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National Center for Technology Innovation
Advancing Technology Innovations for All Students

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  • Ray Schmidt, Vice President, OneWrite Company

    October 4, 2007


    Ray Schmidt knows communication devices inside and out – he is the designer of Cyrano, a device built with the HP iPAQ PDA, and is the father of a teenager who has used several communication devices through the years. These experiences give Ray incredible insight into the consumers – service providers and end users - of communication tools. The Cyrano is developed so that users can “build their own machines.”

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    • Major Grant Transforms Bookshare.org Service

      October 4, 2007


      With a major $32 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Bookshare.org, the online collection of digital books, will be able to vastly increase its collection as well as provide its services without subscription. Jim Fruchterman, head of Bookshare.org, says they hope to reach every school and every student with a print disability to make digital text a reality for all who need it. Hear Fruchterman give the keynote address at the NCTI Annual Innovators Conference.

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