TERRE HAUTE — Indiana State University associate professor Elizabeth Jones has spent the past seven months working to make math accessible to all students. Jones, an associate professor of mathematics and computer science, took a sabbatical for the fall and…
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ViewPlus Announces New IVEO (v.2) – Hands-on Learning System
Corvallis, Oregon USA, Wednesday, Feburary 6, 2008 – Today ViewPlus announced the release of the new IVEO Hands-on Learning System (v.2). IVEO is a multi-sensory learning system that makes teaching of visual concepts — diagrams, images and even art —…
ViewPlus Makes APS Science Journals Accessible to Blind People
Corvallis, Oregon USA, Wednesday, January 16, 2008 – ViewPlus Technologies today announced an experimental project to make American Physical Society (APS) journals accessible to the blind. The project is a collaboration between APS and ViewPlus, funded by a Small Business…
Tiger Braille Software Makes it Easy
September 24, 2007 Corvallis, Oregon — ViewPlus Technologies announced today the release of a new version of the Tiger Software Suite (TSS) – powerful braille translation software for MS Word and Excel. The new version, TSS 4.0, includes a new…
ViewPlus Donates Embosser to Blindness Foundation After Burglary
When the Oral Hull Foundation was burglarized in late March 2007, the staff and volunteers of the 45-year-old organization for the blind were not only at a loss for words, but at a loss for resources. One late March day,…
Memorial for Tom Johnston (1982-2007)
ViewPlus Consultant and friend, Tom Johnston, passed away April 23, 2007. This is a small tribute of our love for him. Memorial for Tom Johnston A Message from “the Colonies” Submitted by Jeff Gardner I first met Tom Johnston as…
IVEO Makes it Easy to Work with Scientific Diagrams
The ViewPlus IVEO technology is based on Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) and is being developed to allow scientists to publish graphics that are easy to access and understand by people with special needs. The first release of IVEO was designed…
Exhibit for the blind sheds light on an overlooked ‘civil right’
In a new exhibit launched at the Creole Gallery in Lansing MI, artist Suellen Hozman has taken a new approach to providing accessible art. Using Tiger Technology and mainstream graphic software, Hozman has created a photographic exhibit that is not…
Braille Printer Manufacturer ViewPlus Switches to CoCreate
FORT COLLINS, Colo. and SINDELFINGEN, Germany — June 20, 2006 — CoCreate Software, Inc., a leading provider of 3rd Generation PLM software applications, today announced ViewPlus Technologies has switched to CoCreate as its 3D product development platform. ViewPlus revolutionized Braille…
ViewPlus Introduces Emprint – New Braille Printer with Color HP Inkjet
Corvallis, Oregon, May 16, 2006–ViewPlus Technologies today announced the release of Emprint™, the world’s first Braille printer that embosses Braille with the equivalent color ink. The ability to print Braille and ink in a single-pass will allow people with visual…