Very shocking. I just had a chance to meet him at CSUN San Diego. On 4/14/10, Dipendra Manocha <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends > > The inventor of talks software, the first software that made mobile phone > accessible to us is no more and left us in young age. I had the privilege to > meet him in person in October 2009 in Geneva where DAISY Consortium and > Nuance were together in UNESCO pavilion in the world telecom exhibition. > With my thousand salutes to him I am pasting below the announcement from his > partner and co-developer of talks: > > > Dear TALKS community, > > It is with great sadness that I have to bring you the following news: > > Torsten Brand, the inventor of TALKS as well as a long-time pioneer in the > Assistive Technology field, has died last night in hospital in Göttingen, > Germany, as a result of complications from a routine operation, at the age > of 47. > > All of us here at Nuance are deeply shocked, and still unable to completely > grasp the significance of this terrible and unexpected event. > > Many of you have met him personally, some as recently as two weeks ago > during CSUN in San Diego, and most will probably remember him as both a > clear-thinking visionary as well as an immensely likeable fellow, with tons > of ideas and a great "can-do" spirit. It is difficult to imagine life > without his friendship, inspiration and perseverance. > > Even though TALKS will not be the same without his leadership, we will treat > it as a lasting part of his legacy, and continue developing it in his > spirit. > > Torsten leaves his wife, Corinna, and his four children. Our thoughts go out > to his family in this difficult time. > > Regards, > > Marcus Groeber > > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >
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