<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Do be aware that it is for office with window eyes, not your whole machine...but a step forward for sure for Microsoft.<br><div><span><br></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Brush Script MT';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:18pt;"><font color="#4040ff"> Dr Denise </font></span></div><div><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Brush Script MT';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:18pt;"></span> <span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span
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stupid: humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond imagination.<br><cite>--Albert Einstein</cite><br><br>It's kind of fun to do the impossible.<br><cite>--Walt Disney</cite></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Wednesday, January 15, 2014 2:06 PM, Marianne Denning <marianne@denningweb.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div class="y_msg_container">This is great news!<br><br>Jan-14-2014<br><br>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br><br>Fort Wayne, Indiana (January 14, 2014) - GW Micro,
Inc.<br>(www.gwmicro.com) is proud to make a revolutionary announcement. GW<br>Micro and Microsoft Corp. have partnered to make Window-Eyes available<br>to users of Microsoft Office at no cost. Window-Eyes is a screen<br>reader that enables people who are blind, visually impaired, or print<br>disabled to have full access to Windows PCs and makes the computer<br>accessible via speech and/or Braille.<br><br>To better deliver Window-Eyes to the people who need it most, GW Micro<br>and Microsoft have collaborated on this global initiative, available<br>in over 15 languages, to enable anyone using Microsoft Office 2010 or<br>later to also use Window-Eyes for free. Access to technology is<br>critical to people who are blind or visually impaired in order to have<br>the same opportunity to compete in the workplace. As such, this<br>initiative between GW Micro and Microsoft has the potential to reduce<br>barriers for millions of people who are blind or
visually impaired<br>around the world.<br><br>As the population ages, technologies like Window-Eyes will become more<br>and more important as the number of people with age-related macular<br>degeneration and other retinal degenerative diseases increases. "This<br>significant change in the way we are doing business reflects the<br>changing perception of accessibility and also technology in general.<br>Rather than wait for the world to change, Microsoft and GW Micro are<br>leading the way," said Dan Weirich, Vice President of Sales and<br>Marketing for GW Micro. Weirich believes this technology can help<br>millions of people gain access to their PC, and that providing it free<br>of charge will open a whole new world of assistive technology to many<br>people.<br><br>In light of the rapidly changing face of technology and specifically,<br>the changing face of assistive technology, the combined efforts of GW<br>Micro and Microsoft have the goal of
providing accessibility to people<br>who are blind and visually impaired for the long term.<br><br>Microsoft continues to take accessibility seriously. “By partnering<br>with GW Micro in this endeavor we are demonstrating Microsoft’s<br>ongoing commitment to provide all of our customers with the technology<br>and tools to help each person be productive in both their work and<br>personal lives.” said Rob Sinclair, Chief Accessibility Officer for<br>Microsoft.<br><br>Eligible customers, using Microsoft Office 2010 or higher, will be<br>able to download a full version of Window-Eyes starting today at<br>www.WindowEyesForOffice.com. The website provides download<br>instructions as well as additional details about this offer.<br><br>GW Micro, Inc. (www.gwmicro.com) has been a trusted pioneer in the<br>adaptive technology industry since 1990, and continues to lead with<br>innovative, customer<br><br>-- <br>Marianne Denning, TVI,
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