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margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt'><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>We have worked with the good people from Premier Programming  (then
Premier Assistive Technology, then Premier Literacy) since they first entered the
marketplace with their products.  I find that they are very friendly
company that is easy to do business with.  They have been very generous
with their "grant" program, and I believe that you will be able to
get not for resale (NFR) copies of most of their software so that you can both
evaluate the technology and let students who are interested test drive their
products.  They tend to work closely with advancements in operating
systems to take advantage of what Microsoft provides to keep the costs of their
products down.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:2.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>They were one of the first companies to put their assistive
technologies on a flash drive for portability, which makes a lot of sense for
most campus situations.  They call their product Key to Access, and we
have worked successfully with this with a number of students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'>I saw that someone else had posted some positive comments about a
few of their products, and while I find that sometimes their products may not
be as feature rich or as elegant as some of the competitive products they
certainly have attractive price points, and they will stand behind any product
should you have difficulties.  A good example of this is their Scan and
Read Pro software which I do not believe is as full featured as a product like Wynn
Wizard or Kurzweil (nor as far-reaching in its capabilities), but at their
price point of $149.95 it can often be a very viable solution for user of
limited scanning/speaking needs at a very attractive price point.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:2.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>We've also been very satisfied with their Text Cloner Pro. 
-ed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'>Edward S. Rosenthal, President and CEO, Next Generation
Technologies Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:2.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>20006 Cedar Valley Rd. #101, Lynnwood, WA 98036<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:2.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Phone: 425-744-1100 extension 15; Fax: 425-778-5547<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:2.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>E-Mail: edward@ngtvoice.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'>Skype: ed.rosenthal7<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'>WWW: http://www.ngtvoice.com and http://www.ngtmedical.com <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Carol
Raymundo<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> athen@athenpro.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Screen readers/other software<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>I am wondering if anyone uses Premier
Literacy software (formerly Premier Assistive Technology). <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Has anyone taken advantage of their
grant program? If so, what do you like and what don't you like about the
program?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Carol Raymundo</span><span
style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Instructional
Specialist with Assistive Technology<br>
Linn-Benton Community College</span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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Services</span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Phone: 541-917-4832</span><span
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