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 &lt;/span&gt;One of the most interesting facts we learned during the tasting was how different wine can actually taste depending upon the kind of glass it is in.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;That whole concept blew the minds of many of us non-wine-connoisseurs.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: arial;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:100%;"  &gt;To see more of the pictures from the event visit our &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/viewplus"&gt;Facebook Page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-266914736554385086?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/266914736554385086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2011/05/wine-tasting.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/266914736554385086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/266914736554385086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2011/05/wine-tasting.html' title='Wine Tasting!'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cEG_9khdxCs/Tb7rRHe_GVI/AAAAAAAAAH8/eKoQgDiFZ-Y/s72-c/Wine%2BTasting%2B003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-143988802419454864</id><published>2011-04-26T09:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-26T10:06:04.054-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ViewPlus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EmFuse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Now Shipping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Product Release'/><title type='text'>The EmFuse is Shipping!</title><content type='html'>Last week our very first EmFuse was shipped to Europe!  The EmFuse release has been a culmination of a couple years of intense planning, interdepartmental teamwork, industry release parties, and overall hard work.  The EmFuse being such a unique printer to the &lt;a href="http://www.viewplus.com"&gt;accessible technology&lt;/a&gt; industry will greatly change the way accessible documentation can be made for all.  To find more information about the&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.viewplus.com/solutions/braille-technology/"&gt;braille&lt;/a&gt; capabilities and other features of the &lt;a href="http://www.viewplus.com/products/ink-braille-printers/emfuse/"&gt;EmFuse&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.viewplus.com/products/ink-braille-printers/emfuse/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;check out the ViewPlus website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some photos of the first unit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2DKfTIVW3sY/Tbb41sfkQMI/AAAAAAAAAGs/FGv5ymya_9w/s1600/photo2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2DKfTIVW3sY/Tbb41sfkQMI/AAAAAAAAAGs/FGv5ymya_9w/s320/photo2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599936788042105026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;EmFuse Braille Piece&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iXSuEX8n_70/Tbb4oNK9hZI/AAAAAAAAAGk/utID83YWwqk/s1600/photo1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iXSuEX8n_70/Tbb4oNK9hZI/AAAAAAAAAGk/utID83YWwqk/s320/photo1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599936556295882130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Oki Data Printer Pieces&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-edNSd0XV7Nw/Tbb5VW8jgNI/AAAAAAAAAG0/yu7tCQS9eg4/s1600/photo3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-edNSd0XV7Nw/Tbb5VW8jgNI/AAAAAAAAAG0/yu7tCQS9eg4/s320/photo3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599937332013924562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;EmFuse Logo Sticker&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TryoJ8acrU8/Tbb5tJ8_G2I/AAAAAAAAAG8/rHajTp2d4MQ/s1600/photo4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TryoJ8acrU8/Tbb5tJ8_G2I/AAAAAAAAAG8/rHajTp2d4MQ/s320/photo4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599937740842933090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Both Pallets&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-143988802419454864?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/143988802419454864/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2011/04/emfuse-is-shipping.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/143988802419454864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/143988802419454864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2011/04/emfuse-is-shipping.html' title='The EmFuse is Shipping!'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2DKfTIVW3sY/Tbb41sfkQMI/AAAAAAAAAGs/FGv5ymya_9w/s72-c/photo2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-4981183604618448322</id><published>2011-04-14T15:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-14T15:10:09.220-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ViewPlus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zonta International'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Volunteer Work'/><title type='text'>Intern Raising Money for Those in Need</title><content type='html'>ViewPlus not only gives back to the community as a company, but they also have individual employees giving back to the community. One of our Interns, Caitlin Hilton, is raising funds for Kids for Kids through Zonta International.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9i3RvpLzQ7M/TadwWbbxWZI/AAAAAAAAAF4/84yjyrJ-lxk/s1600/zonta_logo.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 60px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9i3RvpLzQ7M/TadwWbbxWZI/AAAAAAAAAF4/84yjyrJ-lxk/s320/zonta_logo.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595564592654801298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kids for Kids is a non-profit organization that helps children in Darfur, Sudan who have never seen a toy, who have no books, no bed, little chance of education, (and worst of all) walk miles for every drop of water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The funds raised will go toward purchasing ten goats and twenty blankets for a villlage in Dafur. Caitlin is a part of Zonta International whose main purpose is to encourage leadership in young women. As a company we are proud to support our employees efforts to help make the world a better place. To find out more about Zonta International visit &lt;a href="http://www.zonta.org/"&gt;www.zonta.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-4981183604618448322?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/4981183604618448322/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2011/04/intern-raising-money-for-those-in-need.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/4981183604618448322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/4981183604618448322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2011/04/intern-raising-money-for-those-in-need.html' title='Intern Raising Money for Those in Need'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9i3RvpLzQ7M/TadwWbbxWZI/AAAAAAAAAF4/84yjyrJ-lxk/s72-c/zonta_logo.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-4931026300301921961</id><published>2011-03-01T12:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-01T14:49:10.797-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Benton County'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ViewPlus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Volunteer Work'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food Share'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='United Way'/><title type='text'>ViewPlus Volunteers at Benton County Food Share</title><content type='html'>This last Friday we all had the opportunity to volunteer at the Benton County Food share.  The Food Share collects and provides approximately 5 million pounds of food each year.  With this kind of volume they need all the volunteers they can get.  While we were volunteering we were able to package approximately 5,810lbs of food within 3 hours!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8NtQPrkulaU/TW1WHqmrPTI/AAAAAAAAAFg/pEvP0Elmtvw/s1600/Benton%2BCounty%2BFood%2BShare%2BDay%2B2011%2B025.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8NtQPrkulaU/TW1WHqmrPTI/AAAAAAAAAFg/pEvP0Elmtvw/s320/Benton%2BCounty%2BFood%2BShare%2BDay%2B2011%2B025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579210203077492018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are proud to participate in at least two annual philanthropies a year.  