Fw: Freedom Scientific Announced PAC Mate 3.0 and JAWS 6.20 Features
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- Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:52:26 -0700
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Subject: Freedom Scientific Announced PAC Mate 3.0 and JAWS 6.20 Features
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sales Contact: Bryan Carver, Inside Sales Director
Media Contact: Brad Davis
Blind/Low Vision Group
800-444-4443 or 727-803-8000
www.FreedomScientific.com
Freedom Scientific Announces PAC Mate 3.0 and JAWS 6.20 - Featuring Remote
Access and Deaf-Blind Solutions
(St. Petersburg, Florida, June 24, 2005) - Freedom Scientific will release PAC
Mate 3.0 and JAWS 6.20 to coincide with this summer's NFB and ACB conventions,
which begin July 2, 2005. PAC Mate 3.0 is a major update for the PAC Mate BX
and QX series. When used in conjunction with the new JAWS 6.20, PAC Mate 3.0
enables the user to control a desktop PC remotely via ActiveSync.
"Using the new ActiveSync Remote PAC Mate feature, I can control my desktop
computer right from my PAC Mate over a wireless connection while I'm on the
patio," said Eric Damery, Vice President of Freedom Scientific. "PAC Mate users
are going to be thrilled with the ability to use their PAC Mate's keyboard,
synthesizer, and braille display to drive their favorite desktop applications
and manipulate documents stored on their computer."
PAC Mate 3.0 also includes new support for AOL® Instant MessengerT 2.0. Freedom
Scientific has ensured that all AIM® functions are accessible using braille
only. Now deaf-blind users have full access to AIM using a PAC Mate with a
braille display, including message review and management of the Buddy List.
This means that, with the telephone services for the deaf that Hamilton
Internet Protocol RelayT Services using AOL Instant Messenger can provide,
deaf-blind users can communicate to a standard telephone anywhere in the world,
using a PAC Mate with braille. AIM can be downloaded and installed on the PAC
Mate. Links to compatible versions can be found at www.pacmategear.com.
JAWS 6.20 also includes new capabilities for Freedom Scientific's Focus Braille
Displays. Focus users can now enter braille directly into their documents using
the Perkins-style keyboard incorporated in the display. Read about Focus
Braille Displays on the Freedom Scientific Web site.
JAWS 6.20 is a free update to users running JAWS 6.0 or 6.10. Visit the What's
New in JAWS 6.20 Web page for more information and to download JAWS 6.20.
PAC Mate 3.0 will be posted on the Freedom Scientific Web site by July 1, 2005.
Users with a current warranty or Annual Software Agreement (ASA) can download
the update at no charge. Otherwise, the update costs $115.
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®, JAWS®, and PAC MateT are either trademarks or registered
trademarks in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual
companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their
respective owners.
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