Stories Archive
Here you'll find all our customer profiles we've run in ZoomNews:
Vault Man Succeeds with ZoomText!
February 01, 2010
Don Livasy is 77 years old and suffers from the genetic disorder rod and cone dystrophy, but that doesn’t keep him grounded. Don is an avid pole vaulter who also enjoys cooking. He even created his own cookbook for his family using ZoomText!
There’s No Stopping Steve…
December 01, 2009
Stephen Statham has been working for the Canadian government in the corrections department for almost twenty years, and his hobbies range from photography to scuba diving to hiking and camping. Did I mention he has Stargardt’s disease and has been a ZoomText user since version 7?
Cooking without Looking
October 01, 2009
Tom Fox was a neonatal respiratory therapist when viral meningitis suddenly robbed him of his vision. He went back to culinary school to learn to cook with his visual impairment, changed careers and is now one of the hosts of a cooking show on TV geared toward the visually impaired!
The Power of Positive Thinking
August 03, 2009
Maggie Kress is a ZoomText user who credits our software with making her feel like a sighted person when she uses it. She has set up her own website with the help of ZoomText and has written an article on her blindness and how she has coped with it. “I give ZoomText full credit for me being able to stay active today,” says Maggie. She asked that we share the article with other ZoomText users and we think you’ll find it inspirational:
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Going for the Gold
June 15, 2009
Gavin Kilpatrick just took home a Bronze medal for cycling at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games for South Africa. And what do you know – he’s a ZoomText user!
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