[Blindtlk] Dolphin Computer Access Press Release: "Your Dolphin team grows stronger. Meet them this July at ACB, NFB & AHEAD"

Thu Jul 2 09:31:50 UTC 2009

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Your Dolphin team grows stronger.
Meet them this July at ACB, NFB & AHEAD

1st July 2009: Meet your ever growing Dolphin Computer Access team at 
the American Council of the Blind annual convention July 3rd thru 
July 11th in Orlando, the National Federation of the Blind 2009 
national convention July 3rd thru July 8th in Detroit and the AHEAD 
2009 Global Access Conference July 20th thru July 25th in Louisville.

Join Gareth Collins & SuperNova version 11 at ACB 2009, Orlando

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  Already a familiar voice to many Dolphin Computer Access customers, 
Gareth Collins has been working in Dolphin's product support offices 
for more than 19 years.  Originally from Wales, Gareth has called the 
US home for the last 6 years and is based in the east coast New Jersey office.

Primarily focused on delivering excellent product support, Gareth 
spends his working day supporting the rapidly growing community of US 
Dolphin users and Dolphin product dealers as he explains;

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  Dolphin are not the biggest access technology vendor in the US, but 
we do work extremely hard on ensuring our users get the best possible 
product experience.  As a magnification user myself, I know from 
firsthand experience that being able to pick up the phone and get a 
helpful, detailed and accurate response to your enquiry is 
paramount.  That's my role, ensuring if ever a Dolphin user gets 
stuck, I get them up & working as quickly as possible."

However, Gareth's expertise doesn't stop there.  his product design, 
documentation creation and Dolphin Scripting skills are second to 
none and are evident in the recently released 
<http://www.yourdolphin.com/newsitem.asp?id=332>version 11 of 
SuperNova Reader Magnifier, Hal Screen Reader, Lunar Screen Magnifier 
and LunarPlus Enhanced Screen Magnifier.  The American Council of the 
Blind convention July 3rd thru July 11th in Orlando offers the 
perfect opportunity to meet Gareth & get a personal demonstration of 
all of the new features and functionality now available to screen 
reader and screen magnifier users in version 11.  Why not ask Gareth 
about support for 64-Bit Windows, Dolphin's public beta support for 
Windows 7, the extensive Braille support improvements, the Dolphin 
Pen II, as well as the Internet Explorer 8, iTunes v8 and Skype v4 support?

Meet Andy Leach, Bentley & Dolphin Guide at NFB 2009, Detroit

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Compared to Gareth's 19 years, Andy Leach is a relative newcomer to 
Dolphin, celebrating his 1st anniversary early this fall.  But Andy's 
roots are set deep in the access technology industry, his previous 
role being the regional sales manager for Freedom Scientific.  Now as 
Dolphin's lead Sales Executive for the US and Canada, Andy's 
expertise comes from having a user's knowledge of the full range of 
screen readers, which led him to formulate his thoughts on access 
technology for vision impaired seniors.

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  Like a large percentage of people of employment age I was brought 
up using a computer, but for many seniors and baby boomers that 
simply isn't true.  Add in failing sight, low vision or blindness and 
for many computer novices the learning curve with a 'professional' 
screen reader becomes too steep, but these people still want to email 
friends and family, surf the web and scan and read post.  But 
learning how to achieve these tasks has to be easy."

"<http://www.yourdolphin.com/productdetail.asp?id=30>Dolphin Guide is 
perfect for these users.  It removes all the complexity from the 
modern PC by offering a simple menu system that walks the user 
through every step, confirming their actions and progress with the 
human sounding Realspeak voices.  For these users it is all about 
gaining confidence at their own pace, knowing that you can't go 
wrong.  Dolphin Guide is definitely the best talking software for 
that journey."

Based in the Dayton, Ohio area, Andy and his guide dog Bentley will 
be making the short hop north to Detroit later this week to attend 
the National Federation of the Blind 2009 National Convention and to 
showcase Dolphin Guide.  Conference visitors looking to meet Andy and 
to talk about any Dolphin software, Including Dolphin Guide should 
stop by booth C79.

Catch up with Jeff Bazer, Devon and exclusively preview EasyConverter 
v5 at AHEAD 2009

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Jeff Bazer and his guide dog Devon are the new kinds on the block at 
Dolphin, having joined only one month ago.  Previously employed by a 
large US access technology vendor, Jeff was keen to work for a 
company "that has their heart in the right place, working with 
products I believe in."  Jeff is referring to his new Sales Executive 
role for <http://www.yourdolphin.com/products.asp?cat=2>Dolphin's 
alternative format creation and play back tools , more commonly known 
as 'Altformat'.

Although based in Columbia, South Carolina, Jeff trains and advises 
college & university disability service offices and instructional 
material centers from all across America on how to best create DAISY 
talking books, large print, Braille and MP3s for vision and print 
impaired students.

Later this month Jeff will be joining his Swedish colleague Mattias 
Karlsson at the AHEAD 2009 Global Access conference July 20th thru 
July 25th in Louisville.  As Jeff describes;

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  We are really excited to be offering a series of free alternative 
format creation workshops in partnership with AltFormat.org at this 
years AHEAD conference.  Lead by Dolphin's Chief Product Designer 
Mattias Karlsson, the workshops will offer attendees a step-by-step 
insight into the 'whole' alternative format creation process, from 
the beginning as a raw source file, through to conclusion as quality 
large print, MP3, DAISY talking books & Braille."

"I can also announce that AHEAD conference attendees & those signed 
up for the free workshops will get a chance to preview and experience 
the new EasyConverter version 5, complete with a new even easier to 
use interface, a client profile manager, quick conversion options and 
a brand new scanning engine.  To sign up for the free workshops 
please visit, 
<http://www.YourDolphin.com/book_event.asp>www.YourDolphin.com/book_event.asp 
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