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Greetings! And welcome to the final installment of the Flying Blind, LLC E-News for 2007. I can’t believe that we’re wrapping up yet another year, and I would like to personally thank all of you who have supported me and the many Flying Blind, LLC efforts over the past twelve months.I’d also like to thank those of you who have shared your compliments and constructive feedback regarding our Company Newsletter. It’s been a rewarding and fun process for me, as well as those who have contributed to this effort, and without a great audience such as yourselves the fruits of these efforts would not have been possible. In this Volume of the Flying Blind, LLC E-News our FB-Eye Spotlight focuses on a company who makes inaccessible computer applications accessible by customizing the application rather than adjusting a given screenreader to make the application accessible. This Volume’s installment of E-Blink has some insanely rock-bottom specials on refurbished adaptive technologies. And, I’m so excited to be featuring HumanWare’s Victor Reader Stream in a new installment of the EyePod TechnoCast! We’ll be sharing a few FB TechNotes throughout the newsletter as well. So pour yourself a great big glass of Egg Nog, get situated in your favorite Easy Chair, and join us for an entertaining and resourceful newsletter. To you and yours from Flying Blind, LLC, may you have a joyous and safe Holiday Season and a prosperous New Year! Respectfully, — Larry L. Lewis, Jr. Larry.Lewis@Flying-Blind.com President and Founder Flying Blind, LLC
Strand Management Solutions, Inc.www.StrandManagement.com This installment of the FB-Eye Spotlight introduces us to Strand Management Solutions. This website and application development firm specializes in Section 508 Remediation Services for mainstream organizations seeking a comprehensive evaluation of their websites’ or applications’ accessibility to persons who are vision impaired. Strand Management’s approach to Section 508 Compliance is straightforward and practical. 
Why does an organization have difficulty accomplishing these services without the proper expertise and development know-how?A company’s visually impaired users or employees may quickly become frustrated by an application’s inaccessibility. Often, this frustration does not lend itself well to optimal communication with the organization, the organization is often unable to identify where these application obstacles are, and if they do, they are more often unsure how to best overcome these access barriers within a primarily visual and graphical environment. Strand Management Solutions, Inc. brings nearly thirty years experience developing web and database applications. Along with being expert interface developers, for over twenty years Strand Management has worked with the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired to first make their applications accessible, and then to provide these services to other organizations. Strand Management will evaluate your application and then provide you with remediation alternatives that include either application development services or direction for your technical staff to make your applications accessible. Strand Management will work to fully refine and test your application and, if you desire, provide training and support for your users. Contact Strand Management when you need the job done with real world results!
Flying Blind, LLC is pleased to have a number of E-Blink Specials just in time for the holidays.This, by far, is our most STACKED edition of E-Blink yet, with a little something for everyone! Flying Blind, LLC is offering free shipping for all of these E-Blink products within the Continental United States and accepts all major credit cards and PayPal transactions. Please feel free to E-Mail E-Blink@Flying-Blind.com or call +1 (216) 381-8107 if you have any questions, or simply wish to purchase any of the refurbished products listed in this E-Blink Showcase. Please note that all products are available only while supplies last, so hurry!
When it was initially introduced in 2000, the VoiceNote Personal Data Assistants were the first Windows-based notetakers designed for those of us who are vision impaired. Whereas the needs of its customers have evolved over the past seven years, so have the VoiceNote’s capabilities. The VoiceNote gives you instantaneous access to countless applications including, but not limited to:
All that and this product is being sold at a price point close to the same price as an off-the-shelf PDA! Contact Flying Blind, LLC while supplies last!
Introduced in 2000, this alternative to Braille Reading and Writing is the perfect solution for making Braille learning fun and exciting for blind children. The Mountbatten Pro emphasizes the necessity for developing Braille literacy skills while introducing students to the fundamental basics of adaptive technology. The Mountbatten Pro is also a palatable alternative to the Perkins Braille Writer which was developed in the late 1940s. Flying Blind, LLC is ecstatic to be able to provide to you the Mountbatten Pro for US$895.00, approximately the same price as a new Perkins Braille Writer. To drive home the significance of this special pricing, imagine a Personal Computer priced at the same price as a manual typewriter developed in the 1950s! Well that’s what we have here on the Braille writing front while supplies last!