This last year we participated in the United Way Day of Caring in addition to sponsoring a giving tree during the holiday season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rVvqzFqkrmk/TW1WVxikuoI/AAAAAAAAAFo/CkQU2tzDEpk/s1600/Benton%2BCounty%2BFood%2BShare%2BDay%2B2011%2B007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rVvqzFqkrmk/TW1WVxikuoI/AAAAAAAAAFo/CkQU2tzDEpk/s320/Benton%2BCounty%2BFood%2BShare%2BDay%2B2011%2B007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579210445457504898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To see more pictures of the event, check out our &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/viewplus"&gt;Facebook page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-4931026300301921961?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/4931026300301921961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2011/03/viewplus-volunteers-at-benton-county.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/4931026300301921961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/4931026300301921961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2011/03/viewplus-volunteers-at-benton-county.html' title='ViewPlus Volunteers at Benton County Food Share'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8NtQPrkulaU/TW1WHqmrPTI/AAAAAAAAAFg/pEvP0Elmtvw/s72-c/Benton%2BCounty%2BFood%2BShare%2BDay%2B2011%2B025.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-9130964639212547362</id><published>2011-02-15T09:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-15T09:38:02.032-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='accessibility'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ViewPlus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tibbetts Award'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Small Business Innovation'/><title type='text'>ViewPlus Technologies Inc. Recognized for Exceptional Innovation</title><content type='html'>Corvallis, OR—ViewPlus Technologies Inc. today announced that it has received a &lt;a href="http://archive.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/sbir/tibbetts/index.html"&gt;Tibbetts Award&lt;/a&gt; from the Small Business Administration (SBA) for its accessible printing and graphics technologies. SBA presents the awards to companies and individuals that have advanced technological innovation and economic growth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“This award represents the culmination of efforts we began after submitting for a number of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) proposals,” said ViewPlus Founder, Dr. John Gardner. “We have since won 15 of these grants and continue to include the SBIR Program as an important piece of our business innovation."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ViewPlus’ Tibbetts Award recognizes the company’s work for a series of tactile graphic embossers which print both ink and braille, several software applications based on the ViewPlus IVEO® Hands-on Learning System, and for collaborating with the American Physical Society (the world’s leading publisher of Physics literature), to make its journals fully accessible to all people, including those who are blind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“ViewPlus has grown from approximately 15 to over 40 people since 2003 when it received it first SBIR award,” continued Gardner. “Today, thanks to the SBIR grants, ViewPlus has been able to develop really innovative products for the market, increase our sales revenue, and allowed us to grow.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Dr. John and Carolyn Gardner, Founders of ViewPlus, accepted the award at a ceremony this morning in Washington, DC. Afterward, they met with SBA Administrator, Karen Mills, and attended a reception at the White House.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“This is a proud day not only for ViewPlus but also for the city of Corvallis,” said &lt;a href="http://www.sba.gov/about-offices-content/1/2890/leadership/6300"&gt;Sean Greene&lt;/a&gt;, SBA’s Associate Administrator for Investment and Senior Adviser for Innovation. “Companies like ViewPlus represent the best in American ingenuity.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Founded in 1996, Corvallis-based ViewPlus Technologies is an international leader in &lt;a href="http://www.viewplus.com/solutions/braille-technology/"&gt;tactile graphics&lt;/a&gt; and braille technologies. Current ViewPlus products include the Tiger® &lt;a href="http://www.viewplus.com/products/braille-printers/"&gt;Braille printers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.viewplus.com/solutions/touch-audio-learning/"&gt;IVEO Hands-on Learning System&lt;/a&gt;, Tiger Software Suite &lt;a href="http://www.viewplus.com/products/software/braille-translator/"&gt;braille translation software&lt;/a&gt;, and the &lt;a href="http://www.viewplus.com/products/software/math/"&gt;Audio Graphing Calculator&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-9130964639212547362?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/9130964639212547362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2011/02/viewplus-technologies-inc-recognized.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/9130964639212547362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/9130964639212547362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2011/02/viewplus-technologies-inc-recognized.html' title='ViewPlus Technologies Inc. Recognized for Exceptional Innovation'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-3486764850342203984</id><published>2011-02-03T16:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-07T08:32:09.420-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='accessibility'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Town Hall Meeting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Self-advocacy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ATIA Orlando'/><title type='text'>AT Needs Exposed During ATIA Orlando BLV Town Hall Meeting</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TUtJQbagWUI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/3EarCXT7s-A/s1600/TownHallMeeting.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TUtJQbagWUI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/3EarCXT7s-A/s320/TownHallMeeting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569625910759414082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:view&gt;Normal&lt;/w:View&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:trackmoves/&gt;   &lt;w:trackformatting/&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:donotpromoteqf/&gt;   &lt;w:lidthemeother&gt;EN-US&lt;/w:LidThemeOther&gt;   &lt;w:lidthemeasian&gt;X-NONE&lt;/w:LidThemeAsian&gt;   &lt;w:lidthemecomplexscript&gt;X-NONE&lt;/w:LidThemeComplexScript&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:snaptogridincell/&gt;    &lt;w:wraptextwithpunct/&gt;    &lt;w:useasianbreakrules/&gt;    &lt;w:dontgrowautofit/&gt;    &lt;w:splitpgbreakandparamark/&gt;    &lt;w:dontvertaligncellwithsp/&gt;    &lt;w:dontbreakconstrainedforcedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:dontvertalignintxbx/&gt;    &lt;w:word11kerningpairs/&gt;    &lt;w:cachedcolbalance/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;   &lt;m:mathpr&gt;    &lt;m:mathfont val="Cambria Math"&gt;    &lt;m:brkbin val="before"&gt;    &lt;m:brkbinsub val="&amp;#45;-"&gt;    &lt;m:smallfrac val="off"&gt;    &lt;m:dispdef/&gt;    &lt;m:lmargin val="0"&gt;    &lt;m:rmargin val="0"&gt;    &lt;m:defjc val="centerGroup"&gt;    &lt;m:wrapindent val="1440"&gt;    &lt;m:intlim val="subSup"&gt;    &lt;m:narylim val="undOvr"&gt;   &lt;/m:mathPr&gt;&lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;    This year's Town Hall Meeting at ATIA Orlando 2011 exposed many needs that still exist in the Accessible Technology field.  Not only were the needs expressed but the concept of self-advocacy was an important topic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  The meeting began with important discussion surrounding job accessibility for visually impaired job seekers.  Many were under the impression that with today's advances in computer technology the need to fill out a form by hand was no longer an issue.  The group was quick to learn that while often this is the case, there are still many times when employers will intentionally not hire a visually impaired candidate because of this issue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  After discussing the need that still exists for certain kinds of accessible technologies in the workplace, the idea was put on the table that manufactures should be working together when developing these new technologies.  Attendees expressed how important it is to visually impaired users that there is consistency across products.  