I am sure you have all read the press release announcing the fantastic
news of Ai Squared and GW Micro merging into one single company, Ai
Squared. We have been getting several emails and tweets asking for more
details so I thought I would try to answer the best I can.
To me this merger is a natural fit. Ai Squared, like GW Micro, has a
fantastic reputation in the assistive technology field for not only
great products, solutions, technical support but also about caring for
their customers. These ideals are the foundation of GW Micro and were
drop-dead requirements for any merger considerations. We have partnered
with Ai Squared in the past and got Window-Eyes to work well with
ZoomText but we wanted to go much further. By combining our talents
into one company we can provide the total solution from low vision to
total blindness. Although the individual products, ZoomText and
Window-Eyes, cover a different customer base as sold today, there is an
enormous amount of synergy in the development process of the products.
By combining our engineering talents we no longer have to both develop
core accessibility components separately. We can combine our talents to
create stronger, more innovative products in a more timely manor. Now
obviously this isn't a switch we just flip, it will take time to fully
integrate and meld into the ideal single entity but the potential is so
existing to me personally and hopefully viewed by our existing customer
base and our future base.
I want to be perfectly clear that all GW Micro employees are continuing
on with the existing Ai Squared team. I will personally continue
overseeing the entire development process of Window-Eyes as the Vice
President, Engineering, Screen reading. Dan Weirich will be continuing
as Vice President, Business Development, Screen Reading. We are
committed to the continued development of Window-Eyes and all that goes
with that.
I truly believe this merger will give us added abilities not possible as
stand alone companies. I hope this puts to rest any concerns you may
have with the ongoing development of Window-Eyes. I have the utmost
respect for Ai Squared from Dave Wu (President and CEO) to all their
employees and look forward to working with all them.
In final thoughts I'm reminded of a quote from Napoleon Hill, "Whatever
the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."
Regards,
Doug
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