[Trainer-talk] Fwd: Mobile Speak 5.5 for Symbian is now available!

Fri Jul 1 17:16:38 UTC 2011

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>Caroline Ragot - Marketing
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>Mobile Speak 5.5
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>Mobile Speak 5.5 for Symbian is now available!
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>Support for Symbian Anna, Nokia E6 & X7, 
>Graphics labeler, Nokia Search app, Nokia Help 
>menus, New Acapela voices, and more.
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>Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, July 1st, 2011
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>Code Factory is proud to announce a new version 
>of Mobile Speak for Symbian, v5.5. Only three 
>and a half months after the release of V5.0 at 
>the San Diego CSUN conference, the developers of 
>the Spanish company are showing us that they are 
>still strongly committed to Symbian.
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>“At Code Factory our two current priorities are 
>Symbian and Android. In less than 4 years 
>Android has reached a 35% smartphone market 
>share and Symbian has lost its leadership 
>position. However Symbian remains the most 
>advanced platform for screen reading technology 
>and this is why we keep investing development 
>resources in Nokia smartphones,” explained 
>Eduard Sánchez, Code Factory’s CEO. “Symbian 
>Anna, the latest flavor of the Nokia OS is 
>faster, simpler and better. The Nokia E6 is a 
>fantastic phone. It has enough keys to do 
>everything without having to use the touchscreen 
>and Mobile Speak 5.5 works just great on it,” added Eduard.
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>Support for upcoming Symbian Anna firmware 
>upgrade and latest Nokia smartphones
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>    * Symbian^3 Anna is the latest operating 
> system available on all Symbian^3 phones. It 
> comes built-in with the Nokia E6 and X7, while 
> it is available as a recommended software 
> upgrade for other Symbian^3 devices (N8, E7, C7 
> and C6-01). For users of Mobile Speak, 
> Symbian^3 Anna provides an improved user 
> experience when navigating around lists and 
> menus in Keypad or Joystick modes, since it 
> will in general maintain focus on one of the 
> list items when opening a new list. All apps 
> and features supported in previous versions of 
> Symbian^3 are also supported in Symbian^3 Anna, 
> including the new web browser and email client.
>    * Added support for recently released Nokia 
> E6 and X7 devices. The E6 is certain to be a 
> popular choice for blind and visually impaired 
> users who prefer the traditional QWERTY 
> keyboard interface. It is physically very 
> similar to other candybar-shaped QWERTY phones 
> like the E71, E72 or E5. All standard keys are 
> present except for the soft keys. However, 
> Mobile Speak reorganizes the use of the keys 
> while it is loaded: the Calendar Key (to the 
> left of the joystick and below the Menu key) 
> has been modified to act as the left soft key, 
> and the Contacts key (to the right of the 
> joystick and below the Email key) to be the 
> right soft key. This means that it is not 
> necessary to use the touch screen at all to 
> have full access to the E6 (except for a couple 
> of gestures in apps like the web browser, to 
> bring up the web options grid). The default 
> Command key is the Email key on the E6 and the Camera key on the X7.
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>Graphics Labeler
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>    * Mobile Speak v5.5 introduces a graphics 
> labeler. This powerful tool allows many images, 
> graphics and icons to be labeled so that a 
> specific text phrase can be spoken whenever the 
> graphic is encountered on the screen.
>    * By default, some graphics are already 
> labeled when you install Mobile Speak v5.5 
> (e.g. when adding an entry to the calendar on 
> some devices such as the C5 or any Symbian^3 
> phones, there are icons next to each field to 
> indicate their meaning). However in most other 
> places, you will need to add your own labels. 
> This can be done in a very straightforward 
> manner using the Review Cursor (Command + 3).
>    * Graphics labels are stored in an XML file 
> and can be easily shared between devices.
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>Support for new apps and new voices
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>    * New Acapela HQ voices: US English Tracy, 
> French Antoine, Spanish Ines, Danish Rasmus, 
> Indian English Deepa, Finland Swedish Samuel 
> and Italian Fabiana. In addition, all Acapela 
> HQ voices, as well as Czech Sabrine, French 
> Caroline and Spanish Javier, have been updated.
