[Electronics-talk] Fwd: Free Software for Sprint

Tue Jan 10 11:59:02 UTC 2012

Well, the software might be free, and I will work with maybe eight or ten 
pieces of software, but how many other available pieces of software will it 
work with, I'm betting very few.

Fred Olver

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From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 3:42 AM
Subject: [Electronics-talk] Fwd: Free Software for Sprint

>
>Sprint to Offer Mobile Accessibility Application, Developed by Code 
>Factory, for Free to Customers Who are Blind or Have L
>Tools
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>Posted January 9, 2012
>Mobile Accessibility application and new Accessibility Sprint ID packs make 
>smartphone usage more accessible for Sprint customers
>OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(<http://www.businesswire.com>BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sprint 
>(NYSE: S) is offering customers who are blind or visually impaired, as well 
>as elderly individuals or those who cannot read print on smartphones 
>because of physical, perceptual, developmental, cognitive or learning 
>disabilities, free solutions that will provide them easier access to their 
>Android-powered smartphone's functionality. The solutions include five new 
>Accessibility Sprint ID packs - bundles of applications available on select 
>Android-powered smartphones - and the Mobile Accessibility suite of 
>applications.
>Mobile Accessibility, developed by Code Factory, is a suite of accessible 
>applications that have been specifically designed for people who are blind 
>or visually impaired. Mobile Accessibility, which features a simplified 
>user interface and textual information that is spoken aloud using voice 
>synthesis to aid navigation of the device, will be offered to Sprint 
>postpaid and Boost Mobile prepaid customers through the Android Market for 
>free starting this quarter.
>The application is available for free for postpaid Sprint customers with 
>Android-powered smartphones activated on a monthly service plan that 
>includes data, such as the Everything Data plan starting at $79.99. The app 
>is also free for no-contract customers with Android-powered smartphones on 
>Boost Mobile's Monthly or Daily Unlimited plans.
>The application, which typically costs $99, will be available in English 
>and Spanish in the Android Market under the names Sprint Mobile 
>Accessibility EN & ES and Boost Mobile Accessibility EN & ES.
>"Sprint strives to satisfy all our customers' wireless needs, and with 
>solutions such as these, we're helping our customers with disabilities 
>realize the full potential of their smartphones," said Fared Adib, Sprint 
>vice president-Product Development. "That is why we're offering the Mobile 
>Accessibility app and Accessibility ID packs free of charge."
>"Code Factory is delighted that one of the most important carriers in the 
>world decided to subsidize Mobile Accessibility for their customers and is 
>helping to assure that the product reaches as many people as possible at no 
>cost for them," said Eduard Sanchez, Code Factory CEO. "We are proud to be 
>a new partner with Sprint and hope this is the start of a longtime 
>relationship for accessibility for blind and visually impaired Sprint 
>customers."
>The main features of Mobile Accessibility:
>    * Touch navigation: Users can simply move their finger around the 
> screen and the voice synthesis will read the text located under their 
> finger. They can swipe up/down/right/left and tap on the screen to 
> navigate through the interface, and they can enable sound and vibration 
> feedback.
>    * Easy to input text: In or outside the Mobile Accessibility suite 
> users can use the touch QWERTY keyboard or speech recognition to write 
> text quickly and easily - making it possible to write an SMS or email 
> using their voice only.
>    * Voice synthesis: Provides customers natural sounding voice read back.
>With Mobile Accessibility, users can do the following:
>    * Phone: Make calls, answer calls, hear the caller ID and manage their 
> call log.
>    * Contacts: App tells user how many contacts they have and speaks the 
> contact's name they selected.
>    * SMS: Virtual keyboard is larger and fills the entire screen. When the 
> user clicks a letter on the keyboard, the app reads the letter to them. 
> This makes it easier for them to compose emails or SMS messages. It also 
> reads SMS messages to the user.
>    * Alarms: Set their alarms.
>    * Web: Full Web browser experience; also reads text from Web page to 
> the user.
>    * Calendar: Create, edit and delete a calendar entry. View all events 
> per day, week or month.
>    * Email: Full access to Gmail accounts; reads emails to the user.
>    * Where am I?: GPS application that gives the user an update about 
> their current location.
>    * Access to basic phone functions, such as date and time, missed calls, 
> etc. User can click on the function and it speaks to them.
>"Having the ability to gain greater access to information on smartphones 
>through the use of a free suite of applications is a very positive 
>development in the blind community's quest for more affordable choices," 
>said Mitch Pomerantz, president of the American Council of the Blind (ACB). 
>"The American Council of the Blind commends Sprint for its willingness to 
>take another positive step toward full product accessibility."
>Accessibility Sprint ID packs:
>Today Sprint is launching five accessibility-themed Sprint ID packs, 
>developed by Apps4Android, which are bundles of applications designed to 
>accommodate the access needs of Sprint subscribers with print 
>disabilities - people who are unable to read standard printed material, 
>including text on their smartphone, because of blindness, visual 
>disability, physical limitations, organic dysfunction or dyslexia. For more 
>information about the Accessibility ID packs, read 
><http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businesswire.com%2Fnews%2Fhome%2F20120109006634%2Fen&esheet=50125434&lan=en-US&anchor=today%27s+press+release&index=1&md5=6c416915d9284f77111ef97d7c80a47f>today's 
>press release.
>About Sprint Nextel
>Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline 
>communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, 
>businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel served more than 53 million 
>customers at the end of 3Q 2011 and is widely recognized for developing, 
>engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including the first 
>wireless 4G service from a national carrier in the United States; offering 
>industry-leading mobile data services, leading prepaid brands including 
>Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national 
>and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet 
>backbone. The 2011 American Customer Satisfaction Index showed Sprint is 
>the #1 most improved company in customer satisfaction, across all 
>industries, over the last three years. Newsweek ranked Sprint No. 3 in its 
>2011 Green Rankings, listing it as one of the nation's greenest companies, 
>the highest of any telecommunications company. You can learn more and visit 
>Sprint at 
><http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sprint.com&esheet=50125434&lan=en-US&anchor=www.sprint.com&index=2&md5=de9659d58f17dc113e8cbff7ffa6c144>www.sprint.com 
>or 
><http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsprint&esheet=50125434&lan=en-US&anchor=www.facebook.com%2Fsprint&index=3&md5=843e523a31b78b8bf59c1ad4ecb258e9>www.facebook.com/sprint 
>and 
><http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2Fsprint&esheet=50125434&lan=en-US&anchor=www.twitter.com%2Fsprint&index=4&md5=40adca48a4642e7af7b468ea6d51db86>www.twitter.com/sprint.
>About Code Factory
>Founded in 1998 with headquarters 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 accessible mobile applications such as screen readers, screen 
>magnifiers, and Braille interfaces. Code Factory's products are compatible 
>with the widest range of mainstream mobile devices running on Symbian, 
>Windows Mobile, BlackBerry Smartphones, and Android. Among Code Factory's 
>customers are well-known organizations for the blind such as ONCE in Spain, 
>and carriers Sprint, AT&T, Bouygues Telecom, SFR, TIM and Vodafone.
>
>
>
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