Often selected as the Braille display of choice by many Federal Employers of persons who are blind, this Braille terminal combines serial and USB connectivity to a PC with stand-alone notetaking functionality via QWERTY or Braille input. Each display comes with a 90 day service warranty, and is a fantastic value for the PC user who reads Braille!
This sleek, USB Braille Terminal offers to the PC user a compact Braille alternative with ergonomically positioned navigation and Braille keys. Each display comes with a 90 day warranty. The EasyBraille does not require any additional batteries or bulky power supplies and is a great value for the mobile laptop user. Feel free to contact Flying Blind, LLC about any of the phenomenal bargains listed above at any time. We’ll be checking E-Mail and Voicemail over the holidays! If you represent an agency, organization, or manufacturer who wishes to have your previously operated equipment represented in a future E-Blink ShowCase, please contact us at E-Blink@Flying-Blind.com to discuss placement within this section for future E-Newsletters.
Flying Blind, LLC is excited to announce that it will be launching a series of workshops and seminars for rehabilitation and educational agencies who provide services for persons who are vision impaired.The seminars will focus on developing functional academic and vocational adaptive technology skills designed to provide successful outcomes within the classroom and workplace. These seminars will be geared toward the service professional who wishes to compliment their service provision with strategies designed to change the lives of their consumers. Also, consumers who are serious about incorporating products and strategies into their educational and rehabilitation plans are welcome. More information about these workshops will be forthcoming in late January / early February, 2008. In the meantime, all interested parties should E-Mail FBWorkshops@Flying-Blind.com for more information.
Flying Blind, LLC happened upon the following information while reading another Adaptive Technology Newsletter, and after contacting this organization, is pleased to introduce you to BlindBargains.com, another great resource for buying and selling used equipment.BlindBargains.com is a new web site that tracks and posts deals, sales, and discounts on blindness-related products, as well as other items usable by people who are blind or visually impaired. Visitors can view the latest headlines or search through past deals to find everything from talking caller IDs to memory cards. Other services are also available, such as the auction gateway, a simple interface to search for blindness-related items on eBay. Visitors can stay updated with a daily E-Mail list of bargains or through an RSS feed. The site also contains news pertaining to the blind community, articles and reviews of products and web sites, and links to other useful resources.
Flying Blind, LLC is excited to be conducting two presentations at ATIA 2008:"A Step Beyond Notetakers: Wireless Braille Solutions in Action!" focuses on the latest in wireless Braille access to a variety of desktop and Mobile applications. "Let Your Fingers do the Walking: Exploring Mobile Access" unveils in further detail the powerful alternatives that PDAs and Smartphones offer to those of us who are vision impaired. More information about each presentation will be forthcoming in January prior to ATIA. I hope that all of you have enjoyed this E-Newsletter, and I thank you for taking the time to read it. As always, all suggestions are welcome. Once again, we at Flying Blind, LLC wish you and yours a joyous and safe Holiday season and much success and happiness in 2008!
I hope this message finds all of you enjoying your November, and for those of you within the U.S., I trust that you're joining me in spending a little extra time on the treadmill this week in making advanced preparations for our Thanksgiving festivities next Thursday!I would like to announce 2 events where I will be conducting presentations over the next couple of weeks. In the interest of not clogging up your inboxes, I'll consolidate the announcement of both presentations in this E-Newsletter. Warmest Regards, — Larry L. Lewis, Jr. Larry.Lewis@Flying-Blind.com President and Founder Flying Blind, LLC
On Friday, November 16th, I'll be speaking at the TECH EXCHANGE Technology Forum hosted by the Chicago Guild for The Blind, located at 180 North Michigan Ave, Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60601-7463. www.guildfortheblind.org.This presentation, entitled "Integrating Technology Into One's Workplace and Community" will focus on the practical strategies and utilization of adaptive technology that can help those of us who are vision impaired overcome barriers within one's community as well as within one's place of employment. I will be demonstrating three types of adaptive technology that make it possible for me to run my own business. The following solutions will be showcased:
For more information, please contact Kathy Austin by phone at (312) 236-8569 or by E-Mail at kathya@guildfortheblind.org.
