Audible, Inc. and Freedom Scientific Launch Comarketing Agreement.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WAYNE, N.J. & ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2003 Audible.com(R) Spoken Word Internet Audio See RealAudio. Service Accessible through Freedom Scientific's JAWS(R) for Windows Screen Reader Software and PAC Mate Pocket PC Audible, Inc. (OCT OCT ornithine carbamoyltransferase; oxytocin challenge test. OCT ornithine carbamoyl transferase, a liver specific enzyme. OCT Oxytocin stress test, see there BB: ADBL ADBL Agricultural Development Bank Limited (Nepal) ), the leading provider of digitally delivered spoken word audio, and Freedom Scientific, Inc. today announced an integrated marketing alliance. This agreement gives blind and vision impaired Internet users the easiest access to daily audio subscriptions of national newspapers, weekly business and science magazines, and the 6,000-title audiobook collection available only at Audible.com(R). Vision impaired users of Freedom Scientific's industry-leading assistive technology Hardware and software that help people who are physically impaired. Often called "accessibility options" when referring to enhancements for using the computer, the entire field of assistive technology is quite vast and even includes ramp and doorway construction in buildings to support products, including JAWS(R) for Windows screen reader software and its line of PAC Mate accessible Pocket PC devices It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. This is a list of Pocket PC and Windows CE devices, and companies that make, or have made, them. , will be eligible for a free trial membership to Audible's 34,000 hours of valuable spoken word audio. More than 80,000 users of the JAWS screen reader software, as well as users of PAC Mate personal data assistant, will be introduced to Audible with a free month AudibleListener(R) membership offer. They will be able to choose between PremiumListener(TM), which consists of any two audiobooks from Audible's industry leading selection of new best sellers to classics, or BasicListener(TM), which offers any one audiobook and one-month subscription at the Audible Subscription Center (www.audible.com/subscriptions), the only newsstand-style center for subscribing to audio editions of leading periodicals. For desktop listeners, the AudibleManager(R) software is scripted for access through JAWS and can play any audiobook from the computer's library of downloaded Audible titles. Using Microsoft Pocket PC technology in combination with JAWS screen reader running on Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. Mobile CE operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , the PAC Mate converts objects and text to speech so users who are blind can hear documents, images, and Web content, as well as store and play titles from Audible. Audio files downloaded from Audible are a fraction of the size of standard MP3 audio and allow for hours of on-the-go listening on any PAC Mate accessible Pocket PC. "We have heard that many blind users have joined Audible's Internet audio service because it offers equal access to the latest audiobook and audio periodical releases. Audible's broad content library provides timely audio information and entertainment in a manner previously not available through traditional audio sources. We are delighted to work with Freedom Scientific to increase awareness of our service to their savvy user base," said Matthew Fine, senior vice president, Enterprise, Audible, Inc. "For the blind community, downloading great audio directly to the PC is one of the killer applications of the Internet. This agreement with Freedom Scientific places Audible.com squarely in front of the blind Internet community, and we are committed to serving them well." "Freedom Scientific's goal is to develop solutions that provide vision-impaired users access to mainstream products and services that their sighted counterparts take for granted. Our agreement with Audible will allow us to directly offer our customers a popular and proven audio service that works with our installed and newly introduced software and hardware platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. ," said Brad Davis Brad Davis may refer to:
JAWS and PAC Mate users interested in taking advantage of this offer can begin by accessing this link: http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/audible.asp. About Audible.com: Audible.com, recently named the best consumer Web service by CNet.com (April 2003), and one of the "Best of Today's Web" by PC World (August 2002) features daily audio editions of The Wall Street Journal and The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times -- available on a subscription basis in time for the morning drive to work each day--as well as Forbes, Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review is a general management magazine published since 1922 by Harvard Business School Publishing, owned by the Harvard Business School. A monthly research-based magazine written for business practitioners, it claims a high ranking business readership and , Scientific American Scientific American U.S. monthly magazine interpreting scientific developments to lay readers. It was founded in 1845 as a newspaper describing new inventions. By 1853 its circulation had reached 30,000 and it was reporting on various sciences, such as astronomy and and Fast Company. The site offers a powerful collection of audiobook best sellers and classics by authors such as Tom Clancy For the member of the Irish folk band The Clancy Brothers, see Tom Clancy (singer) and for the American Celticist, see Thomas Owen Clancy. Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (born April 12 1947), better known as Tom Clancy , Stephen King <noinclude></noinclude>
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror and , John Grisham, Mary Higgins Clark Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark Conheeney, best known as Mary Higgins Clark, (b December 24, 1927 in the Bronx, New York) is an American author of suspense novels. , James Patterson, the Dalai Lama, David McCullough, Stephen Hawking, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson and Jane Austen. There are also speeches, lectures, and on-demand radio programs including Marketplace, All Things Considered All Things Considered (ATC) is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. It was the first news program on the network, and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets. , Car Talk, Fresh Air and This American Life This American Life (TAL) is a weekly hour-long radio program produced by Chicago Public Radio. It is distributed by Public Radio International and is also available as a free weekly podcast. , and original shows such as RobinWilliams@audible.com. All of the programs at audible.com are available for computer-based playback, burning to audio CD, and on-the-go listening using numerous AudibleReady(TM) portable digital audio players offered by leading consumer electronics and computer manufacturers. About Freedom Scientific: Freedom Scientific is the world's leading manufacturer of assistive technology products for those who are blind and vision-impaired including software, notetakers, Braille displays, embossers and products for the special education and learning disability markets. The PAC Mate is the first and only accessible version of Microsoft's Pocket PC applications for personal data assistants, or PDA's. It is a handheld computer that provides on-the-go access to information and computing. JAWS for Windows is the world's most popular screen reader that works with your PC to provide access to today's software applications and the Internet. With its internal software speech synthesizer synthesizer Machine that electronically generates and modifies sounds, frequently with the use of a digital computer, for use in the composition of electronic music and in live performance. and the computer's sound card, information from the screen is read aloud. JAWS is a registered trademark of Freedom Scientific. About Audible, Inc.: Audible(R) (www.audible.com(R)) is the Internet's largest, most diverse provider of premium spoken audio services for content download and playback on personal computers, CD or AudibleReady(R) computer-based mobile devices. Audible has more than 34,000 hours of audio programs and 135 content partners that include leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers and business information providers. Audible.com is Amazon.com's (www.amazon.com) exclusive provider of spoken word products for downloading or streaming via the Web. Additionally, the Company is strategically aligned with Random House, Inc., to pioneer the first-ever imprint to produce spoken word content specifically suited for digital distribution, Random House Audible. Among the Company's key business partners are Apple Corp., Casio Inc., Handspring, Hewlett-Packard Company, Microsoft Corporation, Palm, Inc., Royal Philips Electronics, RealNetworks, Inc., Sony Electronics, Texas Instruments and VoiceAge Corp. Audible, www.audible.com, Audible Otis, and AudibleReady are registered trademarks of Audible, Inc.; AudibleListener is a trademark of Audible, Inc. and all are part of the family of Audible, Inc. trademarks. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. This press release contains information about Audible, Inc. that is not historical fact and may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements about the company. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, Audible's limited operating history, history of losses, uncertain market for its services, and its inability to license or produce compelling audio content and other risks and uncertainties detailed in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. |
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