[accessibleimage] Extreme Makeover Home Edition

Thought this would be of interest to some, forwarding from Alternative
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Best,
Lisa



(St. Petersburg, Florida, April 26, 2005) * 

Be sure to tune in for a special two-hour broadcast of Extreme Makeover
Home Edition this Sunday, May 1, from 7 PM to 9 PM EDT, featuring an
accessible home for a blind Florida resident. 


The highly-rated ABC TV series focuses on the construction of the house
for Jamie Dolan, a St. Petersburg resident who was blinded in a November
24 shooting. Several companies, including Freedom Scientific, contributed
products, time, and labor to the community-wide effort. Freedom Scientific
contributed JAWS®, the SARA* Scanning and Reading Appliance, a PAC Mate*
QX440, the StreetTalk* accessible GPS, and the FSReader DAISY player for
both PAC Mate and Desktop. 



Because of public interest and the broad content of this show, ABC has
extended the usual one-hour broadcast to two hours. The national broadcast
will be preceded at 6 PM EDT by a one-hour pre-show, aired only in the
Tampa Bay area by the local ABC affiliate. The pre-show will spotlight the
local volunteers and companies that contributed to the home. 



After the May 1 air date, clips from the series and product information
can be viewed on the Extreme Makeover Home Edition Web site.  Freedom
Scientific's participation is highlighted in an article on the ABC Action
News Tampa Bay Web site. 



On Monday, May 2 at 8 PM EDT, the Dolan home again will be featured on the
one-hour ABC series, How'd They Do That? The broadcast will go behind the
scenes to show more about building the home's accessible features. 

Lisa Yayla
Huseby Kompetansesenter 
Oslo Norway
lisa.yayla@xxxxxxxxxx

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