Mobile products make their debut at CSUN
Greater independence for visually impaired persons on the move with innovative new accessibility software for cell phones and PDAs
19th Mar, 2007
At the CSUN Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference this year we shall be demonstrating our innovative new suite of assistive technology products designed to transform the lives of people with limited or no eyesight while at work or at leisure.
Our three new and upgraded mobile products will make their debut:
- Smart Hal is a new software product which speaks aloud the contents of a cell phone screen. It allows a visually impaired person to make full use of the features and functionality, such as cameras and email, that are found on the latest handsets. Read more about Smart Hal.
- Pocket Hal screen-reader offers full access to the Windows Mobile solutions on a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) such as Internet Explorer, Office and Messenger. It means that visually impaired workers can use a mainstream Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) of their choice, along with a Bluetooth keyboard and headset, and enjoy exactly the same technology as sighted colleagues. Read more about Pocket Hal.
- Dolphin Pen recognizes that many Americans hot-desk from PC to PC. Instead of visually impaired persons having to struggle every time they change computer, they can use this liberating, lightweight thumb drive in their pocket to unlock the potential of any PC anywhere by installing their favorite Dolphin speech, magnification or Braille software with full settings in tact. Read more about the Dolphin Pen.
Ron Stewart, Dolphin's VP of Operations, said: "Dolphin's suite of mobility products, which give you full accessibility to technology anywhere, offers freedom and independence to blind and partially sighted persons on the move. It takes us very close to our goal of ensuring that our customers are able to enjoy the same kind of mobility as other American workers."
Shannon Cary, a visually impaired PR account manager at Waggener Edstrom in New York which supports promotes the promotion of Microsoft's products worldwide, comments: "I've been using the Hal product range since 2000 as it was the first screen reader to work well with MS Windows 2000 Pro operating system and because in my opinion it is the best quality screen reader software available. Dolphin are really good about getting updated products out in conjunction with new OS and application releases from Microsoft, which is important in workplaces like mine where we are early adopters of new technology."
See us at CSUN 2007 in Los Angeles on March 19-24 demonstrating the new products at Booth 317-318.
