Stories Archive
Previous customer profiles from ZoomNews:
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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Using ZoomText from Middle School to Grad School
April 13, 2009
Rachel Wells is a 25 year old student in her first year of a Master’s Degree program for Clinical-Counseling Psychology at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia. To top it off, she’s visually impaired and credits ZoomText with making her schooling career possible.
ZoomText at the Slopes
February 11, 2009
Mark Davis, an avid skier from a young age, lost his sight due to a rare symptom of Multiple Sclerosis and was devastated at the prospect of no longer being able to do what he loved the most - ski. Soon after losing his sight, and with the assistance of the Colorado Ski School for the Blind, he returned to the mountain and instantly overcame his sense of deep depression. The strength and confidence he gained from this life changing experience compelled him to offer this same opportunity to others.
You don’t have to see it to tee it
December 15, 2008
Ty Thompson loves to golf, play poker, and volunteer at the local elementary school helping kids to read. Did I mention he does all this despite suffering from the rare genetic disorder Pseudo Xanthma Elasticum (PXE) which has left him without any central vision and legally blind?
Setting Sail with ZoomText
October 14, 2008
Right now, Scott Duncan and his sailing partner, Pam Habek are in Vanuatu, an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean. And they arrived there with the help of ZoomText…
