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From: HumanWare <[email protected]
Subject: HumanWare and ReadHowYouWant Join Forces to Bring Books
to VisuallyImpaired Readers
Date sent: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:21:32 +1100
HUMANWARE AND READHOWYOUWANT JOIN FORCES TO BRING BOOKS TO
VISUALLY IMPAIRED READERS
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Longueuil, Quebec, March 10, 2009 -- HumanWare, the leader in
assistive technologies for people with print disability, and
digital publishing innovator ReadHowYouWant are partnering to
help visually impaired readers discover the book reading device,
and the format that's right for their reading needs.
ReadHowYouWant offers thousands of books in accessible formats,
including 24 pt. large print, braille, and DAISY files at
www.readhowyouwant.com. HumanWare provides playback devices for
readers who are blind or have low vision to use with braille and
DAISY files at www.humanware.com. "From the moment it appeared
on the market, the Victor Reader Stream has proven itself to be
the greatest portable DAISY book reading device ever. Today we
are proud to team up with Read How You Want. We invite all
readers to take a look at the selection of books they have to
offer. Reading should always be an enjoyable experience. We
hope that our customers will regularly visit our new website
where they will be able to check out new DAISY book releases.
Pass the word around!" says HumanWare CEO Gilles Pepin.
Beginning in April, readers will be able to go to the HumanWare
website to download free, first chapters of 20 bestselling
ReadHowYouWant titles each month as part of the "Free Chapter
Download Program." The free, first chapters come from popular
books from a variety of well-known publishers of adult and young
adult books, including Wiley, Random House Australia, Murdoch
Books, and Weekly Reader. The first month's selected titles will
include such best sellers as, The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
(New World Library), "Praise Song for the Day," the inauguration
poem by Elizabeth Alexander (Graywolf Press), and Leadership and
Self-Deception by the Arbinger Institute (Berrett-Kohler), as
well as children's and young adult titles to include, How to Take
the GRRRR Out of Anger by Marjorie Lisovskis and Elizabeth
Verdick (Free Spirit Publishing), and Extreme Habitats: Mountain
Survival by Susie Hodge (Weekly Reader). After enjoying the
complimentary first chapter, readers may visit ReadHowYouWant's
website at www.readhowyouwant.com to purchase the entire file.
ReadHowYouWant will be demoing HumanWare's devices at book
industry events such as the Frankfurt Book Fair, the London Book
Fair, and Book Expo America. Similarly, HumanWare will present
braille and DAISY files from ReadHowYouWant's collection on their
players at technology industry shows, including CSUN and ATIA
(Assistive Technologies Industry Association) conferences.
ReadHowYouWant produces Grade 2 contracted braille files, and has
developed a house style that supports automated transcription
while maintaining accuracy. These files may be read with a
refreshable electronic braille display such as the Humanware
Braillenote or Brailliant or embossed to make traditional braille
books. Words are not split at line ends to make reading easier,
particularly for newer braille readers.
About HumanWare
HumanWare 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. For more information visit www.humanware.com
About ReadHowYouWant
ReadHowYouWant Pty Ltd and its R&D parent company, Accessible
Publishing Systems Pty Ltd are both Sydney, Australia-based
privately held companies founded in 2004 by electronic publishing
pioneers Christopher Stephen and Greg Duncan. When Chris's
sister, who suffers from MS, developed difficulty reading, they
began experimenting to determine whether people with reading
difficulties could benefit from changing the text format.
After more than four years of testing, ReadHowYouWant has
successfully developed award-winning conversion technology that
reformats existing books into the widest selection of on-demand,
alternative format editions on the market today. Each edition
has been optimized for maximum readability. The company's goals
are to make reading easier and more enjoyable by delivering
formats that suit the reader and to give people with reading
difficulties access to books in the formats of their choice-at an
affordable price, and as soon as the book is published. For more
information visit www.readhowyouwant.com.
Contact:
Bradi Grebien-Samkow: [email protected]
503-922-0778
Contact:
Julien Larose: [email protected]
888-723-7273 x357
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