This is in regards to implementing similar hot-keys and compatibility between different, noncompeting, devices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  In addition to advocating for increased workplace technologies, STEM was also brought forward.  STEM, an abbreviation for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, is an educational coalition with many different goals relating to students, especially those with disabilities.  Many commented that by working with STEM to create policies that provide for the advanced technologies in the classroom, the ability for disabled students to enter the workforce in the above mentioned career fields will be greatly enhanced.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Lastly, the meeting ended with a simple yet very important topic; the idea of self-advocacy.  It was mentioned that students will have a much greater opportunity to acquire their needed resources if they ask for it themselves.  Not only ask, but demand these technologies.  If put in the context "I need 'X' to succeed" the student will have much more power versus a company or other advocate saying what is needed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Overall, the Town Hall Meeting was a great success.  It brought awareness of these important issues directly to the general public, consumers, teachers, and vendor executives.  ViewPlus always looks forward to the ATIA Town Hall Meeting and is proud to be part of the events facilitation.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-3486764850342203984?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/3486764850342203984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2011/02/at-needs-exposed-during-atia-orlando.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/3486764850342203984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/3486764850342203984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2011/02/at-needs-exposed-during-atia-orlando.html' title='AT Needs Exposed During ATIA Orlando BLV Town Hall Meeting'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TUtJQbagWUI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/3EarCXT7s-A/s72-c/TownHallMeeting.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-530549042021559060</id><published>2011-01-21T11:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T12:19:54.379-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ViewPlus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tiger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tiger Technology'/><title type='text'>The "Father of Tiger" Retires</title><content type='html'>A few weeks ago we celebrated Art's last day here in the office.  Art has been part of the ViewPlus family since the founding of the company in 1996, and actually the first employee hired.  He is known around the company as the "Father of Tiger" because he was the individual who put together already invented components of "Tiger Technology" into the first commercialized printer.  Art will be missed dearly!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TTnqImfHKEI/AAAAAAAAAE8/DXEVbDL3VAs/s1600/ArtsCake.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TTnqImfHKEI/AAAAAAAAAE8/DXEVbDL3VAs/s320/ArtsCake.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564736248083851330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the party Art was presented with a gold platen as a token of our appreciation.  Check it out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TTnqAy0MiFI/AAAAAAAAAE0/mmBJucszWOM/s1600/GoldPlaten.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TTnqAy0MiFI/AAAAAAAAAE0/mmBJucszWOM/s320/GoldPlaten.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564736113954555986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-530549042021559060?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/530549042021559060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2011/01/father-of-tiger-retires.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/530549042021559060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/530549042021559060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2011/01/father-of-tiger-retires.html' title='The &quot;Father of Tiger&quot; Retires'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TTnqImfHKEI/AAAAAAAAAE8/DXEVbDL3VAs/s72-c/ArtsCake.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-3810346924892867718</id><published>2010-12-20T09:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-20T09:56:41.655-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vina Moses Center'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Benton County'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ViewPlus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giving Tree'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='United Way'/><title type='text'>ViewPlus Lives United</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TQ-XSRJbFUI/AAAAAAAAAEg/DDVyEHpQmjY/s1600/LiveUnited.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 144px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TQ-XSRJbFUI/AAAAAAAAAEg/DDVyEHpQmjY/s400/LiveUnited.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552823205667476802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once again, this holiday season we are giving back to our local community.  As we have done in the past, we are participating in United Way's Giving Tree program to help support local families in need.  Through United Way's collaboration with the Vina Moses Center, many families here in Benton County will be able to have a gift-filled Christmas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are unfamiliar with the way this program works, many local businesses and organizations setup Christmas trees with gift tags as the ornaments.  Those who wish to participate select a tag from the tree and buy a gift that corresponds to gender and age specific information listed on the tag.  The unwrapped gifts are then donated to the Vina Moses Center and distributed accordingly. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TQ-Xc3XifzI/AAAAAAAAAEo/eGrnmJo16Aw/s1600/Christmas2010%2B016.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TQ-Xc3XifzI/AAAAAAAAAEo/eGrnmJo16Aw/s400/Christmas2010%2B016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552823387725922098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year, we are proud to say that ViewPlus has been able to collect over 100 gifts to help local children here in our community!  For more information on the Vina Moses Center visit:  www.vinamoses.org&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-3810346924892867718?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/3810346924892867718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2010/12/viewplus-lives-united.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/3810346924892867718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/3810346924892867718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2010/12/viewplus-lives-united.html' title='ViewPlus Lives United'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TQ-XSRJbFUI/AAAAAAAAAEg/DDVyEHpQmjY/s72-c/LiveUnited.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-5129896517695842912</id><published>2010-10-19T10:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-19T11:32:15.606-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Webinar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ViewPlus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='braille'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nemeth'/><title type='text'>Free ViewPlus Online Webinar</title><content type='html'>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="400"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;       &lt;td&gt;        &lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Translating Math Equations to Nemeth Code&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;Join our braille math expert, Mike  Sivill, for an in-depth instruction on translating MathType equations  to Nemeth Code with the Tiger Software Suite.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Creating an Accessible Braille Calendar&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;Learn the effective use of tables in MS Word to create an accessible braille calendar for a student's everyday use.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.viewplus.com/images/blasts/braille-calendar.jpg" align="left" hspace="4" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/527687770"&gt;Register Now!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;span style="font-size:8pt;"&gt;100 seats available on a first come, first serve basis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-5129896517695842912?