[techdivision] Fw: Trade in HumanWare Notetakers for PAC Mates
- From: "Katey Glass" <kateyglass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Tech" <techdivision@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:46:40 -0400
Interesting...
Katey
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From: Freedom Scientific News
To: kateyglass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 7:09 PM
Subject: Trade in HumanWare Notetakers for PAC Mates
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sales Contact: Charlie Madsen, Inside Sales
Media Contact: Brad Davis
Blind/Low Vision Group
800-444-4443 or 727-803-8000
www.FreedomScientific.com
Trade in HumanWare Notetakers with Freedom Scientific's Open Plan
Trade in any proprietary HumanWare notetaker and get the features you want
today with Freedom Scientific's PAC Mate.
(St. Petersburg, Florida, September 15, 2006) - Freedom Scientific's Open Plan,
announced today, will help blind users of VoiceNote, BrailleNote, mPower, and
BrailleNote PK notetakers upgrade to an open platform that uses the familiar
Windows interface and runs mainstream applications.
For the remainder of 2006, users in the United States and Canada can trade in
one of the aforementioned HumanWare products and save more than 70 percent on a
PAC MateT Accessible Pocket PC. Models with 20 or 40 cells of refreshable
braille will be discounted 60 percent. Purchase prices after trade-in are:
a.. PAC Mate BX400 and QX400 speech-only units: $700
b.. PAC Mate BX420 and QX420 20-cell braille units: $1,500
c.. PAC Mate BX440 and QX440 40-cell braille units: $2,250
The Open Plan is especially attractive to 18-cell BrailleNote Classic users
thinking about transplanting their braille cells to an mPower. Transplanting to
an mPower leaves you with the same amount of old cells, but trading in the old
unit for one of the PAC Mate's 440 models gets you 40 new cells. That's 22
extra new cells for the price of a transplant!
If you want to save some cash, instead of upgrading your old 18-cell HumanWare
unit, trade it in for a PAC Mate 420 model, and get two extra cells and all the
benefits of the open platform for $700 less.
The Open Plan also gives VoiceNote users, who are excluded from the HumanWare
Transplant Program, an inexpensive braille upgrade option.
Those taking advantage of the Open Plan will be able to choose from more
onboard applications, read from more braille cells, and access mainstream
applications and peripherals. Students learn the Windows operating system as
they use the PAC Mate, knowledge they will draw from for the rest of their
lives.
PAC Mate users can communicate via MSN and AOL instant messaging, synchronize
with Microsoft Outlook's e-mail inbox, tasks, and notes, balance their
checkbook, and manage spreadsheets. BrailleNote owners are still waiting to get
in touch with those features. While they wait, PAC Mate users are working with
a host of other features BrailleNote doesn't have. Features like bar code
scanners that identify and describe many common household items, support for
all Word documents, Skype Internet telephony, reference materials like
encyclopedias and recipe databases, virtual private network access, and support
for a broad range of network cards and other peripherals.
"Since I became a PAC Mate user, I've used numerous exciting features that the
closed nature of the BrailleNote prevented me from being able to deliver to
customers when I managed that product," said Jonathan Mosen, formerly of
HumanWare, now Vice President of Blindness Hardware Product Management at
Freedom Scientific's Blind/Low Vision Group. "My PAC Mate has become an
essential tool for me. Not only am I more productive on the job because of
features like the full synchronization and VPN support, but it's my accessible
remote control for all our appliances that use a remote."
Mosen also said he likes how the PAC Mate gives him such a vast selection of
entertainment options and supports all common streaming media formats.
"A closed platform can't possibly keep up with all of the innovation being
unleashed by Microsoft and the many third party developers that write software
for Pocket PC devices. I have no doubt that once BrailleNote and VoiceNote
users get their hands on a PAC Mate, they'll be amazed at the world of
possibilities on offer," Mosen said. "I can even do high quality audio
recordings on it!"
Find out more about the PAC Mate by visiting the Freedom Scientific Web site.
Send an e-mail to openplan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx if you have questions or wish
to take advantage of the Open Plan.
This program cannot be combined with any other discounts. The trade-in units
must be in good working condition, as determined by Freedom Scientific. Freedom
Scientific reserves the right to refuse any trade-in or to change or cancel any
aspect of this program at any time at its sole discretion.
About Freedom Scientific
Freedom Scientific is the world's leading manufacturer of assistive technology
products for those who are blind and vision impaired and products for the
special education and learning disability markets.
Freedom Scientific® and PAC MateT are either trademarks or registered
trademarks in the United States and/or other countries. The names of companies
and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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