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HumanWare announces new Distributor in South Africa

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HumanWare is pleased to announce the appointment of Edit Microsystems as its new distributor in South Africa. Edit Microsystems are the premium suppliers of educational and special needs products into South African schools, colleges and universities. Edit Microsystems’ reputation has been built around high quality support and service along with a great empathy for the market they serve.


Pedro Polson, CEO of HumanWare Europe, Middle East and Africa said “From HumanWare’s point of view I am genuinely excited, Edit Microsystems really do fit well as a Distributor who will provide a new level of activity and support that has not been experienced by the visually impaired in South Africa”.

“Edit Microsystems will now be in a position to supply HumanWare’s comprehensive range of products for blind and visually impaired people including hardware solutions around braille, large print, talking GPS, scanning products and talking book players. These accessibility products complement our current product range, which will now be offered to our present markets and extended into other markets that require blindness and low vision product solutions” said Pieter Labuschagne, Managing Director of Edit Microsystems.


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 or have low vision, and students with learning disabilities. HumanWare offers a collection of innovative products, including 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; the SmartView family of handheld and desktop electronic magnifiers and Trekker Breeze, the all-in-one handheld talking GPS.


About Edit Microsystems

Edit Microsystems (Pty) Ltd is an award winning company that has been involved in the supply of education solutions to a broad range of educational institutions throughout South Africa for more than 21 years. We are particularly interested and devoted to providing technology support to Special Needs educational projects and as such have developed a wide range of product support that includes assistive devices and world renowned software applications with proven success in projects across South Africa. We are currently involved with a number of initiatives with CSI funders in Special Needs schools. We focus on projects with measurable curriculum outcomes in the current key focus areas of education in South Africa.