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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">The Network of Assistive Technologists invites you to join us for an upcoming webinar – Friday, December 11, 2020 @ 1:30pm Eastern.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#CC0000">The Future of Dragon as Assistive Technology
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Network of Assistive Technologists<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 3, 2020 9:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NOAT@googlegroups.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [N.O.A.T.] The Future of Dragon as AT - Webinar Announcement - Friday, December 11, 2020 at 1:30pm Eastern<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#202124">You are invited to join The Network of Assistive Technologists on Friday, December 11 at 1:30pm Eastern, as we welcome Nuance - The makers of Dragon.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#212121">Recently Dragon has been in the AT News, rumoured to be making substantial changes to their products and pricing. If implemented, these changes would have an immense negative impact
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#212121">Join The Network of Assistive Technologists as we welcome
<b>Jamey Klein</b>, Account Executive, Dragon Enterprise Sales, <b>Mike Millward</b>, Senior Dragon Product Manager, and
<b>Ed McGuiggan</b>, General Manager of the Dragon Professional & Consumer business.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#212121">Jamey, Mike, and Ed will be addressing these recent rumours, discussing our concerns, as well as reviewing the Dragon product roadmap and collecting overall feedback to help shape
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#212121">All members of the Assistive Technology Professionals community are invited to join us on Friday, December 11, 2020 at 1:30pm Eastern.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#38761D">For full details and to register, please visit the
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