Can I borrow your time machine, Jeremy? I promise i'll have it back to
you by last week.
On 4/25/2011 8:19 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Apr-25-2010
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
*GW Micro, Inc. Continues Training Collaboration with Microsoft, Inc.*
Fort Wayne, Indiana (April 25, 2011) - GW Micro, Inc.
(www.gwmicro.com) is proud to announce a continued training
collaboration with Microsoft, Inc. (Nasdaq “MSFT”) at the Microsoft
campus in Redmond, WA this week.
Last September, GW Micro and Microsoft entered into a training
collaboration in which GW Micro instructors provided training for
Window-Eyes (www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes -- a screen reading program
that provides speech and Braille output to blind and visually impaired
users) to Microsoft employees responsible for testing adaptive
technologies with Microsoft products.
"This continues to be an important project for both GW Micro and
Microsoft," said Jeremy Curry, Director of Training for GW Micro.
"Microsoft and GW Micro have had a very close relationship in the
past, and this training collaboration continues to solidify that
relationship, ultimately making more Microsoft software accessible to
the blind." The training collaboration brings together many different
Microsoft engineers from many different Microsoft product groups,
including the Windows Group, Office Group, and many more. Microsoft
engineers will learn from Curry and the other GW Micro employees best
practices for accessible design as well as the best way to implement
new technologies that GW Micro is pioneering for the blind.
"This ongoing training collaboration allows us to educate Microsoft on
our technology for the goal of creating better accessibility for the
blind," said Doug Geoffray, Vice President of Development for GW
Micro. According to Geoffray, creating and maintaining a screen
reader that must be able to read all software applications in all
software environments is an extremely difficult task, and there are
only a handful of people in the world who understand the underlying
technology.
"This training collaboration with GW Micro continues to be extremely
valuable," said Dan Hubbell, Assistive Technology Evangelist for
Microsoft. "Our development teams come away with more than just
knowledge of how assistive technology works and how to make it work
better but also insight as to how these products are used by our
shared customers. Our hope is that better understanding of the
customer will lead to the design of better user experiences."
As technology continues to move at an extraordinary pace, both GW
Micro and Microsoft develop software at an exhausting rate to keep up
with all of the advancements. Both companies see this collaboration
as an avenue to keep pace with the speed of technology, and ultimately
improve the lives of the blind and visually impaired.
GW Micro has been a trusted pioneer in the adaptive technology
industry since 1990, and continues to lead with innovative, customer
driven solutions.
Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software,
services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their
full potential.
Contact:
Jeremy Curry, Director of Training
[email protected]
(260) 489-3671
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