[bksvol-discuss] Re: [bookshare-discuss] interesting press release
- From: "Chela Robles" <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:15:19 -0800
Hey Ann, glad you had said something and had asked those queries. I'm
part of the Mobile Speak Smartphones list and heard about it a few
weeks ago! How exciting this is, especially for me because I'm wanting
to try this out! Smile, and hope that answers your queries!
Rock On Bookshare partners,
Chela
On 1/30/08, Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Did anybody from Benetech post the below here? Did I miss this? Did I
> pass this by somehow, or did somebody at Benetech forget to post it?
> It's all over the net, folks! Are we the last people to hear about it?
> That seems, um, a bit unfair, don't ya think?
>
> Ann P.
>
>
>
> Bookshare.org and Code Factory Announce Partnership To Introduce
> Mobile Technology for Print Disabled Readers
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> Contact: Ann Harrison - Benetech - 001 (415) 637-5262
> Contact: Caroline Ragot - Code Factory - 0034 93 733 70 66
> Palo Alto, CA - Barcelona, Spain,
> January 30, 2008
>
> Bookshare.org and Code Factory have announced the formation of a
> partnership to introduce technology that allows Bookshare.org members
> to read digital books on their mobile devices. Code Factory will demo
> V2.0 of its Mobile Speak for Windows Mobile at the conference of the
> Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) at the Caribe Royale
> All-Suite Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, USA. The
> demo will be hosted at the Benetech booth (Lobby 2) on Friday,
> February 1 from 4:30 to 5:00 pm.
>
> Code Factory launched V2.0 of Mobile Speak for Windows Mobile
> Smartphones in November of 2007 and will soon release V2.0 of Mobile
> Speak for Pocket PCs. Both products feature a built-in software
> application for reading Braille formatted (BRF) files with synthesized
> speech output, Braille, or both, as well as a Bookshare.org unpacking
> utility. "For a long time we've admired Bookshare.org for its great
> achievements in increasing access to books for the blind and visually
> impaired," said Eduard Sanchez, Code Factory CEO. "Our American users
> constantly tell us that the excellent Bookshare.org services have
> changed their lives."
>
> "We are excited about the possibility of Bookshare.org subscribers
> reading books on their mobile devices using Code Factory's screen
> readers. We will examine the Mobile Speak product line closely and
> test features that allow users to access Bookshare.org on the move,
> anytime and anywhere," said Jim Fruchterman, CEO of Benetech, the
> nonprofit organization that operates Bookshare.org.
>
>
> About Bookshare.org
>
> Bookshare.org is an online community that allows people with print
> disabilities to legally download books and periodicals to be read as
> Braille, large print or synthetic speech. Offering the world's largest
> accessible library of scanned books and periodicals, Bookshare.org
> received a $32 million five-year award from the U.S. Department of
> Education to significantly expand the availability of accessible
> electronic books and software for reading those books. Bookshare.org
> is operated by Benetech, a Palo Alto, CA-based nonprofit technology
> development organization that creates social enterprise projects for
> the disability, literacy and human rights communities.
>
>
> About Code Factory
>
> Code Factory is a software company committed to the development of
> products designed to remove barriers to the accessibility of mobile
> technology for the blind and visually impaired. Code Factory is the
> leading provider of screen readers, screen magnifiers, and Braille
> interfaces for a wide range of mainstream mobile devices including
> Symbian-based and Windows Mobile-powered Smartphones as well as Pocket
> PC phones and PDAs. Code Factory is the only accessible software
> provider to support close to two hundred different phone models
> working on the GSM, CDMA and WCDMA networks. To learn more about Code
> Factory and its mission of bringing complete accessibility to mobile
> devices, visit http://www.codefactory.es.
>
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