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/5129896517695842912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2010/10/free-viewplus-online-webinar.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/5129896517695842912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/5129896517695842912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2010/10/free-viewplus-online-webinar.html' title='Free ViewPlus Online Webinar'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-1288659014937268919</id><published>2010-09-01T12:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-01T12:42:38.835-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Day of Caring'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ViewPlus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Volunteer Work'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='United Way'/><title type='text'>ViewPlus Participates in United Way's Day of Caring</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TH6riLzsvII/AAAAAAAAAEI/yjf6QAwEeZc/s1600/DSCN1830.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TH6riLzsvII/AAAAAAAAAEI/yjf6QAwEeZc/s320/DSCN1830.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512031597721599106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;On August 25th, approximately 30 ViewPlus employees came together and braved the upper ninety degree weather to participate in the United Way's Day of Caring event.  This year we helped local charitable organization, Home Life Inc. who assists people with developmental disabilities enjoy active, productive and independent lives. The actual Day of Caring is scheduled for September 22nd, however due to conflicting schedules we were able to make arrangements to participate early and have the biggest work crew possible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TH6qJADyUVI/AAAAAAAAADw/f-QizBVWUSg/s1600/DSCN1800.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TH6qJADyUVI/AAAAAAAAADw/f-QizBVWUSg/s320/DSCN1800.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512030065559490898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We arrived onsite to a home donated to Home Life Inc. by the Teater family. The work consisted of weeding their garden, landscaping, deep-cleaning of the interior, painting the exterior of the home, and even gave some of our engineers the opportunity for a little demolition!  Needless to say, there was ample opportunity for everyone to participate!&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TH6qgSmm1lI/AAAAAAAAAD4/93wKBk6JIks/s1600/DSCN1798.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TH6qgSmm1lI/AAAAAAAAAD4/93wKBk6JIks/s320/DSCN1798.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512030465674368594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The event was a great success on multiple levels.  First, we really enjoyed doing what we could to help out our local community and we all had a great time; it brought us closer together and was a great team building environment.  Who knew all those could go hand-in-hand!   We really look forward to helping out our community again in the future!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A special thanks to all of the coordinators at United Way and Home Life.  We really appreciate all or your hospitality and flexibility.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TH6qviEIBcI/AAAAAAAAAEA/py5b_QruCc8/s1600/DSCN1815.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 425px; height: 317px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TH6qviEIBcI/AAAAAAAAAEA/py5b_QruCc8/s320/DSCN1815.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512030727522747842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;If you would like information on ways you can participate in the United Way Day of Caring visit: http://dayofcaring.info/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-1288659014937268919?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/1288659014937268919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2010/09/viewplus-participates-in-united-ways.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/1288659014937268919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/1288659014937268919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2010/09/viewplus-participates-in-united-ways.html' title='ViewPlus Participates in United Way&apos;s Day of Caring'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TH6riLzsvII/AAAAAAAAAEI/yjf6QAwEeZc/s72-c/DSCN1830.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-3320894489278933143</id><published>2010-07-26T15:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-26T15:40:01.171-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Americans with Disabilities Act turns 20!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TE4OdOhQGVI/AAAAAAAAADY/dZeA-1s8K58/s1600/ada.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TE4OdOhQGVI/AAAAAAAAADY/dZeA-1s8K58/s320/ada.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498348090342512978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Twenty years ago on July 26, 1990 the Americans with Disabilities act was passed.  This was a monumental moment in our history as it created equal opportunities for people with disabilities in the workplace as well as made mandatory the accessibility of public spaces and information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the U.S. Census, 15% or 41.3 million Americans have a disability.  Until 1990, these citizens had unequal opportunities in America and felt discriminated against by employers and in many instances were not provided the necessary accommodations to enjoy many of the public spaces and events that most Americans do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michigan led the United States in rights for the disabled as it was one of the first states to pass laws protecting disabled people.  This has not changed as Michigan is still leading the country by having strict laws enforcing these rights.  For example, under federal law a business only has to adhere with the ADA if they have a certain number of employees.  However, in Michigan the business must only have one employee for these laws to apply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An article by Zlati Meyer of Free Press points out that today we see "so many disabled people out and about [as] part of our society – that it's so commonplace you don't even think about it anymore".  This can be attributed to the ADA and its success within the community.  Also within this article are many stories about individual lives that the ADA has changed.  If you would like to view this article please visit:  &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/2fzrcqe"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/2fzrcqe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-3320894489278933143?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/3320894489278933143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2010/07/americans-with-disabilities-act-turns.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/3320894489278933143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/3320894489278933143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2010/07/americans-with-disabilities-act-turns.html' title='Americans with Disabilities Act turns 20!'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TE4OdOhQGVI/AAAAAAAAADY/dZeA-1s8K58/s72-c/ada.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-2332484262724844721</id><published>2010-06-30T10:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T14:21:06.166-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Krakow School for the Blind Destroyed</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TCuE9T3YnVI/AAAAAAAAADQ/PtNH-gn1WSY/s1600/School+in+Cracov.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TCuE9T3YnVI/AAAAAAAAADQ/PtNH-gn1WSY/s320/School+in+Cracov.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488626759720541522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In May 2010 Krakow, Poland faced the worst flood in the history of the city.  Losses totaled over $207 million.  Due to large floods in the past, Poland was better prepared for the disaster, but the damage was still very extensive.  The Krakow School for the Blind was one organization that was heavily damaged and nearly destroyed.  This school is one of the largest schools for the Blind in Poland.  Everything that was below ground was ruined.  Nineteen classrooms including computer laboratories, music rooms, etc.  were destroyed.  Losses from the Krakow School for the Blind totaled $250,000.  The School has 466 students enrolled that now have no suitable place or equipment to learn.