K-NFB Reading Technology

K–NFB Reading Technology, Inc. is a joint venture between Kurzweil Technologies, headed by CEO Ray Kurzweil, a thirty-year innovator and pioneer in assistive technologies and the inventor of the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind; and the National Federation of the Blind, the largest, most influential membership organization of blind people in the United States. The company's latest products, the Mobile Reader Product Line, which includes the knfbReader Mobile, designed for blind and low vision individuals, and the kReader Mobile, designed for use by sighted individuals with reading difficulties was launched in January of 2008. The kReader PC assistive reading and study skills software for struggling readers was launched in March of 2009. The products are distributed in the U.S., Canada, Western Europe, and the Pacific Rim. K–NFB Reading Technology, Inc. is a privately held company.