Essilor develops its global Low Vision offering......................................

[Chris Ryser]

Essilor develops its global Low Vision offering
with the acquisition of Humanware

Charenton-le-Pont, France (October 17, 2013) – Essilor International has announced the acquisition of a majority interest in Technologies Humanware Inc., a world leader in the design and distribution of electronic assistance products for the blind and vision impaired.
Founded in 1988 and based in Drummondville, Quebec (Canada), Humanware offers a wide array of equipment that is marketed mainly in visual rehabilitation clinic networks. The company recently launched Prodigi™, a two-in-one magnifier that helps the vision impaired whether they are sitting or moving about and which was awarded a Silmo d’Or gold medal at the Silmo international optics show in Paris in September. This configurable personal vision assistant combines a portable tablet and a touchscreen desktop device that automatically adapts text size and format to each user's vision. It also includes a text-to-speech feature.


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Essilor develops its global Low Vision offering with the acquisition of Humanware | 10/17/2013 | FinanceEssilor International has announced the acquisition of a majority interest in Technologies Humanware Inc., a world leader in the design and distribution

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Essilor develops its global Low Vision offering
with the acquisition of Humanware

Charenton-le-Pont, France (October 17, 2013) – Essilor International has announced the acquisition of a majority interest in Technologies Humanware Inc., a world leader in the design and distribution of electronic assistance products for the blind and vision impaired.
Founded in 1988 and based in Drummondville, Quebec (Canada), Humanware offers a wide array of equipment that is marketed mainly in visual rehabilitation clinic networks. The company recently launched Prodigi™, a two-in-one magnifier that helps the vision impaired whether they are sitting or moving about and which was awarded a Silmo d’Or gold medal at the Silmo international optics show in Paris in September. This configurable personal vision assistant combines a portable tablet and a touchscreen desktop device that automatically adapts text size and format to each user's vision. It also includes a text-to-speech feature.


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Essilor develops its global Low Vision offering with the acquisition of Humanware | 10/17/2013 | FinanceEssilor International has announced the acquisition of a majority interest in Technologies Humanware Inc., a world leader in the design and distribution

Don't ever be fooled by their spin that they truly care about visually impaired people, third world blindness or three blind mice. It's all about the bottom line and world dominance in anything related to the ophthalmic industry...nothing else.

[Chris Ryser]

HumanWare sees its global developmentexpand through a partnership with Essilor

By HumanWare
HumanWare
Last modified:2013-10-17T12:40:25Z
Published: Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013 - 5:38 am

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DRUMMONDVILLE, QC, Oct. 17, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ - HumanWare announces amajor strategic partnership with Essilor, the world's leading ophthalmic opticscompany, which becomes the majority shareholder of the company specializing inassistive technologies for people who are blind or have low vision.
This new alliance offers greater global visibility for HumanWare productswhile promoting access for a larger number of people with visual impairments.The alliance will also accelerate investment in research and development tooffer new and innovative high quality products for both blindness and lowvision.
For HumanWare, this partnership represents an opportunity to confirm itsleadership in assistive technologies for the visually impaired. Along with therecent introduction of the new range of Prodigi^TM digital magnifiers,HumanWare will significantly increase its market share in the rehabilitationsector and among eyecare professionals.
"We are very pleased to be partnering with Essilor, whose knowledge inoptics and access to optician distribution networks will accelerate innovationto help people with visual impairments. Together, we will contribute todeveloping the notoriously under-penetrated global market," says GillesPepin, CEO of HumanWare.