Flying Blind, LLC is both humbled and honored to be participating in the Getting In Touch with Literacy, 2008 conference, to be held at the TradeWinds Island Grand, St. Pete Beach, Florida, November 29th through December 2nd, 2007.For more information about this exciting event, please visit www.gettingintouchwithliteracy.com. I'll be conducting an electronic poster session entitled "From The Classroom to the Workplace — Incorporating Wireless Refreshable Braille into Successful Outcomes". This poster session will showcase the entire line of BAUM Retec AG's VarioConnect (also known as Brailleconnect) Refreshable Braille solutions. For more information about Baum's entire product offerings, please visit www.baum.de/index-e.php. Flying Blind, LLC will be representing Baum at this conference, and I'll be available to conduct demonstrations on the usage of the VarioConnect product line on both Mobile and Desktop platforms. To schedule your appointment for a demonstration, please E-Mail me at gtlbaumdemo@flying-blind.com and I'll be happy to spend a bit of time with you in a few weeks. I look forward to visiting with those of you who can make either event, and wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving Holiday. Look for the next Flying Blind, LLC E-Newsletter to arrive in your inbox during the first half of December, which will be chock full of exciting articles and points of information.
Greetings! And welcome to another issue of the Flying Blind, LLC E-Newsletter. We hope that you’ve had an enjoyable and relaxing summer, and have made the transition to Fall without any hitches. It’s truly amazing that there are only three months left until we move the clock forward another year!Firstly, as a point of interest, and due to a number of requests by low vision readers, we have provided a new button within each article header (indicated by the large plus sign) which will launch a version of the article which will be more conducive to our readers who have limited functional vision for access. For those of you wishing to access Flying Blind, LLC E-News articles via these buttons, please don’t be shy about providing me feedback about its readability for you, both from the standpoint of comfort, and efficiency. It’s often challenging for an E-Newsletter and Website to easily accommodate the preferences of non-visual, visually impaired, and sighted readers, but that is our focus at Flying Blind, LLC. Please E-Mail comments to me directly at Larry.Lewis@Flying-Blind.com. In this issue, our FB-Eye Spotlight focuses on a company whose mission is to provide non-profit agencies and for-profit businesses avenues for growth through the U.S. Federal Government. Our EyePod TechnoCast provides a demonstration of the wildly popular KNFB Reader, and this issue’s E-Blink ShowCase ties nicely into this podcast demonstration! In our FB Tech Tips PodCast, we explore some useful tricks for searching using the Start Menu in Windows Vista. And, we also have some exciting news and points of interest which you’ll find in FB Notes. So make yourself comfortable, try to pull yourself away from that exciting football or baseball playoff game, and enjoy the many exciting and informative articles we have put together for you in this Volume of the Flying Blind, LLC E-News. I hope you will find this Volume both enjoyable to read, as well as a resource for new information. Respectfully, — Larry L. Lewis, Jr. Larry.Lewis@Flying-Blind.com President and Founder Flying Blind, LLC
G2G Consulting, LLCwww.G2Gconsulting.com This exciting company is captained by Liz Powell, an entrepreneur who has extensive experience in working for and with the U.S. Congress. G2G Consulting, LLC provides government affairs, fundraising, public relations, event planning, grant writing, and economic development services for non-profits and businesses — all the while implementing each of the necessary actions to go from Government, to Growth. 
G2G Consulting, LLC includes a team of professionals with years of experience in government, politics, and grant writing, with a proven track record for delivering quantifiable results that meet clients' specific needs.G2G Consulting, LLC has secured 8 earmarks (federal funding) for 9 clients in the Fiscal Year 2008 appropriations process which totals over $10 Million (as of 9/24/07). If you and/or your organization are looking for results delivered in a caring and responsive manner, please contact G2G Consulting, LLC at: G2G Consulting, LLC 11000 Cedar Avenue, Suite 100 Cleveland, OH 44106 (P): (216) 658-3995 (F): (216) 658-0364 (E): LPowell@G2GConsulting.com
In keeping with the theme of this Volume's EyePod TechnoCast, in which we illustrate the functionality of the KNFB Reader, Flying Blind, LLC is pleased to showcase the KNFB (Kurzweil / National Federation of the Blind) Reader in this installment of E-Blink, your source for quality tested, refurbished equipment at unbeatable prices.