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Upon hearing this news a local dealer, Altix, worked to gather donations for the school in order to help counter some of the losses.  ViewPlus has donated a Cub Jr. embosser to help the Krakow School for the Blind get back up and running.  Hopefully with all the generous donations the Krakow School will be able to reopen and begin teaching shortly.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For information on how to donate to the Krakow School for the blind please visit: http://tinyurl.com/24kbtvb&lt;br /&gt;Navigate to the News tab located on the left side of the page.  Then click on the article titled "Losses Caused by Flood Centre" to find details on the flooding and information on how to donate.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-2332484262724844721?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/2332484262724844721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2010/06/krakow-school-for-blind-destroyed.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/2332484262724844721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/2332484262724844721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2010/06/krakow-school-for-blind-destroyed.html' title='Krakow School for the Blind Destroyed'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/TCuE9T3YnVI/AAAAAAAAADQ/PtNH-gn1WSY/s72-c/School+in+Cracov.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-6496016479447469487</id><published>2010-05-05T08:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-05T08:24:52.703-07:00</updated><title type='text'>IVEO Tested by Students</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/S-GNuhOsQII/AAAAAAAAADI/j5ScKGOXyXc/s1600/551b8fde-4672-11df-957b-001cc4c03286.preview-300.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 209px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/S-GNuhOsQII/AAAAAAAAADI/j5ScKGOXyXc/s320/551b8fde-4672-11df-957b-001cc4c03286.preview-300.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467807252937982082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over the past year Elizabeth Jones has spent time with other teachers and graphic design interns to develop curriculum for the IVEO learning system that could be implemented throughout schools.  &lt;br /&gt;IVEO provides interactive math and science solutions to help improve learning through touch, sound, and sight.  It is particularly aimed towards students with disabilities.  Although it is not made specifically for blind users, IVEO is ideal for these students as it produces tactile images and can include braille if that fits the student’s needs.  &lt;br /&gt;After much work throughout the summer and fall, Liz Jones finally got everything ready to test IVEO within the school system and document its success.   Through working with a local school, ViewPlus hopes to fine tune the materials and technologies before they are released on a larger scale.  &lt;br /&gt;Currently, Liz goes to the school once a week for about 30 minutes.  During this time she loads the day’s lessons onto the students’ computers and lets the students go through the lessons by touching, watching, and listening to IVEO.  &lt;br /&gt;With the information learned from this trial, ViewPlus hopes to further improve IVEO and prepare it for use within school systems such as the one Liz attended.  &lt;br /&gt;To find more information on IVEO please visit www.viewplus.com &lt;br /&gt;To read the article in which Liz and her students were featured please visit http://tinyurl.com/2aorngq&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-6496016479447469487?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/6496016479447469487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2010/05/iveo-tested-by-students.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/6496016479447469487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/6496016479447469487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2010/05/iveo-tested-by-students.html' title='IVEO Tested by Students'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/S-GNuhOsQII/AAAAAAAAADI/j5ScKGOXyXc/s72-c/551b8fde-4672-11df-957b-001cc4c03286.preview-300.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-3457586531351314794</id><published>2010-04-05T12:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-05T12:26:40.783-07:00</updated><title type='text'>CSUN 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/80000218-705827.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 65px;" src="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/80000218-705808.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/r6u-738543.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/r6u-738540.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When:  March 22- 27th &lt;br /&gt;Where: Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, San Diego, CA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year CSUN was in a new location.  Traditionally, the event takes place in Los Angeles, California; however, the show was moved to the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego, California this year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was a lot of excitement surrounding the ViewPlus booth at CSUN.  Not only were we able to bring an embosser from each line to display, but we also got to show our soon to be released InkConnect and our prototype for the SpotDot EmFuse Color Braille Station.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The InkConnect is an attachment to the popular Elite and Premier embossers allowing them to add ink to braille documents.  The SpotDot Emfuse will be able to print double-sided braille and full color ink documents up to 11 by 17 inches in a single pass.  The EmFuse will be the first of its kind, as there are no other embossers on the market that are able to print double-sided ink and braille.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The CTO and founder of ViewPlus Technologies, John Gardener, gave two presentations during the tradeshow discussing math accessibility for higher education.  ViewPlus offers the Audio Graphing Calculator (AGC) as a solution to this.  The AGC is comparable to a TI-83 calculator and provides accessible graphing and equation input among other things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you to those of you that stopped by our booth and we hope to see you at our upcoming shows!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Upcoming shows include:  &lt;br /&gt;Sight City, April 28-30- ViewPlus will be in the Eurobraille booth&lt;br /&gt;CTEBVI in Los Angeles, April 22-25 – ViewPlus will be in the A.T. Kratter booth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope to see you there!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-3457586531351314794?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/3457586531351314794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2010/04/csun-2010.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/3457586531351314794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/3457586531351314794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2010/04/csun-2010.html' title='CSUN 2010'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-7360758546239675235</id><published>2010-03-17T16:29:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-17T16:58:28.548-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='color braille'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ViewPlus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EmFuse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='braille embosser'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='large format'/><title type='text'>SpotDot EmFuse - Color Braille Station</title><content type='html'>Since the release of the original Emprint 4 years ago, we have revolutionized the way color ink and braille can be combined in the same document.  The Emprint produced high quality color ink and braille in one pass bringing graphics to life for those who are blind or low vision.  Later, the Emprint SpotDot® was released which was basically the same as the original Emprint, however the Emprint SpotDot had an improved user interface and embossed faster.  This color ink and braille technology has become very popular among Tiger™ users but the need for a large format solution still lingers. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To fulfill this need, we are proud to announce the development of the SpotDot EmFuse Color Braille Station.  The SpotDot EmFuse takes creating accessible documents to a whole new level.  