[Electronics-talk] Fwd: Code Factory releases TV Speak in the USA

Thu Jun 23 12:01:14 UTC 2011

It looks like you can use it with cable or sattlelight, but I don't see how 
it could control the menues
This has to be just for over the air T.V
But I couldn't find it under the code factory websight, where is it?

Dewey Bradley
Springfield Missouri
In God we trust
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From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 10:43 PM
Subject: [Electronics-talk] Fwd: Code Factory releases TV Speak in the USA

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>Caroline Ragot - Marketing
><mailto:marketing at codefactory.es>marketing at codefactory.es
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>TV Speak US
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>Code Factory releases TV Speak in the USA
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>New Windows-based software to make digital television accessible!
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>For Immediate Release
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>Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, June 22nd, 2011
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>Code Factory is proud to announce the release in the USA of its new 
>software application, TV Speak. After almost a decade making mobile phones 
>accessible to the blind and visually impaired, Code Factory has decided to 
>move from small to big screen and expand its expertise in accessibility to 
>television.
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>TV Speak is an application to be installed on a computer equipped to 
>receive a digital television signal. Through speech output and 
>magnification, TV Speak allows people who are blind or have low vision to 
>use the most common functionality of digital terrestrial television in a 
>fully accessible way.
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>"The way people watch television is changing. In the near future we will 
>all use television to access the web and consume multimedia content and 
>digital information. Blind people cannot be left out of this new world of 
>possibilities. Therefore television has to be accessible and TV Speak is 
>our first contribution in this field" explains Eduard Sánchez, Code 
>Factory's CEO.
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>With TV Speak people who are blind or have low vision can:
>    * Access the Electronic Program Guide (EPG).
>    * While watching TV, consult information about the current or next 
> program.
>    * Select audio channels to choose one providing an audio description.
>    * Schedule and record programs (image + audio, or audio only) based on 
> the EPG information.
>    * Tune and order television and radio channels.
>    * Configure both television and TV Speak parameters.
>    * Enable parental control settings.
>    * Execute basic TV operations such as change channel, adjust volume, 
> etc.
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>To use TV Speak you need a computer running Windows (Windows 7, Vista or 
>XP), a TV tuner card, and a TV antenna cable adapted for digital 
>terrestrial television (either portable or that plugs into a TV socket). 
>The tuner will make the connection between your computer and the TV 
>antenna. One side of the tuner has a USB port to plug into your computer 
>and the other side has a plug to connect to the antenna. In other words, 
>the TV antenna cable is connected to the TV tuner, which in turn is 
>connected to the PC via a USB port. In this way you can watch TV through 
>your computer and you don't actually need to use your television screen. 
>However if you wish you can direct the audio and video output of TV Speak 
>to your TV monitor and use a wireless keyboard to control the TV.
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>TV Speak is a product that Code Factory has been developing in partnership 
>with ONCE, the Spanish national association for the blind.
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>When you install TV Speak for the first time, it will automatically work 
>for 30 days for free. Once the demo expires, you will be asked for a 
>license number. To purchase TV Speak in the US, please contact HandyTech 
>North America by email at <mailto:info at handytech.us>info at handytech.us or by 
>phone at 651-636-5184. You can also visit the HandyTech North America 
>webpage at <http://www.handytech.us/>http://www.handytech.us/. For any 
>questions about TV Speak, feel free to send an email to info at handytech.us.
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>If this summer you are attending the NFB and ACB conventions, stop by the 
>HandyTech North America booth, ask Earle to show you TV Speak in action and 
>enter in the drawing to win free licenses.
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>For more information about TV Speak visit 
><http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=416>http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=416
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>About Code Factory
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>Founded in 1998 and headquartered in 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. Since 2010, Code Factory also 
>provides solutions to make television accessible to the blind and visually 
>impaired.
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>About HandyTech North America
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>Founded in 2005, Handy Tech North America is a Minneapolis-based company 
>that is owned and operated by business professionals with visual 
>impairments. In addition to our own innovative and cost-effective blindness 
>and low vision solutions, we distribute cutting-edge products for some of 
>the best-known companies in the assistive technology industry. Handy Tech 
>North America also offers customized assistive technology training and 
>consulting services to organizations and individuals throughout the United 
>States and Canada.
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>For more information, feel free to contact Code Factory S.L.:
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>Code Factory, S.L., Rambla d'Egara 148 2-2, 08221 Terrassa (Barcelona)
><http://www.codefactory.cat/helpdesk/>HelpDesk, www.codefactory.es
>Code Factory, S.L. - 2011
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>send an email to <mailto:marketing at codefactory.es>marketing at codefactory.es 
>for any request related to the Code Factory's news.
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