From: Jim Bliss 
Subject: Announcing New VIPinfoSoft Version Release
JBliss Imaging Systems Announces New VIPinfoSoft Version Release
We are pleased to announce that Version 2.1 for both VIPinfoSoft=99 and
VIPinfoSoft Plus is now released.  VIPinfoSoft and VIPinfoSoft Plus
Software programs are designed to be used by people with low vision or by
blind people.  They integrate OCR and synthetic speech technologies
together with visual presentations of text to optimize the speed and ease
of reading printed and electronic documents.  The programs are highly
adjustable for customization to the user=92s vision.  VIPinfoSoft Plus adds
the features of e-mail, memo editor, address book, autodial, and printing
to VIPinfoSoft.  Version 2.1 adds the following great new features to both
VIPinfoSoft and VIPinfoSoft Plus:=20
* Books on CD:
These books can be read in any of VIPinfoSoft=92s Views (i.e., Marquee, RSVP=
,
Word Wrap, and Image). As usual, speech can be turned on in the RSVP and
Word Wrap Views. We have prepared over 600 books (e.g., including "Tale of
Two Cities", "20,000 Leagues under the Sea", "Huck Finn", and "Dracula")
and stored them on a single CD! This is a very exciting feature, providing
a technology that revolutionizes "Talking Books"!=20
At present, only CDs that have been prepared by us are readable.  We have
indexed this first CD by dividing the books into sections and some sections
into subsections. This makes it easy to go to a particular place in each
book. There is also a "Bookmark" function so places can be saved for easy
return. The purchase price of this first CD, together with the indexes on a
3.5" floppy, is $49.95.
In addition, Version 2.1 has many other improvements and refinements,
including a method for obtaining grade 2 braille printout from scanned and
keyed-in files, the ability to save files to 3.5" floppy, and templates for
specifying the sections of a page to be read and the order in which they
are read.
The price for VIPinfoSoft is $795 and for VIPinfoSoft Plus is $995. A demo
CD, which is a full program that lasts for 30 days, is available for $25
including shipping and handling. (The $25 is deductible from the purchase
price.)
To order, contact JBliss Imaging Systems, 650 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose, CA
95129,
toll free: 888-452-5477,
408-246-5783,
e-mail: info@JBliss.com,
website: http://www.JBliss.com.
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