[Trainer-talk] {Disarmed} FW: New HumanWare iPhone app will get deaf-blind and sighted people talking

[Angela Griffith]

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From: HumanWare [mailto:marcom at humanware.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:59 AM
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Subject: New HumanWare iPhone app will get deaf-blind and sighted people
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New HumanWare iPhone app will get deaf-blind and sighted people talking


Montreal, July 12, 2012 - HumanWare, in partnership with Institut Nazareth
et Louis-Braille (INLB), has unveiled the HumanWare Communicator, the first
multilingual face-to-face conversation app for deaf-blind people. This
unique app will help deaf-blind individuals communicate on an everyday basis
by connecting a HumanWare Braille device (BrailleNote
<http://visit.humanware.com/e/3332/braillenote/2bd31f/461650752> Apex or
Brailliant <http://visit.humanware.com/e/3332/brailliant/2bd31r/461650752> )
with an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. 



Now a deaf-blind person can use Bluetooth connectivity to pair their
HumanWare Braille device to an iPhone, iPod, or iPad. In the absence of an
interpreter, the HumanWare Communicator app then facilitates a conversation.
The deaf-blind person converses through the Braille device and hands his or
her tethered Apple device to the sighted person who uses the touch screen
keyboard to respond. The face-to-face conversation appears in real time on
both the refreshable Braille display and the iOS devices' screen.

 image showing a deaf-blind person chating with a sighted person using
HumanWare Communicator
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HumanWare is the leader in digital communication for deaf-blind people,
introducing DBC, the first portable face-to-face chat solution in 2008. The
system combined the simplicity and portability of the popular BrailleNote
with a companion visual interface running on a cell phone. For the first
time, a deaf-blind person had portability and independence when having a
face-to-face conversation, and since a familiar cell phone keyboard was
used, the sighted individual had a very small learning curve to engage in a
conversation.

"With the popularity and inclusion of assistive technology features in
Apple's iOS devices, HumanWare has received a high demand to bring the
face-to-face concept of the popular Deaf-Blind Communicator to the popular
Apple devices. "The HumanWare Communicator app breaks everyday face to face
communication down to its simplest form and will get everyone talking," says
Greg Stilson, HumanWare product manager. 

In 2000, HumanWare introduced the first BrailleNote. In 2005, the
BrailleNote mPower was launched bringing USB connectivity and increased
speed and efficiency to this range of productivity tools. Launched in
December of 2009, the BrailleNote Apex, with a completely redesigned look,
while maintaining the successful ergonomic design of past BrailleNotes, saw
HumanWare pack the most powerful BrailleNote into the thinnest package
available. 

The HumanWare Communicator app will be available for standard download from
Apple's app store at the end of July 2012. This app marks a major step
forward in using mainstream technology to bring everyday communication to
the deaf-blind population. 

Find out more about HumanWare Deaf-Blind communication solutions at:
www.humanware.com/deafblind
<http://visit.humanware.com/e/3332/deafblind/2bd32f/461650752> 



About HumanWare


HumanWare (www.humanware.com
<http://visit.humanware.com/e/3332/2012-07-12/2bd2zr/461650752> ) is the
global leader in assistive technologies for the print disabled. HumanWare
provides products to people who are blind or have low vision, and students
with learning disabilities. HumanWare offers a collection of innovative
products, including BrailleNote, the leading productivity device for the
blind in education, business and for personal use; the Victor Reader product
line, the world's leading digital audiobook players; the SmartView family of
handheld and desktop electronic magnifiers; Trekker Breeze, the all-in-one
handheld talking GPS; and myReader2, HumanWare's unique "auto-reader." 

Please contact us for more information :


in U.S.A
P: 1 800 722-3393
info at humanware.com


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