[nabs-l] FW: Festival International de Jazz de Montréal more ac cessible than ever!

Wed Jun 10 04:13:44 UTC 2009

i know this is random, but I hope the trekker breezes are bilingual.  
The festival is in French-speaking Canada after all ...

Quoting "Danielsen, Chris" <CDanielsen at nfb.org>:

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> From: HumanWare [mailto:nicolas.lagace at humanware.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 12:07 PM
> To: Danielsen, Chris
> Subject: Festival International de Jazz de Montréal more accessible   
> than ever!
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> Festival International de Jazz de Montréal more accessible than ever!
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> New talking GPS Trekker Breeze makes world premiere
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> MONTREAL, June 9, 2009 - To help celebrate the 30th anniversary of   
> the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal this year, the   
> Festival, HumanWare and the Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille   
> (INLB), have joined forces to make the programming and outdoor sites  
>  more accessible than ever. The new talking GPS Trekker Breeze will   
> be made available to visually impaired festival goers so they can   
> more easily find their way around the site. It's a world first!
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> Participants with vision loss can come to the HumanWare-INLB booth to
> borrow a Trekker Breeze at no cost for a number of hours. They can then
> choose their next stop on the site from a list of prerecorded points of
> interest. Be it one of the many outdoor stages, a group of merchant
> booths, washroom facilities, or access to a metro station or bus stop,
> Breeze users need only follow the voice instructions to easily find
> their way to their destination. Festival goers who already have a
> Humanware GPS for the visually impaired can download the list of points
> of interest from www.humanware.com/jazz free of charge. Users of
> software or DAISY-format talking book players. such as the Victor
> Reader Stream, can also download the programming for all concerts.
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> The Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, which helped develop and test
> the Trekker Breeze, will also join in the festivities by offering
> information about visual disabilities. Passersby will be able to learn
> about the effects of various diseases of the eye by trying on
> simulation glasses made available by the INLB.
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> This year marks the 200th anniversary since the birth of Louis   
> Braille, inventor of the Braille writing system for the visually   
> impaired. What better way to mark the anniversary than by attending   
> the free concert by Stevie Wonder, the Grand événement General   
> Motors on June 30, 2009?
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> For more information, visit
> <http://hcamarketing.cmail5.com/t/y/l/hkjke/pluhlldd/r>www.humanware.com/jazz
> or contact Humanware at 1-888-723-7273, or call the Institut Nazareth
> et Louis-Braille at 1-800-361-7013.
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> About HumanWare
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> HumanWare
> (<http://hcamarketing.cmail5.com/t/y/l/hkjke/pluhlldd/y>http://www.humanware.com) is the global leader in assistive technologies for the print disabled. It creates products for people who are blind, have low vision and/or have learning disabilities. The innovative range of HumanWare products includes BrailleNote, the leading productivity device for the blind in education and business, as well as for personal use; the Victor Reader line, the world's leading digital audiobook players; and SmartView Xtend, the first fully modular and upgradeable CCTV-based   
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> magnifier.
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> About the Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille
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> Located in Longueuil, the Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille is the   
> only Quebec rehabilitation centre solely for people with visual   
> impairments. It aims to achieve the social, educational,   
> professional and community integration of people affected by partial  
>  or total loss of vision. Offering a range of specially adapted   
> services, it serves the Montreal, Montérégie and Laval areas. For   
> more information about the Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille,   
> visit:   
> <http://hcamarketing.cmail5.com/t/y/l/hkjke/pluhlldd/j>www.inlb.qc.ca.
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> Source: HumanWare and the Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille
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> Information:
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> Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille:
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> Jade St-Jean
> Morin Relations Publiques
> Téléphone : 514 289-8688, poste 235
> Mobile : 514 716-7530
> jade at morinrp.com
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> Humanware:
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> Nicolas Lagacé
> Communications and Marketing
> HumanWare
> Tel.: 450-463-1717, ext. 341
> nicolas.lagace at humanware.com
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