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From: HumanWare [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:59 AM
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Subject: New HumanWare iPhone app will get deaf-blind and sighted people talking
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PRESS RELEASE
New HumanWare iPhone app will get deaf-blind and sighted people talking
Montreal, July 12, 2012 - HumanWare, in partnership with Institut Nazareth et
Louis-Braille (INLB), has unveiled the HumanWare Communicator, the first
multilingual face-to-face conversation app for deaf-blind people. This unique
app will help deaf-blind individuals communicate on an everyday basis by
connecting a HumanWare Braille device (BrailleNote Apex or Brailliant) with an
iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
Now a deaf-blind person can use Bluetooth connectivity to pair their HumanWare
Braille device to an iPhone, iPod, or iPad. In the absence of an interpreter,
the HumanWare Communicator app then facilitates a conversation. The deaf-blind
person converses through the Braille device and hands his or her tethered Apple
device to the sighted person who uses the touch screen keyboard to respond. The
face-to-face conversation appears in real time on both the refreshable Braille
display and the iOS devices' screen.
HumanWare is the leader in digital communication for deaf-blind people,
introducing DBC, the first portable face-to-face chat solution in 2008. The
system combined the simplicity and portability of the popular BrailleNote with
a companion visual interface running on a cell phone. For the first time, a
deaf-blind person had portability and independence when having a face-to-face
conversation, and since a familiar cell phone keyboard was used, the sighted
individual had a very small learning curve to engage in a conversation.
"With the popularity and inclusion of assistive technology features in Apple's
iOS devices, HumanWare has received a high demand to bring the face-to-face
concept of the popular Deaf-Blind Communicator to the popular Apple devices.
"The HumanWare Communicator app breaks everyday face to face communication down
to its simplest form and will get everyone talking," says Greg Stilson,
HumanWare product manager.
In 2000, HumanWare introduced the first BrailleNote. In 2005, the BrailleNote
mPower was launched bringing USB connectivity and increased speed and
efficiency to this range of productivity tools. Launched in December of 2009,
the BrailleNote Apex, with a completely redesigned look, while maintaining the
successful ergonomic design of past BrailleNotes, saw HumanWare pack the most
powerful BrailleNote into the thinnest package available.
The HumanWare Communicator app will be available for standard download from
Apple's app store at the end of July 2012. This app marks a major step forward
in using mainstream technology to bring everyday
communication to the deaf-blind population.
Find out more about HumanWare Deaf-Blind communication solutions at:
www.humanware.com/deafblind
About HumanWare
HumanWare (www.humanware.com) is the global leader in assistive technologies
for the print disabled. HumanWare provides products to people who are blind or
have low vision, and students with learning disabilities. HumanWare offers a
collection of innovative products, including BrailleNote, the leading
productivity device for the blind in education, business and for personal use;
the Victor Reader product line, the world's leading digital audiobook players;
the SmartView family of handheld and desktop electronic magnifiers; Trekker
Breeze, the all-in-one handheld talking GPS; and myReader2, HumanWare's unique
"auto-reader."
Please contact us for more information :
in U.S.A
P: 1 800 722-3393
[email protected]
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