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Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 1:43 PM
Subject: AccessWorld(R) Breaking News


An article from the upcoming November issue of AccessWorld (R), the
American Foundation for the Blind's technology magazine, is now available
on our web site. Follow the link below to read about the life and death of
a special person in the assistive technology field.

Driven to Succeed: a Tribute to DR RUSSELL SMITH
Deborah Kendrick
http://www.afb.org/afbpress/Pub.asp?DocID=aw060603&Special=39

From the Sonic Guide of 1976 to the BrailleNote mPower released in July
2005, many innovative devices aimed at assisting people who are blind or
visually impaired throughout the world resulted from the work of just one
man. We pay tribute to that man, Dr. Russell Smith,  founder and CEO of
Pulse Data, now HumanWare. On August 7, Dr Russell Smith and his wife,
Marian D'Eve, were killed in an airplane crash in New Zealand while
returning home from a weekend conference. Read about the life of this
passionate pioneer and leader of the assistive technology field.

Jay Leventhal
Editor in Chief


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