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<b>Caroline Ragot - </b>Marketing<br>
<a href="mailto:marketing@codefactory.es">marketing@codefactory.es</a><br>
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<b>Mobile Speak 5.6 for Symbian<br>
</b><br>
<h2><b>Mobile Speak 5.6 for Symbian is now available</b></h2><br><br>
<br>
<h3><b>Support for Nokia Internet Radio, global copy & paste
shortcuts, support for emoticons, support for Catalan language, support
for new firmware versions and more</b></h3><br><br>
<br>
<h4><b>Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, July 28th, 2011</b></h4><br><br>
This might be a record in the history of Code Factory development, only
three and a half weeks to provide its users with a new feature-packed
update of Mobile Speak. It seems that this year the seasons are reversed,
summer time is Christmas time!<br><br>
“One day after sending V5.5 to sign to the Symbian test house, Nokia
launched an updated firmware version for many popular devices and some of
our accessibility got broken. We were attending the NFB convention in
Orlando a couple of days later and everyone was waiting for this new
version of Mobile Speak supporting new devices and featuring new
functionality. We didn’t know at that time how long it would take us to
support this new firmware so we preferred not to postpone the release of
V5.5,” explained Eduard Sánchez, Code Factory’s CEO. “Therefore right
after releasing V5.5 our development team put all their efforts into
supporting the new firmware updates, but they went further than that. One
more time, they reviewed the list of features requested by our users and
beta testers, picked up a few of them and added more functionality to
this update.”<br><br>
Main highlights of Mobile Speak 5.6 are:
<ul>
<li><b>Support for new firmware versions</b> which were released in June
2011 on the following 9.3 and 5th edition devices: C5-00, E5, E52, E72,
6700 slide, C6-00, C5-03, 5230, 5235, 5250, 5530, 5800, X6, N97 mini.
Specific items which changed in this firmware and which now work
correctly again are: Web browser, Email, Built-in Help screens, Standby
screen's horizontal shortcut list and Symbol table.
<li><b>Support for Nokia Internet Radio</b>: Internet Radio is a free
application which allows you to listen to radio stations from all over
the world via the Internet. It is supported on a wide range of devices,
from Symbian 9.1 through to the latest Symbian Anna phones. It comes
pre-installed on many devices (check inside the Music, Radio or
Applications folders), while on others it will need to be installed.
Since it uses the Internet, make sure that you either have a WLAN
connection active or are using a data plan, to avoid data charges.
Stations can be browsed by many categories including type of music,
language, country or popularity. Favorite stations can be saved so that
they can easily be accessed later.
<li><b>Global copy and paste shortcuts</b>: Mobile Speak v5.60 adds new
commands for Copy (Command + 6 from the Default layout) and Paste
(Command + Long 6 from the Default layout). The Copy command will copy
the last spoken text, as determined in the list of the last 5 texts
spoken in Command + *. You therefore have the possibility to copy any of
the last 5 items spoken, simply press Command + * until you hear the
desired text, and then press Command + 6 for this text to be copied. You
can then move to any writable edit field (e.g. writing an SMS or email,
notes, address field or anywhere else where you would normally write
text) and press Command + Long 6 to paste the text at the current cursor
position. This powerful tool will be useful in many situations, for
example when copying text or links in the web browser and pasting them
into an email or SMS message.
<li><b>Support for emoticons (smileys)</b>: A large number of devices
from Symbian 9.3 and above have built-in Emoticon support in the
Messaging application. Mobile Speak will now read these emoticons when
they are encountered when reading and writing SMS messages. When writing
an SMS, these emoticons can be added either by writing the appropriate
symbols, or by using the emoticon symbol table which is available on
these supported devices (either under the Options menu, by pressing * or,
on QWERTY devices, by pressing the Symbol key). In addition, support is
also provided for a number of common emoticons in all applications, even
on devices which do not have built-in emoticon support. The list of
supported emoticons, along with the symbols of which they are composed,
is found in the
<a href="http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/ms56_userguide_symbian.html#_Toc299522477">
Mobile Speak manual</a>.
<li><b>Support for the Catalan language</b>. The addition of the Acapela
Catalan Laia voice and Catalan software localization.
<li><b>Updated Acapela Czech Eliska voice package</b>, to include patch
from Acapela which should fix some problems with the character C. Note
that no other voice packages have changed since v5.50.
<li>Many other improvements and bug fixes, as detailed in our User Manual
here
<a href="http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/ms56_userguide_symbian.html#_Toc299522483">
http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/ms56_userguide_symbian.html#_Toc299522483</a>
</ul><br>
If you are a new user, download Mobile Speak 5.6 now at
<a href="http://codefactory.es/en/downloads.asp?id=348#version_0_106">
http://codefactory.es/en/downloads.asp?id=348#version_0_106</a> and try
it for 30 days for free. If you are a user of Mobile Speak 3.8 or
older version and wish to upgrade to Mobile Speak 5.6, contact your
distributor to purchase an upgrade license. In addition to all the
improvements and new features of Mobile Speak 4.0, 4.5, 4.6, 5.0, 5.5 and
5.6, if you purchase an upgrade license, you will also get Mobile
Magnifier, Mobile DAISY Player, Color Recognizer and the Games for
free! To consult the complete list of Code Factory’s official
distributors, visit
<a href="http://www.codefactory.es/en/page.asp?id=351" eudora="autourl">
http://www.codefactory.es/en/page.asp?id=351</a><br><br>
To learn how to install or upgrade to a latest version of Mobile Speak,
please consult the user guide at
<a href="http://www.codefactory.es/download.asp?file=family_4/ms56_userguide_symbian.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.codefactory.es/download.asp?file=family_4/ms56_userguide_symbian.html</a>
<br><br>
<h4><b>About Code Factory</b></h4><br><br>
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 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 such as AT&T, Bouygues Telecom, SFR, TIM
and Vodafone.<br><br>
<b>For more information, feel free to contact Code Factory
S.L.:</b><br><br>
<br>
Code Factory, S.L., Rambla d'Egara 148 2-2, 08221 Terrassa
(Barcelona)<br>
<a href="http://www.codefactory.cat/helpdesk/">HelpDesk</a>,
<a href="http://www.codefactory.es/" eudora="autourl">
www.codefactory.es</a><br>
Code Factory, S.L. - 2011 <br>
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