Combine the world's most advanced braille and tactile graphics technology with state-of-the-art color digital printing and get the only seamless, large-print color and braille production solution in the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/COLOREmbosser-copy-722245.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 292px;" src="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/COLOREmbosser-copy-722046.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The SpotDot EmFuse takes creating accessible documents to a whole new level.  Creating braille books and magazines will soon be at the fingertips of all.  We look forward to the release of the SpotDot EmFuse Color Braille Station sometime next year!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you happen to come to CSUN in San Diego this year, please stop by our booth to see the first prototype!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-7360758546239675235?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/7360758546239675235/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2010/03/spotdot-emfuse-color-braille-station.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/7360758546239675235'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/7360758546239675235'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2010/03/spotdot-emfuse-color-braille-station.html' title='SpotDot EmFuse - Color Braille Station'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-1691281874912686554</id><published>2010-02-02T12:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-02T13:01:20.619-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Importance of Braille</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/Elite-Printers-012-762301.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/Elite-Printers-012-762295.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A recent article in the New York Times discussed the importance of braille literacy.  After reading this article we have found critical points and useful information regarding the importance of braille.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following is a summary of the New York Times article, using their ideas, research, and references.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Less than 10% of the 1.3 million legally blind people read braille.  In today's age of technology it makes sense that people are shying away from learning braille.  Braille books are large and expensive and there are many alternative technologies to read and communicate besides the written word.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Studies are showing that blind people that never learned braille have a more difficult time writing and communicating their thoughts.  One particular study found that students that read braille wrote better stories, while those that just used a keyboard and played back their writing typically wrote very disorganized and disjointed stories. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Writing stories may not seem like a critical part of life, but most often blind people get jobs doing intellectual work rather than jobs involving manual labor.  Being able to properly communicate through your writing is important in an intellectual work place.  It is believed that this is why people that have learned braille as a child are twice as likely to be employed as those that had not.  &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The visual cortex takes up over 20% of the human brain and was typically thought to only be accessible by sighted people.  Recent brain imaging studies have shown that reading braille actually stimulates the visual cortex in a blind person.  It has also been found that if the visual cortex does not have images to process, it can reorganize for new functions, such as memory. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you can see, although there are tools to read a book or a letter out loud, it is still advantageous to know braille.  Braille helps blind people understand the fundamentals of language and convey them in their written communications.  It also helps to stimulate the brain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To see the original NY Times article or to see their references, please visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/magazine/03Braille-t.html&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-1691281874912686554?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/1691281874912686554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2010/02/importance-of-braille.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/1691281874912686554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/1691281874912686554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2010/02/importance-of-braille.html' title='The Importance of Braille'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-5952260629956072739</id><published>2009-12-11T11:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-11T11:08:23.214-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Season for Giving</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/header_r1_c1-713318.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 168px; height: 170px;" src="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/header_r1_c1-713311.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/GazetteTimesphoto-CherylHatchphotographer-731483.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 205px;" src="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/GazetteTimesphoto-CherylHatchphotographer-731481.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the past few years ViewPlus has adopted a family for the holidays.  This year we have gone through the Vina Moses Organization (&lt;a href="http://www.vinamoses.org/"&gt;http://www.vinamoses.org/&lt;/a&gt;).  Founded in 1917, it is a local non-profit organization that strives to provide families in need with food, clothing, and other necessities.  They collect donations as well as put on specific events such as a back to school fundraiser and adopt a family for the holidays.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year we have adopted a family consisting of a single mother and her 2 children.  We are working to raise money to provide this family with the gifts they have listed on their wish list, and any extra money raised will go towards providing the family with a food basket.  We have found that adopting a family is a great way to help out those in need and it is more personal than donating money. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last year we rose a little over $400 towards our family.  This year we have raised about $350 so far.  With the harsh economy and increased need for food and gifts this holiday season, we have found this year a crucial year to be involved.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are interested in adopting a family or donating money for the holidays most counties have organizations that collect money or food for families in need.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-5952260629956072739?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/5952260629956072739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2009/12/season-for-giving.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/5952260629956072739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/5952260629956072739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2009/12/season-for-giving.html' title='The Season for Giving'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-2699349361829686558</id><published>2009-11-16T08:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T08:30:51.246-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='IVEO'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ATIA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ViewPlus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='braille'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='braille embosser'/><title type='text'>ATIA Chicago 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/550550_ATIA.corporatelogo-714838.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 82px;" src="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/550550_ATIA.corporatelogo-714831.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/11169_96504734955_51481379955_697530_3361698_n-714824.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/11169_96504734955_51481379955_697530_3361698_n-714820.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The last week in October several of our employees flew to Chicago for ATIA's assistive technology conference.