[gui-talk] Fwd: Condolences from code Factory for the passing of Torsten Brand

[Steve Pattison]

From: Eduard Sanchez 
To: mss_mailing at codefactory.cat

Today we are all in a state of shock. Torsten Brand, Program Manager
for Talks, died last night from complications during a routine
operation. 

On behalf of Code Factory, I would like to address my deepest sympathy
to Torsten's family and friends. There are no words to express our
sadness. 

We have been competing with Talks for more than seven years, both of us
aiming to create life-changing solutions, therefore this competition
means something very special to us.

Torsten Brand was indirectly a driving force for our company as well as
a source of inspiration. It has been a great honor to compete with
this pioneer of accessibility during all those years. As software
developers we know too well the immense loss that it represents for
the whole industry. Developing screen readers applications is a very
difficult task that Torsten Brand was doing brilliantly. We thank
Torsten for being one of the most important pioneers in accessible
mobile technology, and for bringing a good product like Talks to the
market.

This competition has been very healthy, and in our case we can honestly
say that it made us better, forcing us to be more creative and
innovative in order to compete. We met with Torsten in ATIA and CSUN
this year and were discussing together the future of mobile phones and
accessibility. Our vision of the future has changed too suddenly with
this very sad news. We will all miss him a lot and hope that his
legacy will be honored and that Talks will keep being a great product.
Again all our thoughts are with Torsten's family and friends.

It is with great respect and immense sadness that we say goodbye to the
man who first made a mobile phone accessible to the blind and visually
impaired.

Eduard Sánchez, Code Factory's CEO,

on behalf of the Code Factory team: Jordi Sánchez, Greg Gladman,
Caroline Ragot, Melanie Endres, Ferran Gállego, Wil Osberger, Jose
Luis Ametller, Mukesh Sharma, Dinesh Kaushal, Aman Singer, Pilar
Hualde, Charlotte Vinkel, and Franco Bellu.

Regards Steve
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