[msb-alumni] Re: Fwd: [Nfbnet-master-list] KNFB Reader iPhone app announcement
- From: Karen Carter <kcmm54@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 00:19:19 -0400
I agree Mac
Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 30, 2014, at 11:11, Richard McKinley <mcfurbie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I'd heard there won't be a demo of the app. I'm hoping this isn't true. If
> the app is priced at $99.00 then I'd like to try it before buying it. Guess
> we'll see.
>
>> On Aug 30, 2014, at 12:18 AM, Terry Posont <terryt52@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> From: James Gashel via Nfbnet-master-list <nfbnet-master-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: August 29, 2014 at 3:01:44 PM CDT
>>> To: nfbnet-master-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [Nfbnet-master-list] KNFB Reader iPhone app announcement
>>> Reply-To: James Gashel <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>> CONTACT:
>>> Hai Nguyen Ly
>>> K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
>>> hai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> Announcing KNFB Reader for iOS Release Plan
>>>
>>> Waltham, MA (August 29, 2014): Responding to worldwide inquiries, K-NFB
>>> Reading Technology and Sensotec have announced today that the release of the
>>> KNFB Reader iPhone app is being scheduled to coordinate with Apple's upgrade
>>> to its new iOS 8 operating system, expected to occur on or about September
>>> 10, 2014.
>>>
>>> Commenting on this decision, K-NFB's Vice President of Business Development,
>>> James Gashel said: "All of us at K-NFB and Sensotec are truly gratified with
>>> the worldwide interest expressed in the KNFB Reader iOS app. The app has
>>> been built for use with iPhone 5 or above, and running iOS 7 or higher. Our
>>> plan to coordinate its release with iOS 8 will best assure that the app
>>> works as intended for all users without any interruption or possible need to
>>> uninstall and upgrade due to Apple's newest operating system release."
>>>
>>> The KNFB Reader iOS app was first announced and demonstrated during the 2014
>>> convention of the National Federation of the Blind in the United States.
>>> Since that time excitement about the life-changing potential of this app has
>>> been building as word of its release has spread around the world. Designed
>>> to be fast, accurate, and efficient, the KNFB Reader iPhone app allows
>>> anyone to snap a picture of printed text, in several languages, and quickly
>>> have the words read aloud. The first release will initially support read
>>> aloud in 11 languages, with more to come. The app has been designed to
>>> particularly benefit blind, visually impaired, and print disabled users.
>>>
>>> Documents can be saved, stored, and shared with others as well. More
>>> information about the KNFB Reader for iOS app is available at
>>> http://www.knfbreader.com, with links to video and audio presentations,
>>> description of features, and more. Please visit the website for progress
>>> announcements as the days tick down to release of both iOS 8 and the KNFB
>>> Reader iOS app, and sign up for our email notifications as well.
>>>
>>> ###
>>>
>>> About K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
>>>
>>> Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc. is a joint
>>> venture between Kurzweil Technologies, founded by Ray Kurzweil, a forty-year
>>> innovator and pioneer in assistive technologies and the inventor of the
>>> first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind; and the National
>>> Federation of the Blind, the largest, most influential membership
>>> organization of blind people in the United States. The company is known
>>> worldwide having launched the world's first hand-held text to speech reader
>>> in 2006 followed in 2008 by release of the world's first reading
>>> technology-the popular knfbReader Mobile software running on a cell phone.
>>> The company's latest product, the KNFB Reader iPhone app will be released in
>>> late summer 2014 and made available for purchase and download from Apple's
>>> App Stores throughout the world.
>>> About our development partner, Sensotec
>>> Located in Jabbeke, Belgium, Sensotec was founded in 1986 as a company
>>> active in the development of aids for visually impaired persons, assisting
>>> them so that their integration into society is not just a fanciful notion
>>> but to actually make it happen at home, at work or in education. Sensotec
>>> currently is a leading company for the manufacturing and distribution of
>>> assistive technologies for the visually and reading impaired. It's main
>>> products include the Reporter Smart Reading machine, the EuroSoft braille
>>> notetaker software, the localized versions of Kurzweil 1000 and Kurzweil
>>> 3000 software, Kurzweil 3000 Mobile, WoDy, Daisy apps... and the KNFB Reader
>>> App for iOS which is developed in collaboration with K-NFB Reading
>>> Technology, Inc.
>>> www.sensotec.be
>>>
>>>
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