We take a very quick look at the new Hal / Supernova 11.54 which is expected to be formally released by May 13th, 2010. The podcast demonstrates some navigation in Windows 7.
we are Pleased to present two new Arabic TTS engines from Acapela Group. Laila a lady's new voice and Mahdi a man's new voice are added to a number of other existing Arabic TTS engines. Those engines as well as other engines will be featured in Nattiq’s main products such as Hal, Supernova, Braille Sense Plus, Book Sense and other products. We preview the new engines in this podcast.
We demonstrate an interesting device in this podcast. Record your voice onto self-adhesive labels. Verstaile recordable labels with endless uses: food packaging, CDs and DVDs, household objects and many more uses. For more details, listen to the podcast at the following link:
An important part of our business is to raise awareness about Adaptive Technologies through out our communities. I had the opportunity to appear at Dubai’s Eye Middle East’s only dedicated English language talk station in the Business Breakfast’s show. Here is the link for the interview.
Friendship Association for the Blind, FABJO, in Jordan announced that it launched an initiative to offer free Arabic Daisy books directly from its website, http://fabjo.org. FABJO invested earlier last year in acquiring tools and equipment to start creating Arabic DAISY books. Nattiq Technologies delivered the required infrastructure to FABJO as well as the specialized training.
Nattiq's technical team completed the creation of a map file for the latest version of Almaktaba Alshamila 3.28. An encyclopedia which contains hundreds ofbooks useful for students, teachers, scholars and all other reading lovers. Nattiq continues to be committed to enable blind users in the Middle East have access to popular software titles.
Funded by Alnoor Association in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Friends of the Blind Association in Ramallh distributed 50 lap tops equipped with Hal to blind candidates who could utilize the equipment at work or school. The distribution of the gifts was conducted in a ceremony attended by Her Excellency the Minister of Social Affairs in the Palestinian Authory Madam Majida Almasri.
In the occasion of Eid Al-Fitir Feast, we take this opportunity to wish all of our friends happy holidays. Our offices will remain closed starting from September 20. Normal office hours will resume on Wednesday, September 22. Eid Mubarak.
In an effort to create awareness on the risks of using pirated Adaptive Technology software, FaisalIT.com launched this week a contests through which a lucky winner will win Talks - SIM chip license. The link for the contest is: http://faisalit.com/blog/?p=506.
Alawq Albasari in Buraidah starts another training campaign to train more than 70 blind men and woman on Hal. The project is funded by Aljazera Bank and will result in granting all participants with a lap top and Hal Arabic screen reader. More than 200 blind beneficiaries are expected to benefit from such grants between now and the end of the year.
