The 25th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference
California State University at Northridge will open its Annual International Conference on technology and persons with disabilities at the end of this month. This annual conference attracts researchers, educators, practitioners, end users, speakers and exhibitors from all over the worlds, eager to share the latest research data, best practices, as well as preview new products and applications in their quest to provide viable solutions for the blind and visually impaired individuals. The conference will take place in San-Diego, CA on March 22-27. This year the conference celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Captain Ivan Castro will open of the conference as the Keynote Speaker. Captain Castro is one of three blind officers serving in the active-duty Army and the only blind officer serving in the U.S. Army Special Forces.
Captain Castro’s example is a real evidence of the huge leap we made as a society on the way of helping everyone have equal opportunities. And these advances would not be possible without passionate entrepreneurs willing to invest into making other people’s lives better and more productive.
ABISee, Inc of Acton MA, is one of the interesting exhibitors at the conference. The company designs and manufactures reading devices for the blind and visually impaired. A basement operation in the founder Leon Reznik’s home only 4 years ago, today ABISee is one of the leaders in this space. In 2008 ABISee introduced
Eye-Pal—an automated reading device that allows blind users to listen to text on the printed page in a matter of seconds. All users need to do is to position the page on the device in the same manner it would be done when reading. Eye-Pal was introduced at the 2008 ATIA and received rave reviews from the attendees. Eye-Pal proved to be very versatile with its ability to read books, newspapers and even text on a bottle labels.
ABISee’s applications are especially effective in the education settings when visually impaired or blind students can use its devices to be as effective
in studying as everyone else in their class. Professionals are using Eye-Pal, Zoom-Ex and Zoom-Twix products to help in their day to day tasks at work, whether it is reading mail or books. And it does not require a computer to be used.
Example of ABISee demonstrates how far we came from the days when being blind or visually impaired meant severe limitation for life. Passionate pioneers like ABISee lead the way in making a real change. Let’s wish them continued success. Singer Steve Wonder Among is among the current users of ABISee technology.
You can
see the products of ABISee at their booth #911-913 at the conference. Consumers will be able to buy products right in the exhibitor’s booths.
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