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LevelStar in the News

New York Times
Where a Screen Isn´t an Option, a Hand-Held Uses Audio 6/07/07
The Icon mobile manager has just about everything you would expect in a hand-held organizer, including a calendar, address book, clock, word processor, calculator, voice recorder, and WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. What it does not have is a screen, because this pocket-size device from LevelStar was designed for visually impaired users. more

FierceWireless
Spotlight: LevelStar´s PDA for the Blind 6/25/07
LevelStar´s Icon Mobile Manager is a PDA for the blind or visually impaired. While it has no screen, the Icon features audio menus that help users navigate. more

Wired Magazine
Levelstar: PDA for the Visually Impaired 4/19/07
Most consumer electronics manufacturers have nothing to offer people with impaired vision. Not so Marc Mulcahy, the co-founder of Levelstar and its product designer. Mulcahy has been blind since birth so he knows exactly what his customers need. more

Denver Post
Innovations and Ideas: Tools for the visually impaired 9/03/06
A Louisville company is working to help the visually impaired stay organized and mobile. LevelStar has developed the Icon, a personal digital assistant that lets users store a wide range of information and listen to it anytime. more

Rocky Mountain News
LevelStar Makes PDA for Visually Impaired 9/05/06
Marc Mulcahy was 9 when he realized how technology could revolutionize his life. Blind since birth, Mulcahy´s first computer liberated him from writing in Braille and waiting days for his teacher to transcribe his work. more

Axistive
Review: LevelStar Icon 6/28/07
The Icon, manufactured by LevelStar, is a Linux-based screen less PDA designed for the blind. Therefore all of the applications installed on the Icon are guaranteed to be completely accessible to the blind. more

AccessWorld
An Image of Accessibility: A Review of the Icon 7/07
The Bottom Line: The Icon provides a powerful package of programs in a small device... Judging by the company´s efforts so far, the Icon will become a major player in the market. more

ACB Radio
Interview with Ronnie Millsaps
Ronnie Millsaps sings the praises of the Icon in an on-air interview with Marlaina Lieberg of www.acbradio.com. "I love the Icon. I´ve got 222 songs on it already," said Millsaps. more

Blind Cool Tech
Breakfast with Larry 03/2006
Larry Skutchan from www.blindcooltech.com interviews LevelStar co-founder Marc Mulcahy about LevelStar and the Icon. Larry calls the Icon "the product of the show." Marc Mulcahy said he designed the Icon, "to have something I could use at work, or could have used as a college student." more

Blind Cool Tech
Icon Demo at CSUN 03/2006
Larry Skutchan from www.blindcooltech.com records a demo of the Icon at the California State University, Northridge´s International Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities. more

ACB Radio
Demo of the Icon 03/2006
LevelStar´s Marc Mulcahy gives Marlaina Lieberg from www.acbradio.com a demo of the Icon. Marlaina describes the Icon as "tiny! It´s about the size of a remote control."