[Electronics-talk] Fwd: Free Software for Sprint

Thu Jan 12 00:02:39 UTC 2012

So do you need to retro-fit the Android phones with a screen 
reader, like MobileSpeak or Talks? I've heard about a free screen 
reader called TalkBack that comes with the Android phones (you 
can download the app from the Market,) but a lot of users have 
told me that it does not read a lot of things on the apps, and 
isn't as good as the iPhone's Voiceover.

Chris

"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The 
real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that 
exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and 
opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical 
nuisance."
-- Kenneth Jernigan

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Mad <madbiz68 at yahoo.com
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and 
appliances<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:21:28 -0500
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Fwd: Free Software for Sprint

It works well for those of us that use it on our android phnes.  
We can do just about anything everyone else can.  If you don't 
know about it don't knock it!
--
Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail.  Please excuse my 
brevity.

fred olver <goodfolks at charter.net> wrote:

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

----- Original Message -----
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
ï¿½ <http://www.fiercetelecom.com/forward?path=node/43538>Email
ï¿½ <http://www.fiercetelecom.com/print/node/43538>Print
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%2F
www.businesswire.com%2Fnews%2Fhome%2F20120109006634%2Fen&esheet=5
0125434&lan=en-US&anchor=today%27s+press+release&index=1&md5=6c41
6915d9284f77111ef97d7c80a47f>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%2F
www.sprint.com&esheet=50125434&lan=en-US&anchor=www.sprint.com&in
dex=2&md5=de9659d58f17dc113e8cbff7ffa6c144>www.sprint.com
or
<http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2F
www.facebook.com%2Fsprint&esheet=50125434&lan=en-US&anchor=www.fa
cebook.com%2Fsprint&index=3&md5=843e523a31b78b8bf59c1ad4ecb258e9>
www.facebook.com/sprint
and
<http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2F
www.twitter.com%2Fsprint&esheet=50125434&lan=en-US&anchor=www.twi
tter.com%2Fsprint&index=4&md5=40adca48a4642e7af7b468ea6d51db86>ww
w.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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