October 23, 2008 Corvallis Oregon — ViewPlus Technologies and Design Science announced today the release of a new update to the ViewPlus Tiger Software Suite 4 (TSS) for braille math support within Microsoft Word. The new version TSS 4.1 works…
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ViewPlus Makes Images Accessible to the Sight-Impaired (Including Computers)
By Bill Kasdorf, Vice President, Apex, and General Editor, The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing You may have missed one of the most intriguing new technologies to be shown at the recent SSP 30th Annual Meeting in Boston. Demonstrated in…
Program Helps Graduates Succeed; Mixes Business and Science Skills
With a bachelor’s degree in marine science from Texas A&M, Todd Bridgeman rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the Commissioned Officer Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Stationed in Newport, Ore., he coordinated ship operations, supported…
ISU Prof Helps Develop Software for Visually Impaired
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…
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…