[accessibleimage] ViewPlus and Chameleon

Hi,
Interesting news about ViewPlus. Hope to hear more about
Chameleon.
Link to article (very long link, will try to send a shorter
version)

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040609005428&newsLang=en

Best regards,
Lisa
                                                                                
                                                          
   ViewPlus to Incorporate Text-To-Speech Technology from
Wizzard Software in New Chameleon Product Line 

   PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2004--Wizzard
Software (OTCBB:WIZD) announced today that its
text-to-speech technology offering has been selected by
ViewPlus for
   inclusion in their new Chameleon product line. Chameleon
offers a way for the visually impaired to interact directly
with graphical information using a proprietary touch pad and
software.
   Instead of requiring sighted assistants to alter
information and images to accommodate Braille labeling,
visually impaired computer users can simply "print" an image
and using
   Chameleon, touch areas of the graphic and while feeling
the "visual" information, have text and other
characteristics read out-loud through computer generated
speech. 
   The end users of ViewPlus products are mainly blind
students in the K-12 and College/University level but the
Company also serves a growing population of corporate and
government
   clients with visually impaired employees. There are
approximately 93,600 visually impaired or blind students and
at least 1.5 million blind and visually impaired Americans
using
   computers today. 
   What drew ViewPlus to Wizzard Software was Wizzard's
ability to provide best-in-class synthetic voice technology
and cater to their special needs. "Unlike larger speech
vendors,
   Wizzard is able to adapt their offerings to a niche
market like that of the visually impaired," said Dr.
Gardner. "Because of Wizzard's dedication to customer
service, our customers
   won't have to sacrifice quality simply because they are
part of the accessibility market." 
   Professor John Gardner, a blind physicist from Oregon
State University, set out to found ViewPlus eight years ago
in Corvallis, OR. After a dramatic turn of events left Dr.
Gardner blind
   in mid-career, he was presented with a challenge:
comfortably retire or develop the technology necessary to
remain a prominent fixture of the academic community. With
his naturally
   positive spirit and inquisitive mind, Dr. Gardner chose
the latter, and ViewPlus was born. Dr. Gardner's research
and development ranges from innovative hardware and software
to
   revolutionary new ways of using Braille for math and
science access. In the five years ViewPlus has offered
commercial products, it has doubled sales every year - going
from a
   basement lab at Oregon State University to a 30+ employee
corporation serving customers worldwide. 
   Although ViewPlus distributes a myriad of software and
hardware products like the Tiger Software Suite and the
world's only Accessible Graphing Calculator, Dr. Gardner's
premier
   hardware development is the ViewPlus embosser series.
What makes the ViewPlus embossers series like no other
braille printer in the world is they are all Powered by
Tiger,
   ViewPlus' proprietary embosser technology. This allows
ViewPlus embossers to interact with Windows software just
like ink printers - creating a perfect tactile copy of
exactly the
   same information - text, graphics, charts, etc. - just
like an ink printer. The embossers even use different dot
heights as colors get darker or lighter, just like an ink
printer would use
   more or less ink. ViewPlus offers the only embossers with
this seamless compatibility with mainstream Windows
software. For more information on ViewPlus, Chameleon or
Tiger
   Software Suite please visit www.viewplus.com. 
   About Wizzard Software 
   Founded in 1996, Wizzard Software has become a leader in
the speech technology application development market.
Wizzard architects solutions to business problems using its
    expertise in consulting, speech development tools and
building speech based applications for the Desktop and
Internet. Wizzard has achieved global recognition because of
its
   expertise with voice communication whether it is via PC
or telephone. Wizzard's successes have lead to expanding
opportunities in both the government and commercial sectors.
More
   information can be found in Wizzard's Investor's Corner
www.wizzardsoftware.com . 
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   Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:
"Forward-looking Statements" as defined in the Private
Securities litigation Reform Act of 1995 may be included in
this news
   release. These statements relate to future events or our
future financial performance. These statements are only
predictions and may differ materially from actual future
results or
   events. We disclaim any intention or obligation to revise
any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new
information, future developments or otherwise. There are
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   risk factors that could cause actual results to differ
from those contained in forward-looking statements,
including, but not limited to risks associated with changes
in general economic
   and business conditions, actions of our competitors, the
extent to which we are able to develop new services and
markets for our services, the time and expense involved in
such
   development activities, the level of demand and market
acceptance of our services, changes in our business
strategies and acts of terror against the United States.

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