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Category Archives: accessibility news
GW Micro Continues the Celebration with another Special Giveaway!
GW Micro has come a long way since its humble beginning. Starting with just Dan and Doug, the company has exploded into a global business that has continued to pioneer software and hardware technologies for people who are blind or … Continue reading
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Window-Eyes 7.2 beta 1 is released!
GW Micro is proud to announce the release of Window-Eyes 7.2 Beta 1. Continuing on the success of previous versions, Window-Eyes 7.2 Beta 1 provides support for the latest applications, such as Office 2010 (soon to be released), and the … Continue reading
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GW Micro Celebrates 20 Years of Excellence with Special Giveaway!
Today is a very exciting and very important day in the field of assistive technology. It was exactly twenty years ago today that Dan Weirich and Doug Geoffray came together to form GW Micro. From the beginning, GW Micro started … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, braille note taking, DecTalk, GW Micro, screen reading, sounding board, Vocal-Eyes, Window-Eyes
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Oracle database can be hacked remotely: researcher | Reuters
Oracle database can be hacked remotely: researcher | Reuters. I wouldn’t blame oracle for all of this. Any software could have this type of a flaw. Oracle, since you’re being talked about here, how about fixing your software, and if … Continue reading
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BookSense Now Supports RFB&D
GW Micro is proud to announce that the BookSense officially supports Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D). RFB&DAr is the leading accessible audio book library for students with disabilities such as visual impairment or dyslexia. BookSense customers can now … Continue reading
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GW Micro announces book sense firmware 2.0 on December 21, 2009
This announcement is pulled from the GW Announcement list. GW Micro is pleased to announce the release of the BookSense 2.0 firmware! This is a free upgrade for all BookSense customers. We have been listening to your requests, and there … Continue reading
Blind Bargains: Freedom Scientific Sues Enhanced Vision for Trademark Infringement, We’ve Got the Full Complaint
Blind Bargains: Freedom Scientific Sues Enhanced Vision for Trademark Infringement, We’ve Got the Full Complaint. Here we go again. I didn’t read all of this, but does Freedom Scientific hae anything else to do? Someone commented on Twitter that we … Continue reading
abledbody: news, insights and reviews on disability and assistive technology » Blind Readers Blast Intel’s “Ghetto” Text-to-Speech Device
abledbody: news, insights and reviews on disability and assistive technology » Blind Readers Blast Intel’s “Ghetto” Text-to-Speech Device. OK, add me to this list. Look at this article. I might just talk about this on my up coming podcast. Comments?
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GW Micro offering phone training
Sorry I’m late on this, This was posted September 11 of this year to the news list. GW Micro is thrilled to announce new training opportunities to Window-Eyes customers. We have received many requests for training, and GW Micro is … Continue reading
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Braille Sense Plus QWERTY Now Shipping!
This was sent to me on July 2nd, 2009. Sorry its so late. Its still useful, even though the convensions are since past. “GW Micro is proud to announce the release of the Braille Sense Plus QWERTY – a full … Continue reading
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