News and Updates
News for 2008
11/20/08-11/21/08 - Conference
gh attended the NCTI Technology Innovators Conference at the Madison Hotel in Washington, D.C. We exhibited our MathSpeak technology and its incorporation into the gh Player 2.2, as well as discussed MathSpeak's impact in providing advanced mathematics to individuals with visual disabilities.
10/16/08 - Conference
gh attended Vision Impaired Solutions for Total Access (VISTA) on the Notre Dame Campus. Our presentation covering the gh Player was held at 12:00 in the Dooley Room and covered the rich new features of the gh Player 2.2 as well as the services we offer. We also exhibited from Noon to 7 PM in Room #202.
10/7/08 - Conference
gh exhibited at the Treasury IT Accessibility Conference, located at the United States Mint in Washington, DC.
9/27/08 - Interview
The National Center for Technology Innovation (NCTI) has recently added a profile interview of gh President Dave Schleppenbach. Dave will also be conducting a series of online Q&A sessions from October 6-10, 2008 at the NCTI site. Please leave comments and questions for Dave's sessions on the NCTI profile.
8/7/08 - Interview
gh's CEO, Dave Schleppenbach, was interviewed by No Limits 2 Learning. You can listen to the full half hour interview at No Limits to Learning Live.
7/15/08 - 7/17/08 - Conference
gh exhibited at QAC Sight Village 2008 in Birmingham England.
6/23/08 - 6/25/08 - Conference
gh exhibited at the Texas Assistive Technology Regional Conference in Houston, Texas.
5/15/08 - Software Release
gh released the newest version (2.2.3) of the gh PLAYER™, which includes many feature upgrades and enhancements. Among other improvements, gh PLAYER™ Premium Edition is the first DAISY player that can open Microsoft Word documents using the "Save As DAISY" feature! For more information see the product page, download a trial version, or read the press release in the May issue of the DAISY Planet.
5/7/08 - Award
The National Center for Technology Innovation (NCTI) awarded gh a Technology in the Works 2008 award for the proposed research, Exploring the Benefits of Speech-Enabled Calculators (PDF of Abstract). Awarded jointly to Dr. Emily Bouck at Purdue University and gh, the results of the research generated through this award will be presented at the 2008 Technology Innovators conference in Washington, DC, on November 20-21. For more information on the Technology in the Works program, please visit the NCTI website.
4/16/08 - Conference
gh exhibited the gh PLAYER at the PATINS Project Tech Expo, held in Indianapolis, Indiana.
3/09/08 - 3/15/08 - Conference
gh was in Los Angeles, California attending the 2008 CSUN Conference. gh exhibited in the Renaissance Ballroom and presented on different topics related to DAISY Book production.
01/30/08 - 2/2/08 - Conference
gh attended the ATIA 2008 Conference in Orlando, Florida. gh exhibited, presented several papers on accessibility, and hosted a private area for product testing, feedback, and participation in research projects.
01/28/08-01/30/08 - Meeting
Dave Schleppenbach, President of gh, attended the NIMAS Standards Board meetings in Orlando, Florida. Dave presented about multiple technical aspects of NIMAS implementation including the NIMAS Structure Guidelines.
For older news items, please reference our archive.