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knfb Reading Technology premieres new softway at CSUN conference

(March 18, 2009)

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–knfb Reading Technology, Inc. announces the premiere of the kReader PC, a break-through in assisted reading and study skills software for students, including struggling readers—at the California State University Northridge Annual Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference 2009.

Developed under the direction of Assistive Technology pioneer Ray Kurzweil the kReader PC makes reading fun for students with its engaging and easy to use interface. The kReader PC interface utilizes state-of-the-art video gaming technology to create 3D book viewing, multimedia annotations, voice painting and many other features to make reading and creation of reports fun and engaging for students. Further advances in file format and conversion technology make content acquisition fast and simple. The program allows direct import of MS Office, PDF, XPS and many other file formats. Student created multi-media content provides an interactive way for students of all levels to create and display their own content, including creation of virtual book covers and use of a 3D virtual bookshelf.

“I’ve been developing solutions for struggling readers for more than 35 years” said, Ray Kurzweil, CEO of knfb Reading Technology. “We’ve utilized the most innovative technologies available from 3D gaming environments combined with the most advanced file formatting, image processing and document capture technologies to create what we believe will be the most engaging and empowering reading tool of it’s kind.”

The kReader PC software will be demonstrated on March 18-21, 2009 in Booth #360 at the exhibit hall at the Marriott Hotel Los Angles Airport, located at 5855 West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90045. Admission to the exhibit hall is free and open to the public Thursday, March 19 from 8:00am – 5:00pm, Friday and Saturday, March 20-21 from 9:30am to 5:00pm.

About KNFB Reading Technology, Inc.

knfb Reading Technology, Inc. is a joint venture between Kurzweil Technologies, headed by CEO Ray Kurzweil, a thirty-year innovator and pioneer in assistive technologies and the inventor of the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind; and the National Federation of the Blind, the largest, most influential membership organization of blind people in the United States. The company’s latest products, the Mobile Reader Product Line, which includes the knfbREADER Mobile, designed for blind and low vision individuals, and the kREADER Mobile, designed for use by sighted individuals with reading difficulties was launched in January of 2008. The kReader PC assistive reading and study skills software for struggling readers was launched in March of 2009. The products are distributed in the U.S., Canada, Western Europe, and the Pacific Rim. For more information, please visit http://www.knfbreader.com.

Publication: Business Wire