Technology keeps getting better for the blind community. K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc. hai@knfbreader Announcing KNFB Reader for iOS Release Plan Waltham, MA (August 29, 2014): Responding to worldwide inquiries, K-NFB Reading Technology and Sensotec have announced today that the release of the KNFB Reader iPhone app is being scheduled to coordinate with Apples upgrade to its new iOS 8 operating system, expected to occur on or about September 10, 2014. Commenting on this decision, K-NFBs Vice President of Business Development, James Gashel said: All of us at K-NFB and Sensotec are truly gratified with the worldwide interest expressed in the KNFB Reader iOS app. The app has been built for use with iPhone 5 or above, and running iOS 7 or higher. Our plan to coordinate its release with iOS 8 will best assure that the app works as intended for all users without any interruption or possible need to uninstall and upgrade due to Apples newest operating system release. The KNFB Reader iOS app was first announced and demonstrated during the 2014 convention of the National Federation of the Blind in the United States. Since that time excitement about the life-changing potential of this app has been building as word of its release has spread around the world. Designed to be fast, accurate, and efficient, the KNFB Reader iPhone app allows anyone to snap a picture of printed text, in several languages, and quickly have the words read aloud. The first release will initially support read aloud in 11 languages, with more to come. The app has been designed to particularly benefit blind, visually impaired, and print disabled users. Documents can be saved, stored, and shared with others as well. More information about the KNFB Reader for iOS app is available at knfbreader, with links to video and audio presentations, description of features, and more. Please visit the website for progress announcements as the days tick down to release of both iOS 8 and the KNFB Reader iOS app, and sign up for our email notifications as well. ### About K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc. Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc. is a joint venture between Kurzweil Technologies, founded by Ray Kurzweil, a forty-year innovator and pioneer in assistive technologies and the inventor of the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind; and the National Federation of the Blind, the largest, most influential membership organization of blind people in the United States. The company is known worldwide having launched the worlds first hand-held text to speech reader in 2006 followed in 2008 by release of the worlds first reading technology-the popular knfbReader Mobile software running on a cell phone. The companys latest product, the KNFB Reader iPhone app will be released in late summer 2014 and made available for purchase and download from Apples App Stores throughout the world. About our development partner, Sensotec Located in Jabbeke, Belgium, Sensotec was founded in 1986 as a company active in the development of aids for visually impaired persons, assisting them so that their integration into society is not just a fanciful notion but to actually make it happen at home, at work or in education. Sensotec currently is a leading company for the manufacturing and distribution of assistive technologies for the visually and reading impaired. Its main products include the Reporter Smart Reading machine, the EuroSoft braille notetaker software, the localized versions of Kurzweil 1000 and Kurzweil 3000 software, Kurzweil 3000 Mobile, WoDy, Daisy apps... and the KNFB Reader App for iOS which is developed in collaboration with K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc. sensotec.be
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 23:29:23 +0000
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