Flying Blind, LLC has quality tested this innovative approach to hand-held scanning, and has ensured that the most recent KNFB software has been preinstalled. Forged from the creative minds of Dr. Ray Kurzweil and the National Federation of the Blind, this first-of-its-kind portable reading solution enables you to instantly scan (via photograph) and have read back to you a wide variety of hardcopy documents, and then store them on the unit’s on-board memory, as well as share these files with a PC and many of today’s other popular notetakers. The possibilities and opportunities are endless with this revolutionary alternative to much larger and much more expensive stand-alone scanning alternatives. Flying Blind, LLC is selling this KNFB Reader for US $1,995.00, which includes shipping and handling within the Continental United States. Now that’s over US $600.00 off the Reader’s Suggested List Price! All major credit cards and PayPal transactions are welcome, so please contact us today at E-Blink@Flying-Blind.com, or call (216) 381-8107, to take advantage of this fantastic bargain! If you represent an agency, organization, or manufacturer who wishes to have your previously operated equipment represented in a future E-Blink ShowCase, please contact us at E-Blink@Flying-Blind.com to discuss placement within this section for future E-Newsletters.
Breaking News! Code Factory, whose products are endorsed and used by Flying Blind, LLC announces its new “User-Centered Licensing” Scheme, once again setting new standards for access to mainstream applications and hardware. Read on for more information! 
Code Factory Launches User-Centered Licensing For Its Software Running On The Windows Mobile® PlatformNew Licensing Method enables Activation Anytime From Anywhere, Free Movement of Licenses Between Devices, and more! Terrassa Spain - October 1, 2007, Today, Code Factory, the global leader in mobile software development for the blind and visually impaired, announces that it is introducing a new licensing method for its products running on the Windows Mobile operating system, providing its users with unparalleled flexibility in how they activate and use the software they purchase. Formerly, users of Code Factory products for Windows Mobile licensed their devices using a serial number generated by the device. This serial number was sent to Code Factory and a license code received which allowed the device to run the software. This device-based licensing method made it necessary to activate the device manually, by entering long codes, from the PC or device, to charge a small fee to move from one device to another, and to enter a new serial number whenever a new product or enhancement was purchased. All these drawbacks have been overcome with the new licensing method. User-centred licensing, where the product is licensed to the user and not to any particular device, allows users to activate their mobile device anytime and anywhere through their PCs, via the internet from the device itself, or by sending an SMS/text message. Users can now move their licensed software from device to device free of charge an unlimited number of times. There is no need to enter any codes into the device itself, the process is entirely automated and all the user need do is initiate the request for an activation. "Our products support the largest number, and widest range, of mobile devices in the AT industry," says Eduard Sánchez Palazón, C.E.O. of Code Factory. "Our customers demand flexibility in the way they use their software and hardware, and that's what this new licensing system is all about. Users of our products can now activate their software wherever and whenever they like, they can activate quickly and easily and, most importantly of all, they're able to keep up, free of charge, with increasingly innovative mobile devices." Larry Lewis, President of Flying Blind, agrees: "In an industry where it's fashionable for companies to charge customers thousands of dollars to update proprietary solutions that are out of date within months of being released, it's both mind-blowing and refreshing for those of us who are vision impaired to benefit from such an innovative approach to portable information management. I've been an exceedingly satisfied Mobile Speak customer for over three years, and compared to the costs that I accrued when I used a legacy notetaker, have spent a minimal amount in phone upgrade fees to move between four different mobile phones. But I'm both excited by, and impressed with, this incredible news and what it means for those of us who are blind and use mobile applications!" Code Factory will be releasing version 2.0 of Mobile Speak for Pocket PCs and Mobile Speak for Windows Mobile Smartphones in the coming weeks. This will be a free upgrade for all current users. Upon the release of version 2.0 of each product, all current users will have the opportunity to migrate to the new licensing system. Users will be able to activate, deactivate, and reactivate their software using a PC with an Internet connection, wireless internet and/or cellular internet access directly from their mobile device, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
