Harpo's achievements

July 18, 1985	The Inception of the Company
1987–88	Collaboration with Dolphin; the first localized Polish speech synthesizer Apollo
1993-94	Collaboration with the Polish Academy of Science; the development of the first Polish synthetic voice “Kubus”
1994	”Product of the Year” Award for Kubus synthesizer
1996	Initiation of the Auto-Lektor development project with own synthetic voice and OCR
1998	Auto-Lektor sale begins
1999	Initiation of the “Electronic Braille note taker” project that resulted in the development of BraillePen (known today as BraillePen Slim)
1999	"Porozumienie Bez Barier” Foundation Award for the best product for people with disabilities. Auto-Lektor rewarded by the First Lady Jolanta Kwaśniewska
2002	Initiation of the “Multifunctional Electronic Braille Device” project as a result of which BraillePen 12 was born
2002	Initiation of the “Aphasia Therapeutical Computer System” project. AfaSystem as a fruit of the project
2004	BraillePen’s (Slim) sale begins
2005	Gold Medal for the BraillePen Slim at Łódz Rehab Fair
2006	BraillePen 12’s sale begins
2006	AfaSystem’s sale begins
2008	Business awards: Forbes’ Diamonds, Gazela Biznesu by Biznes Puls Magazine
2010	Gold Medal of Polish Association for the Blind
2010	Coorganizer of the International Braille Challenge in Prague, Czech Republic
2010	Initiation of the AsTeRICS project being part of EU’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research in collaboration with various European universities and corporations. The objective of the project is the development of the Assistive Technology Rapid Integration & Construction Set
2010	Takeover of the manufacture of the Mountbatten and the PIAF Tactile Image Maker from Quantum
2010	Initiation of the Dicomp Transfer project as part of a EU’s Leonardo Da Vinci Program. The objective of the project was to localize a free screen reader
2010	Initiation of the "Braille Learning System” project
2010	Harpo’s 25. Anniversary Celebrations
2011	Coorganizer of the 7^th “Let’s Talk Together” Regional IAAC Conference for Central and Eastern Europe
2011	Recognition at the World Braille Union’s “Braille 21” conference for the BraillePen 12 in the category of the innovative product
2012	Honorable Mention for PCEye by Tobii, an eye-tracking device (Harpo is the sole distributor of this device in Poland).