[Blindtlk] Find Your Way with Mobile Speak 4.60 - Support for Nokia Ovi Maps
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Support for Nokia Ovi Maps
Find Your Way with Mobile Speak 4.60
Support for Nokia Ovi Maps
Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, November 23, 2010
Nokia Ovi Maps... it was surely the most awaited
feature for a Symbian screen reader but also a
huge technical challenge. Today, Code Factory’s
development team is proudly saying to the world
“YES WE CAN” by announcing Mobile Speak’s support
for free step-by-step navigation using Nokia Ovi Maps!
“When Wayfinder announced the end of Wayfinder
Access and our Symbian users were left without
any other accessible GPS solution for Nokia
phones, we knew we had to make something work.
Our commitment towards our users justified the
decision to take on this new technical challenge
and the big investment it represented for Code
Factory,” explained Eduard Sánchez, Code Factory’s CEO.
“We at TalkNav are delighted that Code Factory
has taken this step to empowering Symbian handset
users to access the Ovi Maps product. With the
demise of the Wayfinder Access GPS solution,
Symbian users had been left quite literally
stranded, other than opting for a change of
platform,” says Neil Barnfather, TalkNav owner
and former Wayfinder Access dealer. “Code
Factorys efforts in making Ovi Maps accessible to
this significant number of blind and low vision
users represents the true emphasis that this
company puts on making its products the very best that they can be” added Neil.
With Mobile Speak 4.60 you can use versions 3.03
and 3.04 of Ovi Maps in an accessible way to:
* Find and track your current GPS position.
* Start walking or driving and get automatic
notifications when streets change.
* Search for specific addresses, points of
interest and others locations such as hotels and restaurants.
* Create, edit, follow and save a route in Walk or Drive mode.
* Bookmark your favorite places and routes,
or create your own collection of favorite points of interest.
* Execute Ovi Maps and specialized Mobile
Speak shortcuts when in Map, Walk or Drive mode.
For example, when following a route, press 1 to
speak the next turn, 2 to save your current
position, 3 to search a point of interest
browsing by categories, 7 to bring up a list of
route points, 8 to speak the distance to the
destination and its direction, 9 to display a
dashboard with information about distance, speed
and time, or Clear to speak your current position.
* Configure new Mobile Speak settings to
customize your Ovi Maps experience.
* To learn more about Mobile Speak’s Ovi Maps
support, please read our FAQ at
<http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=414>http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=414
and consult Chapter 14 of our user manual at
<http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/ms46_userguide_symbian.html#_Toc278193846>http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/ms46_userguide_symbian.html#_Toc278193846
Mobile Speak 4.60 comes FREE for all Mobile Speak
4.xx users and is now available for download at
<http://codefactory.es/en/downloads.asp?id=347>http://codefactory.es/en/downloads.asp?id=347
It is important to check if your version of Nokia
Ovi Maps and your phone are compatible:
* Supported versions of Nokia Ovi Maps: v3.03
and v3.04. These versions provide free step-by
step pedestrian and car navigation.
* Nokia phones that work with v3.03 and v3.04
of Nokia Ovi Maps: E66, E71, N86, C5, E5, E52,
E55, E72, E73, 6710, 6720, 6730, 6760, 5230, 5800, N97, N97 mini, C6, and X6
Note that only the above Ovi Maps versions and
Nokia devices are supported by Mobile Speak 4.60.
If you use any other version or device, Code
Factory cannot guarantee the correct
functionality with Ovi Maps, so before upgrading
your version or device, please make sure it is supported.
In addition to Ovi Maps support, V4.60 also includes:
* Support for 3 new devices: Nokia 5228, Nokia 5250, and Nokia E55.
* Support for Mobile Magnifier in all Nokia
touch devices with new features especially
designed for touch-screens such as the touch
magnification lens which can be used in Stylus mode.
* Support for Mobile Magnifier in various 3rd
edition phones where it previously was not
supported: Nokia N86, Nokia E75, Nokia N85, Nokia 5730 and Nokia 6220.
* Easier way to execute commands using a
touch-screen: On pressing the Command key, the
touch mode will automatically change to Keypad
mode while the Command key is active, regardless
of the current touch mode. This allows all
Command key shortcuts to always be easily
accessible, since all keys can be simulated in
Keypad mode. Very useful when using the magnification lens in Stylus mode.
* When "Battery/Signal always" is set to "On"
in the Verbosity tab, the current time, battery
level, signal level and operator will be spoken
when entering into the standby screen from a
different application. This is a convenient way
to check these values without needing to use a
Mobile Speak Command (so it can easily be done
for example by switching out and back into the
standby screen, even on slider phones like the
N86, while keeping the slider closed).
* A large number of other improvements and
bug fixes, as detailed in our User Manual here
<http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/ms46_userguide_symbian.html#_Toc278193784>http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/ms46_userguide_symbian.html#_Toc278193784
If you are a new Mobile Speak user, download
Mobile Speak 4.60 now at
<http://codefactory.es/en/downloads.asp?id=347>http://codefactory.es/en/downloads.asp?id=347
and try it for 30 days for free.
If you are a user of an earlier version of Mobile
Speak (i.e. v3.82 or earlier) and wish to upgrade
to Mobile Speak 4.60, contact your distributor to
purchase an upgrade license. In addition to all
the improvements and new features of Mobile Speak
4.00, 4.50 and 4.60, if you purchase an upgrade
license, you will also get Mobile Magnifier,
Mobile DAISY Player, Color Recognizer and the
Games for free! To consult the complete list of
Code Factory’s official distributors, visit
<http://www.codefactory.es/en/page.asp?id=351>http://www.codefactory.es/en/page.asp?id=351
To learn how to install Mobile Speak 4.60 for
Symbian for the first time, follow the
instructions at
<http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/ms46_userguide_symbian.html#_Toc278193787>http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/ms46_userguide_symbian.html#_Toc278193787
If upgrading from version 3.XX of Mobile Speak,
make sure to FIRST UNINSTALL all the Code Factory
packages you have installed and then RESTART the
device. However if you already have version 4.XX
installed, just stop Mobile Speak and install
v4.60. None of the TTS packages have changed
since v4.00, so there is no need to reinstall
them. For more information about upgrading,
follow the instructions at
<http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/ms46_userguide_symbian.html#_Toc278193791>http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/ms46_userguide_symbian.html#_Toc278193791
To read more about Mobile Speak 4.00 visit
<http://codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=318>http://codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=318
About Code Factory
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Terrassa
(Barcelona), Spain, Code Factory is the global
leader committed to the development of products
designed to eliminate barriers to the
accessibility of mobile technology for the blind
and visually impaired. Today, Code Factory is the
leading provider of screen readers, screen
magnifiers, and Braille interfaces for the widest
range of mainstream mobile devices. Among Code
Factory's customers are well known organizations
for the blind such as ONCE, and carriers such as
AT&T, Bouygues Telecom, SFR, TIM and Vodafone.
Code Factory has also built strong partnerships
with mainstream multinational companies like RIM,
Nokia, Microsoft, and Hewlett Packard as well as
leading assistive technology companies such as
HumanWare, Optelec and Sendero Group.
For more information, feel free to contact Code Factory S.L.:
Code Factory, S.L., Rambla d'Egara 148 2-2, 08221 Terrassa (Barcelona)
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