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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Steven Toole Freedom Scientific and immixGroupSM Partner for Product Procurement through the GSA(St. Petersburg, FL, and McLean, VA., August 19, 2005) – Freedom Scientific has announced that its software and hardware products are now available to federal government agencies through immixTechnology's GSA (General Services Administration) Schedule, contract number GS-35F-0330J. Freedom Scientific is a worldwide leader in assistive technology for the blind, visually impaired, and those with learning disabilities. A subsidiary of immixGroup, Inc., immixTechnology, is a government channel management firm that addresses the business requirements of technology manufacturers selling to the government. The partnership between Freedom Scientific and immixTechnology means that government agencies now can purchase Freedom Scientific products through a pre-competed schedule, as opposed to a best-bid process. This reduces order time, labor, and paperwork, and ensures the purchasing agency the best price. Under the GSA Schedules (also referred to as Multiple Award Schedules and Federal Supply Schedules) Program, GSA establishes long-term government-wide contracts with commercial firms to provide access to products and services that can be ordered directly from GSA Schedule contractors or through the GSA Advantage!® online shopping and ordering system. Through the use of immixTechnology's GSA Schedule and its other contract vehicles, government agencies are able to easily purchase a broad range of leading commercial technologies. “Government agencies require products that enable workers, trainees, and others who are blind or have low vision or learning disabilities to excel in the work or study environment, doing the same work as their sighted counterparts,” said Lee Hamilton, president and CEO of Freedom Scientific. “Freedom Scientific products set the standard of excellence in this technology, providing a broad range of solutions that encompass accessible screen reading, screen magnification software, accessible portable Pocket PC solutions, braille displays, scanning and reading machines, teaching and learning software for those with learning disabilities, and more.” Many Freedom Scientific products are designed to be complete hardware and software accessibility solutions that are tested and guaranteed to work together and do not require additional training. Freedom Scientific’s product development approach also gives users access to the same mainstream technology features with which sighted users work. For instance, Freedom Scientific’s JAWS screen reading software enables the visually impaired to read the same on-screen documents, including Web pages, that sighted users read. Freedom Scientific’s PAC Mate provides a Pocket PC solution based on the Windows Mobile platform, using Microsoft Pocket PC applications and third-party applications that a Pocket PC can use. Four Preferred Freedom Scientific Dealers have been named as “Sales Agents” that are able to fulfill orders through immixTechnology. The Dealers are: TCS Associates, Virtual Vision, Vision Dynamics, ADAPT 2C, and Universal Low Vision Aids. “A significant amount of our business is already conducted with government agencies,” Hamilton said. “We look forward to working with immixTechnology to expand our assistive technology to other agencies in the public sector.” To review the complete GSA Schedule of Freedom Scientific products, visit www.immixtechnology.com or contact Robert Brown, senior account manager at immix Technology at (703) 752-0613 or by e-mail at [email protected].
About Freedom Scientific Freedom Scientific®, PAC Mate™, and JAWS® are either trademarks or registered trademarks in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
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