Las Vegas, Nevada (MMD Newswire) January 16, 2009 --  DICE Electronics, LLC. a leader in HD Radio and iPod integration is proud to announce that it has received the Wonder Vision Award for developing the world’s first accessible HD radio (iTR-100A). The award was presented by Stevie Wonder and Michael May at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show.

The accessible radio prototype is based on the already popular DICE iTR-100 tabletop HD Radio, with special enhancements in consideration for the visually impaired.

The engineers at DICE Electronics spent many months perfecting the iTR-100A and creating a user friendly interface. Voice prompts and audible feedback have been added to simplify the operation. The result of our cooperative development is a receiver that meets many of the guidelines set by the IAAIS StAR.

“There are over one million blind people in the USA, and many of them are tech savvy, and want access to the latest technology,” said DICE CEO Laszlo Barabas.  “Unfortunately, there aren’t many manufacturers who consider developing products for them. We, at DICE, are proud to be among the distinguished few.”

The advanced technology encompassed within supports the upcoming HD Radio based digital Radio Reading Service.

Radio Reading Services provided by many NPR stations offer spoken text from hundreds of daily print publications, including various magazines and newspapers for the visually impaired. Analog technology used today offers less than desirable audio quality and requires a dedicated receiver.

With the DICE iTR-100A, listeners will enjoy not only the superior audio quality of the HD Radio based Reading Service, but will have access to available HD-2 and HD-3 content broadcasted by the local radio stations.

DICE Electronics intends to make the receiver available in Q2 of 2009.

For more information, please visit www.diceelectronics.com/vision
or contact by phone at: 888-342-3999.

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