[nabs-l] Mobile Speak 4.5 for Symbian is Now Available!
David Andrews
dandrews at visi.com
Thu Jul 1 16:19:21 UTC 2010
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>Caroline Ragot - Marketing Director
><mailto:marketing at codefactory.es>marketing at codefactory.es
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>Mobile Speak 4.5 for Symbian
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>Mobile Speak 4.5 for Symbian is Now Available
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>Touch Screen, Web Browser, Calendar, TweetS60, Nokia C5, C6, E5 &
>E73 Mode, and More!
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>Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, July 1st, 2010
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>Mobile Speak 4.5, a free update for all users of Mobile Speak 4.0,
>is now available! Since the release of Mobile Speak 4.1, Code
>Factory's Symbian development team has focused its efforts on two
>main areas: Touch Screen and Web Browser support.
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>Using a Touch Screen Becomes as Easy as Using a Phone with Physical Keys
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>Mobile Speak 4.5 includes two new touch screen interaction modes,
>based on the concept of a standard joystick and a standard numeric
>keypad. All of the physical keys used to control the screen reader
>and phone in non touch screen devices have now been converted by
>Mobile Speak into very intuitive virtual touch keys. It is therefore
>easier and faster to enter text, dial a number or navigate through
>the menus of your touch screen device
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>The two new touch screen input methods are named Keypad mode and
>Joystick mode. The Keypad mode is the default touch mode. You can
>switch to the Joystick mode with command + volume up key, and then
>use command + volume down key to go back to the Keypad mode.
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>In Keypad mode, the touch screen is divided into 12 virtual keys,
>arranged just like a phone keypad (1, 2, and 3 at the top; 4, 5, and
>6 in the second row; 7, 8, and 9 in the third; and the star, 0, and
>hash keys in the bottom row). By accessing the Keypad mode, you can
>type numbers and letters just as with a physical keypad, including
>using predictive text to compose text messages and email. This input
>method allows you to enter text faster than either a virtual
>keyboard or a review cursor with an onscreen keyboard.
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>In addition, you can combine these virtual numeric keys with the
>command key to perform command shortcuts, just as in previous
>(non-touch) versions of Mobile Speak. For example, to mute Mobile
>Speak, press the command key followed by the virtual 0 key at the
>bottom center of the screen. Long-time users of Mobile Speak will
>find this method of accessing commands familiar, and new users will
>also find it a convenient alternative to the standard touch gestures.
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>To access the left and right softkeys, delete characters, or press
>enter, you can use a gesture called a "slide back" in one of four
>directions. For example, to access the left softkey, you can perform
>a "slide left and back" by sliding your finger right-to-left and
>then left-to-right without releasing your finger or pausing between
>the two motions. This gesture may take a few tries to be able to
>perform it smoothly, but once you familiarize yourself with it, it
>provides a quick and easy gesture to access common functions.
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>Tip: To quickly become familiar with the virtual touch keys,
>gestures and commands in Keypad mode, use the Keyboard Help mode.
>This is activated and deactivated by pressing the Command key + long
>press on the virtual key 5.
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>Besides this Keypad mode, Mobile Speak 4.5 also features a Joystick
>mode in which the touch screen is divided into 9 virtual keys,
>arranged in a 3 x 3 grid. This touch input mode is intended for
>users who prefer to interact with the phone using taps rather than
>by slide gestures. The central key is joystick Enter, while the 4
>keys directly above, below, left and right of the joystick
>correspond to the joystick up, down, left and right keys. The bottom
>left key is the left softkey, and the bottom right key is the right
>softkey, and the upper right key is the delete key (upper left is
>unassigned). Therefore if you are scrolling a list, you only have to
>make taps on the top center or bottom center of your touch screen to
>scroll up and down the list.
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>Improved Web Browsing Experience
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>Based on the extensive feedback of Mobile Speak's users and beta
>testers, many bugs have been fixed in order to provide a much more
>advanced web browsing experience. These include:
> * Fixed problem that prevented some pages from being accessible
> on certain devices.
> * Fixed problem where reading whole screen by pressing 9 would
> sometimes finish before the end of page is reached.
> * Fixed problem on many newer devices where the amount of
> kilobytes downloaded and remaining was not being spoken when
> pressing joystick up (or down) while a page is loading.
> * Fixed problem when entering text in Text Area field on some
> web pages. Pressing joystick enter will now open the Text Area so
> that text can be entered.
> * Fixed problem where Combo boxes were not always selectable.
> Pressing joystick enter will now open Combo boxes so that the
> selection can be modified.
> * Fixed problem on some newer phones which could cause a combo
> box to open unintentionally when passing over the element with joystick moves.
> * Fixed problem where a Combo box's contents were not
> immediately refreshed with the new data after changing the combo
> box selection.
> * Fixed problem where some in-page links were not being jumped
> to correctly.
