Hi Alex, More details will be made available soon. The BrailleNote will not need to be sent off anywhere for the new AudioPlus support to be added. Regards,
Matthew Janusauskas Technical Support and Training Manager HumanWare USA Inc. 656 N Kennedy Drive Kankakee IL 60901 Phone: 800-722-3393 Ext. 204 Fax: 815-939-3194 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://www.humanware.com <http://www.humanware.com/> ________________________________ From: Alex Parks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:Alex Parks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 4:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AUDIOPLUS® BOOKS Matthew: Any word on exactly how the BNs will do this--will we need to send the unit anywhere? Have a great day, Alex > ----- Original Message ----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [email protected],[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date sent: Tue, 29 May 2007 12:10:18 -0500 >Subject: [Braillenote] RECORDING FOR THE BLIND & DYSLEXIC AND HUMANWARE SUPPORT NEW PORTABLE PLAYERS FOR AUDIOPLUS® BOOKS >RECORDING FOR THE BLIND & DYSLEXIC® (RFB&D®) AND HUMANWARE SUPPORT NEW >PORTABLE PLAYERS FOR >AUDIOPLUS® BOOKS >Version française disponible à : >http://www.humanware.ca/web/fr/NewsGetFile.asp?file=20070523.html >Princeton, New Jersey and Longueuil, Quebec, May 23, 2007 >Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic® (RFB&D®), America's educational library >of recorded textbooks for people unable to read print due to a visual or >perceptual disability, and HumanWare, the leader in assistive technology >for vision, are pleased to announce that the HumanWare family of >BrailleNote mPower, PK and Maestro accessible PDA's will have the ability >to play AudioPlus recorded books from RFB&D as of early June 2007. >HumanWare Canada has long been a supplier of the Victor Reader Family of >digital audio book players to RFB&D's members, all of whom have print >disabilities. When played on the HumanWare Victor Reader digital players, >AudioPlus recorded books can be navigated much like a print book, allowing >the reader to move from chapter to chapter, section to section or jump >directly to any page. >"RFB&D's AudioPlus books are an essential learning tool for students and an >important information source for professionals," says Stephanie Turner, >RFB&D Product Manager of Market & Product Initiatives. "With Victor Reader >audiobook players, and now the addition of the HumanWare portable PDA >products, our members have an even wider variety of tools they can use to >access our books." >"Since 2001, Victor Reader CD-based talking book players have benefited >RFB&D members with an enhanced reading experience for the special navigable >AudioPlus books," says Gerry Chevalier, Victor Reader Product Manager at >HumanWare. "We are excited to now have the Victor Reader technology >available on our mPower, PK, and Maestro PDA products so these already >highly functional devices can now also be used to listen to RFB&D's books." >With the recent addition of tools such as the Oxford Concise Dictionary and >the Nemeth tutorial, the BrailleNote mPower has become the braille >notetaker of choice in the educational market. The Maestro PDA, in addition >to its accessible suite of Windows PDA applications, also hosts the very >popular Trekker GPS navigation tool to help people who are blind navigate >independently in their everyday travels. >RFB&D will provide and support the UAK (User Authorization Key) to enable >playback of AudioPlus books. Users will be required to purchase the >BrailleNote or Maestro devices directly from HumanWare or through an >authorized dealer. >About RFB&D >RFB&D serves more than 146,000 students from kindergarten through graduate >school and beyond with its one-of-a-kind collection of digitally recorded >educational titles. RFB&D's AudioPlus textbooks on CD provide unprecedented >navigation, ease of use and proven effectiveness as learning tools for >students with print disabilities. Students rely on RFB&D's unique >accommodation to access the printed page and to achieve educational >success. All of RFB&D's accessible titles are recorded by more than 7,000 >volunteers working in 29 RFB&D recording studios nationwide. >About HumanWare >HumanWare (www.humanware.com) is the global leader in assistive >technologies for vision, including products for the blind and visually >impaired. HumanWare's products include BrailleNote, the leading >productivity device for blind people in education, in business and in their >personal lives; the Victor Reader product line, the world's leading digital >talking book players; and myReader2, the new version of HumanWare's unique >"auto-reader" for people with low vision. >For further information: >RFB&D >Mark Zustovich >tél. : (609) 520-7993 >email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Web : www.rfbd.org >HumanWare Canada >Nicolas Lagace >tel.: (450) 463-1717 >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Web: www.humanware.com >Matthew Janusauskas >Technical Support and Training Manager >HumanWare USA Inc. >656 N Kennedy Drive >Kankakee IL 60901 >Phone: 800-722-3393 Ext. 204 >Fax: 815-939-3194 >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Internet: http://www.humanware.com >___ >Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >copy to the list as well. >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. 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