[rehab] Adaptive Voice Announces CDesk for Books

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

AdaptiveVoice Announces Release of CDesk for Media at the California 
Council of the Blind fall conference in La Jolla, Ca.

La Jolla, CA  October 28, 2010
The software firm, AdaptiveVoice, announced today that they will 
release a new product addition to the existing CDesk software product 
line. The new product named CDesk For Media, is designed to allow low 
vision and blind clients to easily download books and periodicals 
from the National Library Service, BARD system in THREE SIMPLE STEPS.

The current BARD system requires a client to be fluent with screen 
reader such as JAWS in order to download a book. The current process 
with JAWS is reported to contain 23 distinct steps that require, in 
addition to knowledge in using of the screen reader, several 
complicated Windows procedures involving copying of files, creating 
directory structures and uncompressing data files. With CDesk For 
Media, the client can locate and download their chosen book in THREE 
SIMPLE STEPS.

1)       Enter the book title or author
2)       Choose from the vocalized results list
3)       Press ALT + G to start the download process

The CDesk For Media software will login into BARD, find the books or 
content, download the content, and decompress the downloaded content 
onto your USB storage drive or Victor Reader device.
It's quick and simple.

The CDesk for Media software utilizes high contrast screen, user 
controlled magnification, simplistic keyboard shortcuts and is fully 
speech enabled.

The full retail price for CDesk For Media is $39. The software is 
available for purchase on the website at 
http://www.cdeskforbooks.com/. A fully functional 15 day 
demonstration version may be downloaded at 
http://www.cdeskforbooks.com/.  Online videos with fully descriptive 
audio are available on the website.
During the California Council of the Blind convention, AdaptiveVoice 
will offer all AdaptiveVoice products at a 15% discount.

A comprehensive description of AdaptiveVoice's flagship product 
CDesk, along with thorough audio and video descriptions of the 
software is available at  A fully functional trial of the CDesk 
software may be downloaded, free of charge, from http://www.adaptivevoice.com/.

About Adaptive Voice
When Randyce Wechter, a successful owner of a wholesale bakery 
company, was diagnosed with optic neuritis, and lost sight in both of 
her eyes over the course of two years, it had a devastating impact on 
her and her family. In that time of need, Randyce was welcomed into 
the blind community with open arms and mountains of support. In 
attempting to regain productivity in a computerized world, Randyce 
tried many options on the market to do her basic, everyday computer 
functions, and found that many were either too complicated, too 
expensive, or both. She and her husband Michael - a respected 
computer developer and programmer for 30 years - decided there had to 
be a better way, and they also found that their opinion was shared by 
many who had been suffering in silence.
That was 10 years ago.

Since that time, Randyce miraculously regained some of her sight back 
- but that didn't stop the idea and the development of the CDesk 
program. Randyce and Michael decided that this was their opportunity 
to give back to the community that helped them, gave them support and 
friendship when they needed it most. Over the past year, with the 
help of many of their friends in the low vision community, CDesk is 
now ready to help others regain the ability to be a part of the 
computer world, much as it did Randyce's life. CDesk allows a person 
to do most of the simple everyday tasks that we all do at our 
computers, and do it simply, intuitively, and at a price that makes 
sense. Additionally, every sale of CDesk results in a donation back 
to the low-vision community to keep the resources flowing to those 
who need it most.

Contact information:
Randyce Wechter
President
Email: info at adaptivevoice.com
Website: http://www.adaptivevoice.com/
Phone: (949) 436-7760