[Electronics-talk] help with android

Thu Mar 31 00:56:05 UTC 2011

Caroline Ragot - Marketing
marketing at codefactory.es
Mobile Accessibility On Sale
Mobile Accessibility is Now Available for Purchase
Making Android Phones Accessible to the Blind
Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, March 30th, 2011
Mobile Accessibility, our screen-access application that allows people who
are blind or have low vision to use an Android phone in an intuitive, easy
and simple way, is now on sale.  Mobile Accessibility is the first
accessible Android application that permits intuitive touchscreen navigation
of Android phones, featuring text readback via natural sounding voices
powered by Nuance's VocalizerR text-to-speech technology.

You can purchase the application directly from the Market application of
your Android phone, or from the web page:

US English:
https://market.android.com/details?id=es.codefactory.android.app.ma.vocalize
renu&feature=search_result 
UK English:
https://market.android.com/details?id=es.codefactory.android.app.ma.vocalize
reng&feature=search_result 
For more information on how to purchase your copy of Mobile Accessibility
please go to http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=415#getit  

If you still have not tried it, you should do it now. Our 30-day demos are
available here:

Mobile Accessibility Demo US:
https://market.android.com/details?id=es.codefactory.android.app.ma.vocalize
renudemo&feature=search_result 
Mobile Accessibility Demo UK:
https://market.android.com/details?id=es.codefactory.android.app.ma.vocalize
rengdemo&feature=search_result 

Mobile Accessibility is only available in English at the moment. Languages
to follow soon are:  Spanish, Italian, German, French and Portuguese.

Mobile Accessibility doesn't support multiple languages at one time. If you
buy the English version of Mobile Accessibility you will not be able to use
it in another language like French or Spanish. There will be a specific
version of Mobile Accessibility for each language and each version will have
to be purchased separately. US and UK English are 2 different languages.

Mobile Accessibility is two products in one:
A suite of 10 accessible applications (Phone, Contacts, SMS, Alarm,
Calendar, Email, Web, Where am I, Apps and Settings) that have been
specially designed for the blind and visually impaired. They all have a
simplified interface whose textual information is spoken using Nuance
VocalizerR voice synthesis. 
A screen reader that allows users to get out of the suite and navigate the
standard interface of their phone. 

The major features of Mobile Accessibility are the following:
Touch navigation: You can use Mobile Accessibility not only with the
trackball or the physical keyboard of your phone, but also with its
touchscreen! Simply move your finger around the screen and the voice
synthesis will read the text located under your finger. Or if you prefer,
you can also swipe up/down/right/left and tap on the screen to navigate
through the interface. And if you wish you can enable sound and vibration
feedback. 
Easy to input text: In or outside the Mobile Accessibility suite you can use
the touch QWERTY keyboard as well as speech recognition to write text
quickly and easily. Imagine writing an SMS or an Email using your voice
only. 
Voice synthesis: Code Factory has been making mobile phones accessible to
the blind and visually impaired for many years now, and they know that the
voice matters... and a lot! For Mobile Accessibility, Code Factory has
partnered with NuanceR to leverage its trusted Vocalizer text-to-speech
technology, providing consumers with natural sounding voice readback.  

Inside the Mobile Accessibility suite of accessible applications you can do
the following
Phone: Make calls, answer calls, hear the caller ID and manage your call
log. 
Contacts: Manage your contacts, even those from social networks such as
Facebook.  
SMS: Compose and read short messages. Manage conversations. 
Alarms: Set your alarms. 
Web: Full web browser experience, similar to what you can find on your PC.
Jump by the control of your choice (links, paragraphs, headings, forms,
etc.) to navigate faster to the information of your interest. Bookmark your
favourite webpages. 
Calendar: Create, edit and delete a calendar entry. View all events per day,
week or month. 
Email: Full access to your Gmail account 
Where am I? : GPS application that gives you updates on your current
location. 
Settings: Change ringtone. Configure feedback and notifications (vibration
or audio). Configure keyboard echo, punctuation verbosity, speech pitch and
rate, etc. 
Quick access to date and time, phone status information such as battery
level and network coverage, number of missed calls and unread messages, etc.

To hear Mobile Accessibility in action listen to videos and audio demos at
http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=415#video 

Mobile Accessibility supports all Android phones from version 2.1 and above.
Please note that voice recognition is only supported with version 2.2 and
above. Note also that if you want to use the screen reader functionality of
Mobile Accessibility you will need a phone with physical navigational
controls such as a trackball or trackpad. You can find more information
about Android phones at
http://www.google.com/phone/#manufacturer=all&category=all&carrier=all&count
ry=all&reset_filters=1 

To learn how to use Mobile Accessibility for Android, please consult the
user guide at http://www.codefactory.es/MA/en/ma_1_0_manual.html. For
technical assistance, please submit a ticket through Code Factory's Help
Desk at http://www.codefactory.cat/helpdesk/ 

For more information, feel free to contact Code Factory S.L.:

Code Factory, S.L., Rambla d'Egara 148 2-2, 08221 Terrassa (Barcelona)
HelpDesk, www.codefactory.es
Code Factory, S.L. - 2011 

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-----Original Message-----
From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of walt cone
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 4:43 AM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] help with android

On 3/29/11, Dale Heltzer <deheltzer at msn.com> wrote:
> I'd appreciate help from anyone successfully using an android with the 
> accessibility apps.
> Thanks.
>
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there are several accessible programs on android.  I like the screen reader
spiel which you can find on the market place.  You will probably need
sighted help to install it but it is worth it.

     Look for the ideal accessible updater and that will help you.  If you
search for ideal you will find a 3rd party email program and a useable
browser.
Walt

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