Longueuil, January 6th, 2008  —  January 4th 2009 marked the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille.  Louis Braille is the inventor of the Braille reading and writing system used internationally by people who are blind and visually impaired.  It is the only method by which the blind can be truly literate.  Statistics show that 85% of employed blind people use Braille to perform part of their job. 

HumanWare has been at the forefront of providing award-winning Braille solutions for both students and professionals.  HumanWare's BrailleNote note takers are used by thousands of students and professionals who create and access documents and books to be read in Braille.  HumanWare offers other Braille solutions from the pocketsize BrailleConnect for use with mobile devices and laptops, several sizes of the Brailliant Braille displays for the workplace, and personal and institutional Braille embossers.

HumanWare will be celebrating this two hundredth anniversary throughout the year with many future announcements.  To begin the year with the true spirit, HumanWare is pleased to offer to all of our customers in the Americas a $200 discount on the purchase on any of our Braille products.

HumanWare realizes that much work remains to be done to insure that all blind individuals have an opportunity to learn and use Braille.  HumanWare has worked on many initiatives in the past to make Braille more accessible and will vigorously pursue these activities in 2009 and beyond to make illiteracy among the blind a thing of the past.

This offer is limited to the month of January 2009 and applies only to the following products:

  • BrailleNote mPower
  • BrailleNote Deaf-Blind Communicator
  • BrailleNote PK
  • BrailleConnect
  • Brailliant
  • Mountbatten Brailler (in U.S.A. only)
  • ViewPlus Braille Embossers

 

About HumanWare

HumanWare (www.humanware.com) is the global leader in assistive technologies for the print disabled. HumanWare provides products to people who are blind and have low vision and students with learning disabilities. HumanWare offers a collection of innovative products include BrailleNote, the leading productivity device for the blind in education, business and for personal use; the Victor Reader product line, the world's leading digital audiobook players, and SmartView Xtend, the first fully modular and upgradeable CCTV-based video magnifier.

 

For more information:

HumanWare
Nicolas Lagace
Tel.: (450) 463-1717      
E-mail: nicolas.lagace@humanware.com