ATIA Chicago 2009

The last week in October several of our employees flew to Chicago for ATIA's assistive technology conference.

When: October 29-31

Where: Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center, Schaumburg (Chicago), IL

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.

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.

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.

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!

CSUN 2009

We recently attended CSUN at the LAX Marriot this March. Crowds swarmed the booth to see what new and exciting products we had this year. Our "Make it a Double" campaign continued to promote the new line of Elite and Premier embossers capable of double-sided printing in one pass.
In addition we were showing the prototype for the re-designed desktop series. With a new sleek design, USB connection, and new braille dot, the new model was a huge hit! While this new design has not been officially released yet, it will be in the very near future.

Lastly, the prominent Emprint SpotDot was on display. This embosser, capable of both ink and braille, makes using the IVEO Hands on Learning System a breeze! If you attended CSUN and were not able to stop by the booth, check out the ViewPlus website for all the latest information; you did however miss out on our great new tradeshow bags – they are reusable.

IVEO Math Tutor

IVEO Hands-On Learning is now math compatible! With the IVEO Math Tutor students can now practice their math skills. Many blind students currently learn Nemeth math, but now they have the ability to learn math spatially, the same way as sighted users. The IVEO Math Tutor is not an update to the current software, but instead its own program. It is still in testing and has therefore been released as a beta version. ViewPlus is currently seeking beta test users. If you are interested, visit www.iveo.org to find out all the details of this new and exciting program. With the IVEO Math Tutor teaching spatial math is now literally at your student's fingertips!

If you are not familiar with IVEO, ViewPlus has a great demo video. Check it out!

Tifloinnova 2008

We recently attended Tifloinnova 2008 in Madrid, Spain. The show had a great turnout and was sponsored by ONCE. For those of you who are not familiar with ONCE, they are a non-profit corporate organization that focuses its activities on the improvement of the quality of life of people with blindness or severe visual impairment from all over Spain.

Dorine in 'T Veld and Steve Young were the representatives that attended the show. There was a large turnout at the booth and many were impressed with the Emprint SpotDot braille embosser Powered by Tiger. In addition the IVEO Hands-On Learning System impressed students of all age levels. According to Dorine and Steve, Madrid is a beautiful city with great nightlife and they hope to return soon!

Now Offering Free Tranings

We are now offering free online trainings! These are offered to everyone who may need a refresher with the Tiger Software Suite or IVEO software. Trainings are normally between one and two hours in length. The first hour of the training focuses on translating in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint. The second half of the hour focuses on IVEO version 2.0. The trainings are flexible and therefore can be custom tailored to each individual's needs. To find out more about these trainings email us at training@viewplus.com! Don't miss out on this great opportunity!