Horwitz said that they will have the same attention to detail and the same
kind of participation from local residents as did the Super Bowl.

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DETROIT, Move over All-Star game and the Super
Bowl."
Compuware , an industry leader in enterprise software and information
technology services, has its headquarters only two blocks away from the site
of the tournament.
Karmanos said he intends to play in the tournament, and hopes that local
bridge players join him at the event.

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It is the first time since 1981 that Detroit has hosted a
national bridge championship.
Battelle is working with HumanWare, the National Federation of the Blind,
and the Trace Center to develop a new player to meet the needs of the blind
and physically handicapped and others with print disabilities. Battelle innovations include the development of the
office copier machine (Xerox), pioneering work on compact disc technology,
medical technology advancements, and fiber optic technologies.

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Detroit to Host 2008 National Bridge Championships

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Battelle Leading Effort to Design Next-Generation Talking Book Player

The new flash-
based player will be lightweight, portable, and durable, and is expected to be
freely distributed to over 700,000 individuals in the U. We have great confidence in their capabilities and we know that the
product they design will be a success for our patrons," says Frank Kurt Cylke ,
NLS director.

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Make way for the 2008 Spring North American Bridge Championships.

About NLS
NLS is in the midst of a full-scale transition from analog audio cassettes
to DTBs, a project that will involve creating 20,000 DTBs (10,000 converted
from cassette and 10,000 recorded digitally) and developing a digital playback
device to replace the four-track tape player that has been in service for
nearly three decades.

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The tournament will be sponsored by Compuware Corporation .
Compuware Chairman and CEO Peter Karmanos is an avid bridge player."
"We are excited to participate in the first redesign of the NLS audiobook
player in the last 30 years and to contribute HumanWare's and our partner's
experience toward the launch of a revolutionary player to serve the visually
impaired and print-disabled community," says Dr.

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More than 10,000 tables of bridge players from all over the world will be in
competition at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center from
March 6 - 16, 2008.
"Unlike the Super Bowl, you don't have to worry about not having a ticket. It also sanctions
nearly 3,500 local bridge clubs. Products like the SmartView video magnifier and more
recently myReader - the world's first low vision auto-reader - are redefining
the way people look at low vision while the Victor Reader family of digital
talking book players has been at the forefront of the industry since its
inception.

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The Detroit Metro Convention + Visitors Bureau
coordinated the bid for the tournament.

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This opportunity sits squarely in this space and we are very excited
about it," says Battelle's Dave Easter, Vice President of Product Development
Solutions. Marc Maurer,
President of the National Federation of the Blind.

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Different events
will be held each day and one does not need to be an ACBL member to compete."
The consortium brings together a powerful, diverse group of experts.

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"While this is clearly not on the same
scale as the Super Bowl, we still want the Detroit experience to be
spectacular for bridge players as well.
The American Contract Bridge League is a not-for-profit organization that
has been the main sanctioning body for duplicate bridge tournaments in North
America since 1937.S.
HumanWare, the new business created from the recent merger of VisuAide and
Pulse Data International, has designed and commercialized digital talking book
players since 1999 under the Victor Reader product line. The BrailleNote is the best-known solution in the notetaker market
today, and this market will be expanded with the introduction of Maestro.

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"Battelle has a 75-year history of leveraging technology for the benefit
of our customers and investing in the human community through service to
others.
Finally, the companies produce the world's only commercialized GPS based
orientation solutions for the blind - Trekker and BrailleNote GPS.

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"If we can draw many bridge players from our local metropolitan area, we
will be in a good position to become part of the regular rotation for national
tournaments," Horwitz said.

Additionally, a complete book will fit on a
single flash memory card.

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He noted that a variety of events from beginner games through top-flight
national competitions are part of the Spring tournament.
"We think this event fits nicely with Detroit 's emerging status as a
premier host of national events," said Karmanos.
If you come, there will be a bridge table for you to compete against players
at the same skill level," said Karmanos.
We bring strong skills in project management, product integration,
engineering, industrial design, and the translation of user needs into
critical design specifications.
"This project will enable the blind to actively participate in the
development of the next generation audio book player," says Dr. "Our community has an
opportunity to contribute directly to this important project.

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The ACBL
estimates that the tournament will produce about a $10 million economic impact
for the region . The Trace Center at
the University of Wisconsin has been a pioneer in technology for the disabled
for more than 30 years.

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Gilles Pepin, President of
HumanWare Canada.

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"Detroit set the standard with its hosting of the Super Bowl this year,"
said Ronald Horwitz, former dean and finance professor at Oakland University
and co-chair of the 2008 tournament. Battelle, with the national labs it manages or
co-manages, oversees 19,000 staff members and conducts $3 billion in annual
research and development .

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About HumanWare
HumanWare combines two of the industry's most innovative companies -
VisuAide and Pulse Data International are recognized as world leaders in their
respective fields .

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Another feather in Detroit's hat is the announcement that the City will be
hosting the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) 2008 Spring championships. "There are more than 156,000
members of the American Contract Bridge League and we want them to feel
welcome in Detroit.

About Battelle
Battelle is a global leader in science and technology.

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It is based in Memphis, Tennessee .
"We are excited to have brought this exceptional group of companies on
board. "Battelle 's Product Development Solutions staff has extensive
experience designing products for the medical and consumer products industry. Headquartered in
Columbus, Ohio, it develops and commercializes technology and manages
laboratories for customers.

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" Horwitz added that Compuware's
sponsorship of the tournament gives the local host committee the ability to
set a new standard for hosting national bridge tourneys. COLUMBUS, Ohio, The National Library Service for
the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Library of Congress, has chosen a
consortium led by Battelle to design and develop its next -generation digital
talking book players.
Digital talking books revolutionize the reading experience by providing
advanced features such as ease of navigation, better audio quality, and the
ability to enter bookmarks. And the involvement of the National Federation of the
Blind ensures that those individuals most affected by the new players have a
voice in their design and development.

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NLS has approximately 730,000 audio cassette players in
use worldwide today and maintains an inventory of more than 23 million
cassettes containing audio books and magazines that it circulates free of
charge to blind and physically handicapped readers.