[rehab] Fwd: Free Software for Sprint

Wed Jan 11 01:29:28 UTC 2012

Why hello there Mark!
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From: "Mark Marvel of Blind Ambitions Groups" 
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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!
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> Mark Marvel
> Blind Ambitions Groups
> Mark.marvel at blindambitionsgroups.org
> "We may have lost our sight, but we have not lost our VISION"
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> -----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
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>>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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