GEORGIA RADIO READING SERVICE, INC. (GaRRS)
260
14TH Street, NW Atlanta,
Georgia 30318 404-685-2820
January 3, 2011
Jae Traina Cosby
Executive Director
404-685-2822/678-472-1401 (c)
Georgia
Radio Reading Service (GaRRS) expands reach to Kenya, Africa
The Georgia Radio Reading Service (GaRRS), Georgia’s only 24 hour, human voiced radio reading service for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print Disabled has partnered with Georgia Tech’s School of Psychology in producing a three-minute monthly radio show series, Assistive TECH, about sound technologies developed by the School’s Sonification Lab for the vision loss community. Under the direction of Dr. Bruce Walker, Associate Professor in the School of Psychology and the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech and founder of the Sonification Lab, researchers in the Sonifcation Lab recently visited with the Thika School for the Blind in Kenya, Africa to demonstrate their latest developments to the students at the school. GaRRS’ volunteer and host of Assistive TECH, Mary Ann Hill, joined the team to cover their activities. You can listen to her series on GaRRS’ broadcast on the second Saturday of each month at 10:30 a.m. or from GaRRS’ website, “Listen to Our Archives: Assistive TECH.” For more information about Ga Tech’s Sonification Lab, visit their website at http://sonify.psych.gatech.edu/. For more information about GaRRS, please call 1-800-672-6173 or visit our website at www.garrs.net
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Photo on left: Students at the Thika School for the Blind, Kenya, Africa
Photo on the right: Assistive TECH Show Host Mary Ann Hill (second from right) with Dr. Bruce Walker, Director of the Georgia Tech Sonification Lab, (first from right) and Kirika Mugo (on left holding his son Mugo). Mike Nees (back center) and Carrie Bruce (front row left), both of whom are Researchers in the Sonification Lab.
Georgia Radio Reading Service, Inc. (GaRRS) is a nonprofit organization.
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