FYI:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Rueda" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 2:12 PM
Subject: AccessAbility and PDI


> Subject: AccessAbility and PDI
> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 09:54:52 -0800
> From: Chris Foster <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "Richard A. Rueda" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Hi Rich,
>
> Here's the press release that I was telling you about.  Be prepared to
> get
> two copies as I'll be sending it to the Hands list as well.  Later,
> Chris
>
> For Immediate Release
>
> March 22, 2001
>
> ACCESSABILITY, INC. AND PULSE DATA INTERNATIONAL BECOME PARTNERS
>
> New Zealand-based designer and manufacturer of high tech products for
> the
> visually impaired, Pulse Data International, has
> taken a major stake in AccessAbility, the San Francisco-based
> distributor
> of a wide range of products for the visually impaired.
>
> AccessAbility Inc has been the fastest growing distribution and training
> company in this industry in recent years and this
> partnership will further strengthen its market position.  Its offices in
> five locations serve visually impaired people in
> California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and
> Oklahoma. AccessAbility will distribute the full line
> of Pulse Data's products in each of these eight States.
>
> Pulse Data is the manufacturer of the SmartView range of video
> magnifiers
> (CCTVs) and the BrailleNote line of notetakers.
>
> The SmartView family includes a full range of black and white and colour
> CCTVs.  Its flagship product, the SmartView2 Xtra,
> is the only product in the industry to feature plug-n-play compatibility
> with high-resolution computer displays and fully
> automatic focussing.
>
> The BrailleNote is the market leader in portable notetakers for the
> blind
> and includes models with speech in combination with
> refreshable Braille displays and other lower cost models with
> synthesized
> speech only.  The BrailleNote is based on the Windows
> CE operating system and allows the direct interchange of documents in
> Microsoft Word format with other computers.  It has
> a built-in modem and full email capability.  HumanWare Inc of Loomis,
> California, is the master distributor for the BrailleNote
> in the USA.
>
> Dr. Russell Smith, Managing Director of Pulse Data International, sees
> the
> investment in AccessAbility as a further commitment
> to reach out to the US market.  "We have endeavoured to build the
> highest
> quality products possible for our customers.  Working
> together with AccessAbility will allow us to provide these products with
> a
> full range of supportive services such as training,
> job-site analysis and integration, local customer support and technical
> troubleshooting."
>
> According to AccessAbility, Inc. President Scott Duncan, "We would like
> to
> expand the reach of our company, and we believe
> this can be best accomplished through collaboration with other industry
> leaders.  Additionally, our relationship with Pulse
> Data provides us with reliable access to quality products, and gives
> AccessAbility input towards future product development."


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