>    * Support for the phone's online Help (User 
> Guide) in most phones where it previously was 
> not accessible (i.e. Symbian 9.3 and all Touch 
> phones). These pages are found as an option by 
> pressing the left soft key in most system 
> applications. As soon as these help pages are 
> opened on these devices, their full contents 
> will start to be read, without the need to 
> press any shortcuts. They can then be read in a 
> very convenient way, using the same shortcuts 
> available when reading emails in the new Nokia 
> email client (e.g. 2 to jump to top, 8 to jump 
> to bottom), or read by word/sentence/paragraph 
> etc by using Mobile Speak shortcuts in the reading layout.
>    * Support for the phone's Search application 
> (available on most devices from Symbian 9.2 and 
> above). This powerful application allows you to 
> rapidly search for specific content on your 
> device. You can enter a search string and all 
> results will be shown and updated as you type. 
> Search categories include: Music, Contacts, 
> Calendar, Messages, E-mail, Bookmarks, Images, 
> Videos, Applications, Notes, Files, Landmarks, Call Log and Help files.
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>New Features
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>    * Added "Vibration feedback" option. When 
> activated, a slight vibration will be noticed 
> when the command mode expires. This 
> configurable option is called "Vibration 
> feedback" and is configured in the General tab 
> in Configure Mobile Speak. Default is ON for all profiles.
>    * Added "Volume on headset" option (on 9.3, 
> 5th and Symbian^3 devices). When a Bluetooth or 
> a wired headset is connected, Mobile Speak will 
> use this setting for the volume automatically.
>    * Web: Added new jump-to feature. With the 1 
> key, you can now jump by character, word or 
> sentence with the joystick left/right keys.
>    * While writing an SMS, shortcut for reading 
> state (Command + Left Soft Key) will first 
> speak the number of remaining characters.
>    * Added "Screensaver feedback" option. This 
> allows you to control what it spoken when the 
> screensaver status is changed. You can now 
> choose to speak the current time and/or screeen 
> saver status whenever the screen saver is turned off.
>    * 9.3 phones: support for the new v3.09 
> email client, which is available now via software update on many 9.3 phones.
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>More
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>    * Touch: Major improvements to stability and 
> performance of the Touch Review Cursor mode. 
> This is activated by moving through the touch 
> modes with Command + volume up/down. When in 
> Review Cursor mode, move your finger around the 
> screen to hear the text under your finger. To 
> open an item, remove your finger while it is 
> placed on the item of interest and double tap anywhere on the screen.
>    * Games: Updated games pack to v5.0. Now 
> games work properly on Symbian^3 devices (we 
> recommend using keypad mode on touch phones).
>    * Ovi Maps: If you have a Symbian^3 device, 
> we recommend you to install Ovi Maps v3.04 
> which is the version supported by Mobile Speak. 
> You can find the downloads and installation 
> instructions at 
> <http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=414#1.4>http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=414#1.4 
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>    * A large number of other improvements and 
> bug fixes, as detailed in our User Manual here 
> <http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/ms55_userguide_symbian.html#_Toc297216718>http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/ms55_userguide_symbian.html#_Toc297216718 
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>If you are a new user, download Mobile Speak 5.5 
>now at 
><http://codefactory.es/en/downloads.asp?id=348#version_0_106>http://codefactory.es/en/downloads.asp?id=348#version_0_106 
>and try it for 30 days for free.  If you are a 
>user of a previous version from Mobile Speak 4.0 
>and wish to upgrade to Mobile Speak 5.5, 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 and 
>5.5, 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 
><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 or upgrade to a latest 
>version of Mobile Speak, please consult the user 
>guide at 
><http://www.codefactory.es/download.asp?file=family_4/ms50_userguide_symbian.html>http://www.codefactory.es/download.asp?file=family_4/ms50_userguide_symbian.html 
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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 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.
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>For more information, feel free to contact Code Factory S.L.:
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