[nfbmi-talk] Fw: GW Micro Announces Global Window-Eyes Initiativefor users of Microsoft Office

Thu Jan 16 02:08:56 UTC 2014

Agreed. And let us not forget devices and equipment that support braille use. What is the use of sending people to training programs and having them take braille classes if you don't want to help them get equipment that will support it's use. I am talking about a braille writer. First of all, were appropriate and then also we are appropriate either braille display or a note taker. I say display because it may prove to be more bang for the book as you can hook them up to computers and use them right along with the speech and don't have to spend a lot of money for a separate device.

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> From: "Terry D. Eagle" <terrydeagle at yahoo.com> 
> Sent: January 15, 2014 8:27:54 PM
> To: 'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List' <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: GW Micro Announces Global Window-Eyes Initiativefor users of Microsoft Office
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> HAIL! HAIL! To G.W. Micro.
> 
> Now if only the blind of Michigan could get BS4BP to spend their budget on
> services to blind persons, like for the computer and th MS Office software,
> along with appropriate training to use the equipment and software programs,
> rather than spending more funds on more administration management, and
> hiring sighted student assistants to operate BEP vending facilities, and do
> clerical jobs that unemployed blind persons could and should be hired to do.
> We the blind and taxpaying public would be so much better off.  But such a
> concept would be inconsistent with the BS4BP WORK-TO-WELFARE attitude
> demonstrated by Rodgers and BS4BP toward the blind.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbmi-talk [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of William
> Vandervest
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 1:37 PM
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> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: GW Micro Announces Global Window-Eyes
> Initiativefor users of Microsoft Office
> 
> GW Micro Announces Global Window-Eyes Initiative for users of Microsoft
> Office
> There are none so blind as those who will not see
> 
> William and LD Lynard
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: gw-news at gwmicro.com 
> To: gw-news at gwmicro.com 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 1:45 PM
> Subject: GW Micro Announces Global Window-Eyes Initiative for users of
> Microsoft Office
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> Jan-14-2014
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> 
> Fort Wayne, Indiana (January 14, 2014) - GW Micro, Inc. (www.gwmicro.com) is
> proud to make a revolutionary announcement. GW Micro and Microsoft Corp.
> have partnered to make Window-Eyes available to users of Microsoft Office at
> no cost. Window-Eyes is a screen reader that enables people who are blind,
> visually impaired, or print disabled to have full access to Windows PCs and
> makes the computer accessible via speech and/or Braille.  
> 
> To better deliver Window-Eyes to the people who need it most, GW Micro and
> Microsoft have collaborated on this global initiative, available in over 15
> languages, to enable anyone using Microsoft Office 2010 or later to also use
> Window-Eyes for free.  Access to technology is critical to people who are
> blind or visually impaired in order to have the same opportunity to compete
> in the workplace. As such, this initiative between GW Micro and Microsoft
> has the potential to reduce barriers for millions of people who are blind or
> visually impaired around the world. 
> 
> As the population ages, technologies like Window-Eyes will become more and
> more important as the number of people with age-related macular degeneration
> and other retinal degenerative diseases increases. "This significant change
> in the way we are doing business reflects the changing perception of
> accessibility and also technology in general.  Rather than wait for the
> world to change, Microsoft and GW Micro are leading the way," said Dan
> Weirich, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for GW Micro.  Weirich
> believes this technology can help millions of people gain access to their
> PC, and that providing it free of charge will open a whole new world of
> assistive technology to many people.
> 
> In light of the rapidly changing face of technology and specifically, the
> changing face of assistive technology, the combined efforts of GW Micro and
> Microsoft have the goal of providing accessibility to people who are blind
> and visually impaired for the long term. 
> 
> Microsoft continues to take accessibility seriously.  "By partnering with GW
> Micro in this endeavor we are demonstrating Microsoft's ongoing commitment
> to provide all of our customers with the technology and tools to help each
> person be productive in both their work and personal lives." said Rob
> Sinclair, Chief Accessibility Officer for Microsoft. 
> 
> Eligible customers, using Microsoft Office 2010 or higher, will be able to
> download a full version of Window-Eyes starting today at
> www.WindowEyesForOffice.com.  The website provides download instructions as
> well as additional details about this offer.
> 
> GW Micro, Inc. (www.gwmicro.com) has been a trusted pioneer in the adaptive
> technology industry since 1990, and continues to lead with innovative,
> customer driven solutions.
> 
> 
> 
> Contact:
> 
> Dan Weirich, VP of Sales and Marketing
> dan at gwmicro.com
> (260) 489-3671
> 
> 
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