| Mysore, India (July 3, 2009) Earlier in the week, Inspinity, | | | | transcriptionists have performed the same duties as |
| a wholly-owned subsidiary of offshore outsourcing | | | | other team members, but gain additional, visual |
| business Software Paradigms International, (SPI) | | | | assistance by utilizing JAWS (Job Access With |
| officially welcomed eleven visually impaired workers to | | | | Speech), a screen reader that provides users with |
| its medical transcription team. | | | | access to information through interactive |
| The effort marked the Atlanta IT and BPO firm’s | | | | text-to-speech and Braille displays. |
| first step toward diversifying its workforce with the | | | | “We think that it’s important that all companies |
| talents of special needs employees and was initiated | | | | recognize the ways that they can give back,” said |
| through its Corporate Social Responsibility program, an | | | | Inspinity CEO, Sid Mookerji. “Looking at what we do, |
| effort through which employees give back to their | | | | we recognized that we have many listening-based |
| community. | | | | positions and thought that medical transcription work |
| “This is exciting news for SPI and Inspinity, and it will | | | | could be a natural fit for people with visual impairments. |
| be the first of many efforts geared toward recruiting | | | | We evaluated our internal conditions and capitalized on |
| disabled people with specialized strengths, such as | | | | the situation. It’s been a great move so far, and |
| listening,” said Madhukar Venkataramiah, SVP of | | | | there will hopefully be many more of these initiatives in |
| Operations in India. “We know that we have an | | | | the future.” |
| opportunity that not all businesses have, and since our | | | | About Software Paradigms International |
| team is equipped and capable of bringing on visually | | | | Software Paradigms International Group LLC, is an |
| impaired employees, we’re honored that we’re | | | | Atlanta-based IT and Business Process Outsourcing |
| able to do so.” | | | | company that reduces IT costs by delivering |
| The new hires were inducted onto the Inspinity team | | | | world-class enterprise solutions. |
| following completion of an 18-month, onsite training, for | | | | The organization provides Application Development |
| which they qualified after earning degrees in Computer | | | | and Maintenance, Software Support, Software Testing |
| Applications through a three year program at JSS | | | | and Financial and Accounting BPO services through its |
| Polytechnic for the Physically Handicapped. | | | | offshore development center in Mysore, India. |
| Since becoming officially employed with Inspinity, the | | | | |