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When:  October 29-31 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where:  Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center, Schaumburg (Chicago), IL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) is a non-profit organization that’s mission is "to serve as the collective voice of the assistive technology industry so that the best products and services are delivered to people with disabilities."  For this reason, their shows have exhibitors demonstrating all sorts of assistive technologies, not just those dealing with blindness.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overall the show was a great success.  In our booth we had an Elite and Emprint embosser on display, as well as one of our desktop units.  We also had drawings to give away a Tiger stuffed animal and an AGC as a part of our social media promotions.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the show we had a chance to meet with several of our distributors and speak with many teachers and school districts interested in our products.  There was also an opportunity for us to give a presentation about bringing IVEO and Daisy Books together and to demonstrate a potential new pen input device that would allow for IVEO to be easily portable.  Daisy Books are unique digital audio books that allow the user to easily navigate pages.  Combining IVEO with this technology would allow for tactile graphics to be added to Daisy Books, creating a more interactive experience.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was ATIA's first year ever doing a show in Chicago.  We had a great time and are planning on attending their Chicago show again next year.  ATIA's next event is ATIA Orlando on January 28-30.  Hope to see you there!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-2699349361829686558?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/2699349361829686558/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2009/11/atia-chicago-2009.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/2699349361829686558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/2699349361829686558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2009/11/atia-chicago-2009.html' title='ATIA Chicago 2009'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-8478078862395016818</id><published>2009-10-22T14:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-22T15:01:40.257-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Audio Graphing Calculator'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ATIA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ViewPlus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ATIA Chicago 2009'/><title type='text'>Win an Audio Graphing Calculator</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/AGC_package_photo-760813.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 285px;" src="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/AGC_package_photo-760714.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As an incentive for all of you that follow ViewPlus on our social media outlets, we would like to give you the opportunity to win an Audio Graphing Calculator (AGC)!  All you have to do is click on the following link, fill out the form, print it out, and bring it with you to the ATIA Chicago 2009 conference.  To enter make sure you drop it off at the ViewPlus booth (#129).  We hope to see you in Chicago!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://viewplus.com/social-media-printout/"&gt;AGC ENTRY FORM!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For details about the show visit the &lt;a href="http://www.atia.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=3530"&gt;ATIA Chicago website&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.atia.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3602"&gt;Get a FREE exhibit hall pass!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-8478078862395016818?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/8478078862395016818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2009/10/win-audio-graphing-calculator.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/8478078862395016818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/8478078862395016818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2009/10/win-audio-graphing-calculator.html' title='Win an Audio Graphing Calculator'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-3672842752214693826</id><published>2009-10-13T16:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-13T16:44:01.521-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blind'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tactile graphics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='graphic editing'/><title type='text'>Editing and Printing Graphics as a Blind User</title><content type='html'>Mike Sivill is a blind employee here at ViewPlus Technologies.  This is what he had to say about how he used a Tiger embosser to see the coloration of his new dog guide!  Read along to see how easy it is for a blind person to emboss a graphic!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I just got my new dog guide about a month ago.  The training school sent me her picture so I could show my friends and family what she looks like. I wanted to emboss a copy for myself on my Tiger embosser, so I brought up a new Word document and brought the picture into it via the Insert menu. I checked the dimensions of the picture first to be sure it would fill up the page.   I hit shift + left arrow to select it, pressed the key to open the context menu, and arrowed down to "format picture." Next, I arrowed left to the "size" tab and noticed that the dimensions were only 3.35 by 3.99.   I didn't want a tiny 4 by 4 inch picture because I wanted it to be as large as possible to feel as much as I could, but I didn't want to warp the dimensions of the picture in the process.  To do this, I tabbed down to the edit boxes where height and width are adjustable by percentage and I upped it to 200%. When I shift tabbed back to the dimension they were 6.71" and 7.98", pretty good, for 8-1/2 by 11 paper. Since this was fine I hit OK and went back into the main Word document.  When I printed it came out like a giant black square. It felt like a napkin pattern rather than a German Shepherd dog.  To solve this issue, I went back to the "format picture" dialog and I changed the contrast on the Format tab to 85%. That was so much better! When I printed it out that time I could feel her big pointy ears, her legs and even the coloration of her head, which, of course, I can't feel on the actual dog. It was exciting to be able to see this part of her with my fingers after hearing about it from other people. Awesome!" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;– Mike Sivill&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-3672842752214693826?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/3672842752214693826/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2009/10/editing-and-printing-graphics-as-blind.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/3672842752214693826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/3672842752214693826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2009/10/editing-and-printing-graphics-as-blind.html' title='Editing and Printing Graphics as a Blind User'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-488359154984043725</id><published>2009-09-28T16:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T16:50:18.351-07:00</updated><title type='text'>October is National Disability Employment Month!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/bannerMain-748719.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 100px;" src="http://blog.viewplus.com/uploaded_images/bannerMain-748711.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October has been designated National Disability Employment Awareness month.  It works to provide the public with information about the accomplishments made by American workers with disabilities.  It also addresses issues in the workplace that still need to be overcome.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here at ViewPlus, we work to overcome issues in the workplace for those with visual impairments.  Our line of embossers provides an easy solution for braille production.  With our software's capability to work within Microsoft Word and Excel, braille translation is simple for both blind and sighted users.  These tools make it easy to produce accessible meeting notes, graphs, and other documents so blind workers can fully participate and understand company goals.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next, we provide an accessible scientific calculator, the Audio Graphing Calculator.  Similar to a TI-83, AGC's functionality allows disabled users to work in a variety of jobs that may otherwise be more difficult, such as engineering and physics. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have put together several packages, called &lt;a href="http://www.viewplus.com/products/everyday-braille-solutions/"&gt;Everyday Braille Solutions&lt;/a&gt;, to help students and employees make their environment accessible.  They provide everything needed to get you started.  Our packages all include:&lt;br /&gt; Tiger braille embosser&lt;br /&gt; All required software and upgrades&lt;br /&gt; Warranty, repair, and support services&lt;br /&gt; Customized on site and online trainings&lt;br /&gt; Braille paper, tutorials, and ink cartridges&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At ViewPlus we are always working to make it easier to integrate the blind into the work environment.  With products that can be easily utilized by sighted and blind users, employers may be more inclined to hire blind workers.  The simplicity of our products reduces stress for both the employer and employee, making it a smooth transition for a new blind employee to join the work team. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To find out more about National Disability Employment Awareness month visit &lt;a href="http://www.dol.gov/odep/ "&gt;http://www.dol.gov/odep/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-488359154984043725?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/488359154984043725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2009/09/october-is-national-disability.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/488359154984043725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/488359154984043725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2009/09/october-is-national-disability.html' title='October is National Disability Employment Month!'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-5984091801853519127</id><published>2009-08-19T10:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-19T11:07:44.277-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Medicaid'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vocational Rehabilitation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding resources'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Special Education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='braille embosser'/><title type='text'>Funding Your Tiger Embosser</title><content type='html'>Finding funding for assistive technology can be difficult. For this reason we have put together a little information on ways that you can find funding for your needs.  Getting a Tiger embosser may be easier than you thought after all! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To begin, we would like to mention that visionaware.com is a great online resource for those with vision loss. Their site includes a &lt;a href=http://www.visionaware.org/find_vision_rehabilitation_vision_services_in_your_state&gt;state by state&lt;/a&gt; list of resources, &lt;a href=http://www.visionaware.org/national_organizations&gt;national organizations&lt;/a&gt; that serve the visually impaired, and &lt;a href=http://www.visionaware.org/international-vision-service-organizations&gt;international resources&lt;/a&gt; for those who live outside of the U.S.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the U.S. the three primary funding sources for people with disabilities are Medicaid, special education, and vocational rehabilitation programs. Medicaid programs differ by state which can make it difficult to understand what they might cover. To know more about your local program, connect with a Medicaid representative in your area. Special education and Section 504 are programs open to children with disabilities usually up to the age of 21. It is good to acquire equipment when a child is young so that they know what assistive technology will work best for them in adulthood. Vocational rehabilitation programs are designed to help adults with disabilities become employed and offer funding for resources necessary in the work environment. For further information about these three programs please read this &lt;a href=http://www.nls.org/atart.htm&gt;article&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Once you've narrowed down who in your area to contact, then you can begin the process of figuring out what the best funding source will be. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We wish you luck on your funding search and hope this post pointed you in the right direction!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-5984091801853519127?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/5984091801853519127/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2009/08/funding-your-tiger-embosser.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/5984091801853519127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/5984091801853519127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2009/08/funding-your-tiger-embosser.html' title='Funding Your Tiger Embosser'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025448597849264978.post-8090651210717972096</id><published>2009-08-04T07:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-04T09:27:54.868-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sight Village'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='braille'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='braille embosser'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tiger Technology'/><title type='text'>The Fun Times at Sight Village 2009</title><content type='html'>Each year, QAC hosts Sight Village in Birmingham, England. This is one of the premier events in Europe for the blind, visually impaired, and the people who work with them. The event features vendors from around the world showcasing products and services important to this population. This year's new venue at the New Bingley Hall provided more space for exhibitors and brought in a larger group of attendees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/SnhflNYI9II/AAAAAAAAAC8/0Ds-wJMjh7M/s1600-h/IVEO_user_400px.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 160px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/SnhflNYI9II/AAAAAAAAAC8/0Ds-wJMjh7M/s320/IVEO_user_400px.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366144048862655618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This year's ViewPlus team included Kayleen Hagen, Jeff Gardner, Emily Axelsson, Alex Axelsson, and Dorine in 't Veld.  Some highlights for the team this year included: showing teachers and other professionals how easy it is to use IVEO Hands-on-Learning System, showing how high-resolution tactile graphics can be brought to life for the blind with the Tiger embossers, reconnecting with customers, and handing out our signature stuffed baby tigers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/SnhejPosTpI/AAAAAAAAAC0/aHtlCejpWWA/s1600-h/I-got-leid_sticker2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 232px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/SnhejPosTpI/AAAAAAAAAC0/aHtlCejpWWA/s320/I-got-leid_sticker2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366142915597586066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a co-sponsor of the conference, ViewPlus helps vendors have fun. The exhibitor reception and infamous Sight Village party are great ways for members of the assistive technology industry to get to know each other and spend time together. This year the party was Hawaiian themed, complete with leis, island decorations, and of course plenty of stickers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To see photos and participate in the discussion about Sight Village, please visit our &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/ViewPlus-Technologies-Inc/51481379955"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What was your favorite experience at Sight Village?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3025448597849264978-8090651210717972096?l=blog.viewplus.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/feeds/8090651210717972096/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2009/08/fun-times-at-sight-village-2009.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/8090651210717972096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3025448597849264978/posts/default/8090651210717972096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.viewplus.com/2009/08/fun-times-at-sight-village-2009.html' title='The Fun Times at Sight Village 2009'/><author><name>ViewPlus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521893390641420221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MONnj39QM3w/SnhflNYI9II/AAAAAAAAAC8/0Ds-wJMjh7M/s72-c/IVEO_user_400px.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
