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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN><A
href="http://www.technobloom.com/research-in-motion-releases-free-blackberry-screen-reader-app-to-help-blind/228518/">Research
in Motion releases free BlackBerry screen reader app to help
blind</A>.</SPAN></FONT></H1>
<H1 style="VISIBILITY: visible" class=title><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Research in Motion has seen their market share dip all
the way down into the single digits over the past couple of years, but the
company has not stopped trying to find that one place a BlackBerry phone would
be a benefit. Today, the company announced plans to launch a new mobile
app that helps the blind “see” what is on their handset screen. The
BlackBerry Screen Reader software helps those that are blind stay connected with
the information that is most important to them. With the released
software, Research in Motion shows their support to help customers that have
disabilities.</FONT></H1>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">According to the press release issued regarding
the announcement, Senior Product Manager, Greg Fields, said “<EM>We are excited
to introduce BlackBerry Screen Reader as part of our suite of accessibility
solutions for BlackBerry smartphones.</EM>” The BlackBerry Screen Reader
can be downloaded for free from </FONT><A
href="http://www.blackberry.com/screenreader" rel=nofollow target=_blank><FONT
face="Times New Roman">www.blackberry.com/screenreader</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> and the mobile app is compatible with the BlackBerry
Curve 9350, 9360 and the 9370 smartphones. The new screen reader app is
available in French, English, Italian, German and Spanish. The app will
help those that are blind operate their BlackBerry smartphone with little to no
hassle.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Some of the key features that are listed for the
BlackBerry Screen Reader include:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Support for core applications – Users can easily
access core BlackBerry applications including email, calendar, phone calls and
more. Speech settings – users can customize the text-to-speech settings
(volume, pitch and speech rate) and preferences for punctuation, verbosity and
password security. Keyboard shortcuts – Users can set speech and audio
preferences quickly and easily through (physical) keyboard shortcuts Accessible
documentation – User Guide available in accessible HTML through a desktop web
browser. More information can be found at
BlackBerry.com/accessibility.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Many experts believe that Research in Motion is
not going to be around very much longer and might not even be a good prospect
for a potential buyout. According to numbers recently posted online, RIM
shares have dropped more than 70 percent in the past 12 months with the market
share dropping over $72 billion in the last three years. BlackBerry
released 12 handsets in 2011 and so far this year only 1 with the BlackBerry
Curve 9220. Rumors that hit the Web earlier this year included a possible
buyout by Samsung, but since January nothing has been announced by either
company.</FONT></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>