[rehab] Fwd: Free Software for Sprint
Liz Bottner
liziswhatis at hotmail.com
Tue Jan 10 15:38:39 UTC 2012
I thought that AT&T also offered this free solution. Upon a quick Google
search, it appears that it does offer a free solution, Mobile Accessibility
Lite. An article on this topic is linked below.
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=21494&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=32969
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-----Original Message-----
From: rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Mark Marvel of Blind Ambitions Groups
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 6:04 AM
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Subject: Re: [rehab] Fwd: Free Software for Sprint
This is great considering AT&T charges $85.00 for one license. Way to go
Sprint!
Mark Marvel
Blind Ambitions Groups
Mark.marvel at blindambitionsgroups.org
"We may have lost our sight, but we have not lost our VISION"
-----Original Message-----
From: rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of David Andrews
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:43 AM
To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
Subject: [rehab] 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
>. <http://www.fiercetelecom.com/forward?path=node/43538>Email
>. <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%2Fwww.bu
>sinesswire.com%2Fnews%2Fhome%2F20120109006634%2Fen&esheet=50125434&lan=
>en-US&anchor=today%27s+press+release&index=1&md5=6c416915d9284f77111ef9
>7d7c80a47f>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%2Fwww.sp
>rint.com&esheet=50125434&lan=en-US&anchor=www.sprint.com&index=2&md5=de
>9659d58f17dc113e8cbff7ffa6c144>www.sprint.com
>or
><http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fa
>cebook.com%2Fsprint&esheet=50125434&lan=en-US&anchor=www.facebook.com%2
>Fsprint&index=3&md5=843e523a31b78b8bf59c1ad4ecb258e9>www.facebook.com/s
>print
>and
><http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitte
r.com%2Fsprint&esheet=50125434&lan=en-US&anchor=www.twitter.com%2Fsprint&ind
ex=4&md5=40adca48a4642e7af7b468ea6d51db86>www.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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