> * Fixed problem where the text of some elements was not being
> spoken (affected some images, links or headers).
> * Fixed various problems when moving up with joystick up, such
> as: End of lists/tables was not spoken; all elements of combo box
> were spoken; not symmetric to moving down with joystick down.
> * Fixed problem when entering web address with T9 predictive
> text active: it is no longer repeating full address each item a new
> character is entered if the address starts with "http".
> * Editor state is now spoken correctly (e.g. T9, alpha, number).
> * After entering a password, its value is now displayed as
> "****" when passing over the element with joystick moves, to improve privacy.
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> More New Features
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> * Support for the Nokia calendar application in several new
> devices where it was not yet supported (e.g. E52, E72, E75, 6730,
> C5) when in Month, Agenda or To-do views.
> * Support for <http://www.tweets60.com/>TweetS60, the popular
> 3rd party Twitter client.
> * Support for the
> <http://www.freedomscientific.com/products/fs/focus-40-blue-product-page.asp>Focus
> 40 Blue Braille portable device from Freedom Scientific. Listen to
> Jonathan Mosen's demo at
> <http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/Audio/focus_40_blue.mp3>http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/Audio/focus_40_blue.mp3
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> * Support for new phones: Nokia C5, Nokia C6, Nokia E5 and Nokia
> E73 Mode (for T-Mobile USA).
> * Changed T9 predictive text functionality so that, when
> entering text in predictive mode and with Keyboard Echo set to
> Characters, the whole word it spoken (just like it currently is
> when Keyboard Echo is set to Characters and Words). Also speaking
> the whole word when typing a space in predictive mode with keyboard
> echo set to "Characters".
> * Added feature to the user dictionary to allow the copying of
> dictionaries between different voices.
> * Added "Include in Toggle Profile command" setting in General
> Tab. When set to Off, the Mobile Speak Profile is not included when
> toggling profile with Command + Clear. Default is On for all profiles.
> * Touch devices: Added new commands: Command + volume up and
> Command + volume down. These allow you to easily cycle through
> Mobile Speak's touchmodes : Keypad, Joystick, Quadrant, Review
> Cursor and Stylus mode.
> * Touch: Added Configuration option in General tab called "Touch
> mode on startup" which allows you to select the Mobile Speak touch
> mode that will be first active when Mobile Speak is launched.
> * Activation: issues with SMS and Internet activation that
> existed with some operators (e.g. AT&T) have now been resolved.
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>Don't forget that Mobile Speak 4.5 is Cross Platform! Visit
><http://codefactory.es/en/press.asp?id=388&y=2010&n=84>http://codefactory.es/en/press.asp?id=388&y=2010&n=84
>to read the Mobile Speak 4.5 for Windows Mobile press release.
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>If you are a new user, download Mobile Speak 4.5 now at
><http://codefactory.es/en/downloads.asp?id=347>http://codefactory.es/en/downloads.asp?id=347
>and try it for 30 days for free.
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>If you are a user of a previous version from Mobile Speak 4.0 and
>wish to upgrade to Mobile Speak 4.5, contact your distributor to
>purchase an upgrade license. In addition to all the improvements and
>new features of Mobile Speak 4.0 and 4.5, if you purchase an upgrade
>license, you will also get
><http://codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=312>Mobile Magnifier,
><http://codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=314>Mobile DAISY
>Player,<http://codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=315> Color
>Recognizer and the Games for free! To consult the complete list of
>Code Factory's official distributors, visit
><http://www.codefactory.es/en/page.asp?id=351>http://www.codefactory.es/en/page.asp?id=351
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>To learn how to install Mobile Speak 4.5 for Symbian for the first
>time, follow the instructions at
><http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/ms45_userguide_symbian.html#_Toc265236570>http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/ms45_userguide_symbian.html#_Toc265236570
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>If upgrading from version 3.XX of Mobile Speak, make sure to FIRST
>UNINSTALL all the Code Factory packages you have installed and then
>RESTART the device. However if you already have version 4.XX
>installed, just stop Mobile Speak and install v4.5. None of the TTS
>packages have changed since v4.0, so there is no need to reinstall
>them. For more information about upgrading, follow the instructions
>at
><http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/ms45_userguide_symbian.html#_Toc265236574>http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/ms45_userguide_symbian.html#_Toc265236574
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>To read more about Mobile Speak 4.0 visit
><http://codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=318>http://codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=318
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>About Code Factory
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>Founded in 1998 and headquartered 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 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. Code Factory has also
>built strong partnerships with mainstream multinational companies
>like RIM, Nokia, Microsoft, and Hewlett Packard as well as leading
>assistive technology companies such as HumanWare, Optelec and Sendero Group.
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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. - 2010
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David Andrews and long white cane Harry, dandrews at visi.com
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