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[David B Andrews]

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GW Micro Announces New Products and Developments at CSUN 2009

GW Micro continues to lead the way with exciting new products and 
developments being announced during the CSUN Conference at the Los 
Angeles Airport Marriott from March 18 through 21. If you are 
attending CSUN, we invite you to visit with us in Booth 314.

Window-Eyes 7.01 Features

The Window-Eyes 7.01 feature set is extensive: Scripting, 
Placemarkers, Enhanced Control Search, Unicode support, iTunes, 
Firefox 3, keyboard language announcement, Eloquence and more. We are 
very excited about these features, and are continuing to demonstrate 
them. In addition, the power of scripting is being exhibited with the 
new WE4Java script, by Jay Macarty. WE4Java provides comprehensive 
support for Java applications without using additional third party add-ons.

Preview of Window-Eyes 7.1

We are previewing Window-Eyes 7.1, which will include full support 
for 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 
operating systems. We are also demonstrating Window-Eyes on Windows 
7, including 64-bit versions of Windows 7. In addition, Window-Eyes 
7.1 will include many enhanced Braille features (including line mode, 
and speech box mode), enhanced support for standard edit boxes 
(including 100% text accuracy), several new scripting related 
features (such as a new, customizable script menu, the ability to add 
menus in dialogs, built-in update checking, and more), and support 
for Internet Explorer 8 and Thunderbird 3.

Two Exciting New Products

GW Micro is also announcing two exciting new products - Book Sense, a 
portable digital audio book player, and Braille Sense Plus QWERTY, 
the new version of the Braille Sense Plus, featuring a standard 
keyboard and Braille display.

Book Sense

The new portable digital audio book player, Book Sense, lets users 
access information for education, information, and entertainment. 
Students can access school textbooks, people in the workplace can 
stay current with journals or business magazines, and anyone can 
enjoy newspapers, favorite novels, or a bestseller.

With a comfortable feel when held in your hand, Book Sense is very 
easy to use. Weighing only four ounces (115g), it is portable and 
powerful and easily fits into a shirt pocket, backpack, or purse, so 
you can take it anywhere.

Two models are offered - Book Sense and Book Sense XT. Both models 
play audio files, DAISY content, Secured-Digital (SD) memory card 
slot, and built-in recorder. The media player supports a variety of 
formats, such as MP3, MP4, OGG, WAV, WAX, MPC, and WMA.

The Book Sense model features an SD memory card with 1 GB of storage. 
Book Sense XT has internal 4GB storage memory, built-in Bluetooth, 
and an FM radio.

With Book Sense, you can access digital talking books from providers 
such as Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D), the National 
Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), 
BookShare, and Audible.

Book Sense makes it simple by utilizing the USB port to connect to 
your PC to transfer downloaded books and music directly to the Book 
Sense XT or to an SD memory card for use in either model.

The book reader mode supports several file formats, including txt, 
rtf, doc, docx, html, xml, and brf.

Pricing for Book Sense will be decided soon and shipping will start 
later this year.

Braille Sense Plus QWERTY

In response to people who have asked for a notetaker with a standard 
keyboard, GW Micro listened and developed the Braille Sense Plus 
QWERTY. Now you can type on a standard keyboard and also have a 
Braille display in a notetaker that is still small and portable.

Equipped with 32 Braille cells and speech output, the Braille Sense 
Plus QWERTY weighs only two lbs (924g), so you can carry it without 
experiencing shoulder pain from lugging a heavy laptop or notetaker.

It has 8GB of built-in memory and allows you to have plenty of 
storage for all the files you download using the built-in WI-Fi or 
Ethernet connection. There is 128MB of RAM for quick response time. 
The VGA Port allows you to have a conversation with a large group 
using an external monitor or projector. It also has one SD slot, one 
CF slot, two USB ports, and a user-removable battery. It also has 
built-in Bluetooth.

GW Sense Navigation (SenseNav) wayfinding is available as an option 
for anyone who travels.

Pricing for Braille Sense Plus QWERTY will be decided soon and 
shipping will start later this year.

Sense Navigation Rebate Promotion

GW Micro is also announcing a special CSUN promotional rebate on 
SenseNav. Anyone who purchases SenseNav at the retail price of $1,549 
between now and the end of March will receive a $150 rebate.

SenseNav version 1.3, released in December 2008, is the GPS add-on 
for the GW Micro Sense notetakers, which include the new Braille 
Sense Plus QWERTY being introduced at CSUN, along with Voice Sense, 
Braille Sense Plus, and Braille Sense Original.

SenseNav consists of an 8GB CF card containing every file you need to 
travel the U.S. or Canada. Other countries are available. A CD that 
may be used in your computer or audio CD player is included. The CD 
provides an audio tutorial, the user manual in text format, and other 
system files. You receive the Holux M-1000 receiver with AC adapter 
and custom-carrying case.

To obtain your $150 rebate, just submit your receipt for the retail 
purchase price of $1,549 along with your request for the rebate, and 
GW Micro will provide a check to you. Send your request and receipt 
to: GW Micro, 725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825.

GW Micro and Lexmark Offer Easier Accessibility

Users of GW Micro's Window-Eyes screen-reading software and Sense 
notetakers will now find it easier to use Lexmark's Multifunction 
Printers (MFPs) thanks to Lexmark's Accessibility Solution.

In the past it has been difficult or impossible for blind or 
low-vision people to access LCD screens on multi-function copiers. 
Due to the collaboration between GW Micro and Lexmark, we are making 
Lexmark MFPs accessible to blind and visually impaired consumers.

The web-based software lets you set up and complete copy, fax, 
e-mail, ftp and scan jobs directly from your PC or notetaker, rather 
than from the MFP touchscreen display.

The software works with GW Micro's Window-Eyes, Voice Sense, Braille 
Sense, Braille Sense Plus, and Braille Sense Plus QWERTY.

You now have access to almost every setting and option available on 
Lexmark's MFPs to ensure that you can accomplish equivalent tasks to 
those completed directly from the touchscreen. You can control more 
than 120 settings/options, change accessibility application display 
options like font size and foreground/background colors, and check 
the working status of the MFP.

Lexmark and GW Micro are demonstrating the Accessibility Solution in 
the GW Micro booth 314 at CSUN.