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for 'Outstanding Theatrical Achievement .

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innovative companies - VisuAide and Pulse Data International are recognised as
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In the 25 years since, Sound Associates continued to improve the ILS, now
in use all over the country, and to invent new assistive devices and services:
I-Caption(TM), which features a handheld wireless unit that displays real time
dialogue and lyrics for the deaf; and D-Scriptive(TM) an audio description
service that fills in those essential visuals sighted theater goers take for
granted , providing more clarity."
Both I-Caption and D-Scriptive are currently available at Wicked, Mamma
Mia! and Hairspray on Broadway.

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"This celebration reminds America that disability does not mean inability,
and that all Americans can be involved in the life of their community, as
active members of their families and neighborhoods, in schools, workplaces and
places of worship," said HHS Office on Disability Director Margaret J. Another service, Show Trans(TM), makes live
theater enjoyable for non-English speaking audiences and is available for most
Broadway shows.

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"Sound Associates is proud to be at the forefront of making live
performances accessible, " said Fitzgerald.
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Trekker, the GPS localization tool for the visually impaired, can now
take advantage of the extended popular features offered by mainstream
accessible PDAs. With the PC-like interface and standard commands, a Trekker
user can read real time directions and search points of interest more
efficiently.
"Americans of all ages with disabilities of all kinds deserve the
opportunity to lead productive, independent lives with the dignity they gain
from being involved and engaged in work, in school, in devotion to family and
faith , and in their communities as a whole," HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt said. was founded in 1946 by Thomas Fitzgerald, a pioneer
in the field of sound and sound design.

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Existing Trekker users may upgrade to full Maestro functionality or
simply upgrade their Trekker application with only the tactile keyboard and
new user interface.
"Everyone at Sound Associates is deeply honored by this recognition ," said
Fitzgerald. has
been supplying sound equipment to everyone in the performance industry from
Broadway shows and music industry giants to local houses of worship and high
schools.

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"The Maestro tactile keyboard provides improved input capability and
quick access to functionalities such as switching navigation modes through
button shortcuts.soundassociates. "The honorees today are helping 54 million persons with
disabilities live the goals of the President's New Freedom Initiative . We
salute them. Richard Fitzgerald, also a theatrical sound designer,
introduced the Infrared Listening System, ILS, to Broadway in Peter Pan at the
Lunt-Fontanne Theater.

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The new Trekker/Maestro integrated package will be available in May
2005.

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Maestro users can also purchase the Trekker as an optional
package. The event held each October celebrates National Disability
Awareness Month by recognizing individuals, organizations, and corporations
for the exemplary contributions they have made to improve the lives of persons
with disabilities.' His achievement continues today
through the work of his sons, Richard and Peter, who are both distinguished
Broadway sound designers .

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The following June, 1980, the Broadway theatre
community recognized this leap in assistive listening and what it meant for
hard-of-hearing audiences by honoring Richard with a Tony Award.

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during the annual HHS Office on Disability event "Celebrating Persons
with Disabilities" in the Great Hall of the Hubert H.

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With its open environment, the system
also integrates applications such as Victor Reader, a digital talking-book
player. Additional functionalities and accessories such as the Braille
Bluetooth keyboard will be also available in 2005. The new solution
improves the Trekker user interface dramatically and makes it so much easier
to enter data and navigate menus.

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Now both solutions are available in one integrated package providing a
complete solution for mobile and active blind users.

About HumanWare

HumanWare (http://www., a Secretary's Highest
Recognition Award for 2005 honoring their decades-long commitment to making
the magic of live theater more accessible to special needs audiences through
innovative use of technology. Richard Fitzgerald, CEO of Sound Associates,
Inc.

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Maestro is the first off-the-shelf accessible PDA.
"As promised over the last year, we are now delivering the extra
functionalities of Maestro to our existing and future loyal Trekker users",
said Lucia Gomez, Product Manager for Maestro and Trekker. The BrailleNote is the best-known solution in
the notetaker market today, and this market will be expanded with the
introduction of Maestro.
"HHS and the entire Bush administration celebrates their achievements and
remain committed to assuring that people with disabilities are able to use
their skills and talents to realize their full potential as contributing
Americans.

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Finally, the companies produce the world's only
commercialised GPS based orientation solutions for the blind - Trekker and
BrailleNote GPS.

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LOS ANGELES, March 16 - Today at the CSUN Conference on
Technology and Persons with Disabilities , HumanWare, the new company created
through the recent merger of VisuAide and Pulse Data is pleased to announce
the release of the first integration of Trekker and Maestro.humanware.

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GPS orientation tool and accessible PDA for blind people - Trekker and Maestro now in one integrated package

Now the visually impaired can enjoy the essential information-access
functionality of Maestro: text and vocal note taking, agenda, contact
directory and others, combined with their Trekker orientation tool, all in the
same ultra-compact size as a true PDA.

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In August 1979 T. Both services are designed to be available
for all performances, for use from any seat, and are offered at no charge to
the user. "Every person should be able to
attend any performance and enjoy it to the greatest extent technology allows
because our society needs the arts and the arts need every audience member.

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Trekker is a standalone product offering pedestrian and
vehicle navigation features as well as routing capability . Award Celebrates Achievements Aiding Blind, and Deaf Theater Patrons

WASHINGTON, The US Department of Health and Human
Services today awarded Sound Associates, Inc.

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has a long-standing
commitment to making live performances more accessible to adults and children
with disabilities that interfere with their full enjoyment of the performing
arts.D.

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Popular Maestro features like a contextual key describer and the
possibility of using an external infrared keyboard are also available .
Giannini, M. For almost sixty years Sound Associates, Inc.

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Trekker is the
leading standalone GPS orientation solution for the blind, and has been
available since April 2003. "We will continue to work toward making every performance
accessible to every theater lover.

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Products like the SmartView video
magnifier and more recently myReader - the world's first low vision auto-
reader - are redefining the way people look at low vision while the Victor
Reader family of digital talking book players has been at the forefront of the
industry since its inception.