After an inspiring period of over 17 years, and now reaching the age of 68 years, the moment has come for me to find a new home for the TactileView software.
Therefore, I am really pleased to announce that HumanWare Inc is taking over all aspects of the TactileView software.
HumanWare wants to work along the same path as Thinkable has been doing:
Remain the most versatile editor for tactile graphics.
Support the user to the best possible.
Responding to user feedback in the further development of the product.
TactileView can now be found here: TactileView
The Thinkable team has worked closely with the HumanWare team in the past months to guarantee a smooth transition.
Sales and support staff have been trained.
Websites have been updated to reflect the change of ownership, to update product information and support procedures.
Support requests
Support request should be directed to one of the following mail addresses depending on your region :
Uk and Europe – eu.support@humanware.com
USA and Canada – support@humanware.com
Australasia – au.support@humanware.com
These addresses are monitored by HumanWare staff for all your remarks and software licence reset requests and other questions. So please use these from now on for TactileView related emails.
New TactileView version 3.0
It is planned to release a new version 3.0 not too long from now.
Therefore, the Thinkable programmers will be involved in the further development of the software under the flag of HumanWare.
One improvement you have been asking for is the undo/redo functionality. You will get it.
TactiPad, GraphGrid, CircleFrame, TactiForma and MDA.
These products stay in the portfolio of Thinkable. The transfer of the software will free up some time to concentrate more on a further development of manuals and tutorials for these products.
As the product information on the www.thinkable.nl website will undergo some changes, we will keep you updated.
Private note
I will work with the HumanWare team for the next six months to make sure as much as possible of my expertise is transferred to the new team.
Besides this I will find more time for my hobbies reading and cooking for friends.
A few big thank you’s.
Thank you for all the personal stories and responses that I received from end users.
It is impossible to list all of these, but I’ve got many chicken skin moments when I heard about the steps especially children made when they discovered the world of tactile graphics.
Also a big thank you for the local dealer organisations that are hooked into the Thinkable network. They committed themselves to this type of product to make it into a commercial success.
I could not have achieved all of this without the people that formed the Thinkable team throughout the years behind. Thanks for all your contributions.
For now, best greetings,
Jaap & Thinkable team (Marjan, Arend, Vincent, Arjen and Wim)