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Subject: HUMANWARE AND 
READHOWYOUWANT JOIN FORCES TO 
BRING BOOKS TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED 
READERS


> HUMANWARE AND READHOWYOUWANT 
> JOIN FORCES TO BRING BOOKS TO 
> VISUALLY
> IMPAIRED READERS
>
> [This announcement is displayed 
> in text only for accessibility 
> with
> Braille Notetakers. A web 
> version is available at:
>
http://www.humanware.com/en-canada/about_us/press_releases/2009_press_releas
es/humanware_and_readhowyouwant_join_forces
> ]
>
> Longueuil, Quebec, March 10, 
> 2009 -- HumanWare, the leader in
> assistive technologies for 
> people with print disability, 
> and digital
> publishing innovator 
> ReadHowYouWant are partnering to 
> help visually
> impaired readers discover the 
> book reading device, and the 
> format
> that's right for their reading 
> needs.
>
> ReadHowYouWant offers thousands 
> of books in accessible formats,
> including 24 pt. large print, 
> braille, and DAISY files at
> http://www.readhowyouwant.com
> . HumanWare provides playback 
> devices for readers who are 
> blind or
> have low vision to use with 
> braille and DAISY files at
> http://www.humanware.com
> . "From the moment it appeared 
> on the market, the Victor Reader
> Stream has proven itself to be 
> the greatest portable DAISY book
> reading device ever. Today we 
> are proud to team up with Read 
> How You
> Want. We invite all readers to 
> take a look at the selection of 
> books
> they have to offer. Reading 
> should always be an enjoyable 
> experience.
> We hope that our customers will 
> regularly visit our new website 
> where
> they will be able to check out 
> new DAISY book releases. Pass 
> the word
> around!" says HumanWare CEO 
> Gilles Pepin.
>
> Beginning in April, readers will 
> be able to go to the HumanWare
> website to download free, first 
> chapters of 20 bestselling
> ReadHowYouWant titles each month 
> as part of the "Free Chapter 
> Download
> Program." The free, first 
> chapters come from popular books 
> from a
> variety of well-known publishers 
> of adult and young adult books,
> including Wiley, Random House 
> Australia, Murdoch Books, and 
> Weekly
> Reader. The first month's 
> selected titles will include 
> such best
> sellers as, The Power of Now by 
> Eckhart Tolle (New World 
> Library),
> "Praise Song for the Day," the 
> inauguration poem by Elizabeth
> Alexander (Graywolf Press), and 
> Leadership and Self-Deception by 
> the
> Arbinger Institute 
> (Berrett-Kohler), as well as 
> children's and young
> adult titles to include, How to 
> Take the GRRRR Out of Anger by
> Marjorie Lisovskis and Elizabeth 
> Verdick (Free Spirit 
> Publishing), and
> Extreme Habitats: Mountain 
> Survival by Susie Hodge (Weekly 
> Reader).
> After enjoying the complimentary 
> first chapter, readers may visit
> ReadHowYouWant's website at 
> http://www.readhowyouwant.com
> to purchase the entire file.
>
> ReadHowYouWant will be demoing 
> HumanWare's devices at book 
> industry
> events such as the Frankfurt 
> Book Fair, the London Book Fair, 
> and Book
> Expo America. Similarly, 
> HumanWare will present braille 
> and DAISY
> files from ReadHowYouWant's 
> collection on their players at 
> technology
> industry shows, including CSUN 
> and ATIA (Assistive Technologies
> Industry Association) 
> conferences.
>
> ReadHowYouWant produces Grade 2 
> contracted braille files, and 
> has
> developed a house style that 
> supports automated transcription 
> while
> maintaining accuracy. These 
> files may be read with a 
> refreshable
> electronic braille display such 
> as the Humanware Braillenote or
> Brailliant or embossed to make 
> traditional braille books. Words 
> are
> not split at line ends to make 
> reading easier, particularly for 
> newer
> braille readers.
>
> About HumanWare
>
> HumanWare is the global leader 
> in assistive technologies for 
> vision,
> including products for the blind 
> and visually impaired. 
> HumanWare's
> products include BrailleNote, 
> the leading productivity device 
> for
> blind people in education, in 
> business and in their personal 
> lives;
> the Victor Reader product line, 
> the world's leading digital 
> talking
> book players; and myReader2, the 
> new version of HumanWare's 
> unique
> "auto-reader" for people with 
> low vision. For more information 
> visit
> http://www.humanware.com
>
> About ReadHowYouWant
>
> ReadHowYouWant Pty Ltd and its 
> R&D parent company, Accessible
> Publishing Systems Pty Ltd are 
> both Sydney, Australia-based 
> privately
> held companies founded in 2004 
> by electronic publishing 
> pioneers
> Christopher Stephen and Greg 
> Duncan. When Chris's sister, who 
> suffers
> from MS, developed difficulty 
> reading, they began 
> experimenting to
> determine whether people with 
> reading difficulties could 
> benefit from
> changing the text format.
>
> After more than four years of 
> testing, ReadHowYouWant has
> successfully developed 
> award-winning conversion 
> technology that
> reformats existing books into 
> the widest selection of 
> on-demand,
> alternative format editions on 
> the market today. Each edition 
> has been
> optimized for maximum 
> readability. The company's goals 
> are to make
> reading easier and more 
> enjoyable by delivering formats 
> that suit the
> reader and to give people with 
> reading difficulties access to 
> books in
> the formats of their choice-at 
> an affordable price, and as soon 
> as the
> book is published. For more 
> information visit
> http://www.readhowyouwant.com
> .
>
> Contact:
>
> Bradi Grebien-Samkow: 
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>
> 503-922-0778
>
> Contact:
>
> Julien Larose: 
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>
> 888-723-7273 x357
>
>
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