has released new ScriptPaks for H&R Block's TaxCut 2006. The new ScriptPaks add over 60 commands to iListen, allowing users to do virtually anything in TaxCut 2006 they would normally do using the keyboard or menus."Tax time is hard enough! This new ScriptPak makes it easy to control TaxCut 2006 with your voice," said MacSpeech Chief Evangelist Chuck Rogers.
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£50,000 of prizes to be won for schools and students who are dyslexic and visually impaired plus a chance to meet five time Olympic gold medallist Si
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Schools have the chance to win hundreds of pounds worth of computer software to help with the education of their pupils who are dyslexic or visually impaired.A new school story competition is now open to all secondary and primary schools and their students as part of Sir Steve Redgrave's campaign to improve the support for students with literacy special needs.
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Calling for help with the press of a button
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Not too long ago, the most common way to alert a family member that you were in need of help was to ring a hand bell. There were also a few homes that had intercoms as part of their home security system. These intercom systems were hard wired from one room to another, often on a wall and not convenient to use from a bed or chair.
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New home built for family with five autistic children includes silence-breaking communication aid from PRC of Wooster, Ohio
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AAC technology leader's speech-output device featured on ABCs Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
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AssistiveWare previews new software at CSUN
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AssistiveWare has announced that new versions of KeyStrokes, SwitchXS, LayoutKitchen and VisioVoice were previewed at the CSUN International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference,March 19-24 in Los Angeles, USA.AssistiveWare and it's North American distributor, Origin Instruments Corporation, used this occasion to preview major new versions of AssistiveWare's software for Mac OS X:
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