Diapositiva 1

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Making mobile phones and PDAs accessible to the
blind and visually impaired
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Who Are We?

• 10 years of experience in making Technology
  Accessible.
• Objective To break down barriers to the
  accessibility of mobile technology for the blind
  and visually impaired. Making accessibility means
  not just opportunity but also flexibility and
  affordability!
• Leading provider of screen readers, screen
  magnifiers, and Braille interfaces for the widest
  range of mainstream mobile devices.
• Code Factory is the only company providing
  accessible software compatible with Symbian-based
  phones as well as Windows Mobile-powered
  Smartphones, Pocket PC phones and PDAs.

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Mobile device typeSmartphones vs Pocket PCs

• Smartphones
• Easy to use and very functional mobile phone.
• Smaller and lighter.
• Keypad style of a mobile phone.
• Single-handed use.
• Oriented toward personal use.
• Windows Mobile and Symbian.

• Pocket PCs/ PDA
• Effective to work in motion.
• Pocket computer, more memory, faster processor.
• Phone function.
• Higher quality keyboard.
• Two-handed use.
• Oriented toward professionals.
• Touch Screen
• More expensive.
• Windows Mobile.

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Mobile Operating SystemsSymbian vs Windows Mobile

• Used in many mainstream devices, most notably in
  Nokia Smartphones.
• The latest version (Symbian 9) offers greater
  security, but is incompatible with previous
  versions.
• Designed explicitly for the needs of mobile
  devices, including battery life and stability.
• Supports phones from manufacturers such as Nokia,
  Samsung, Siemens, and Panasonic.

• A slimmed-down version of Windows for PC.
• Better synchronization with PCs, via ActiveSync.
• Similar design to the Windows PC interfaces
• Mobile Version of popular Windows applications
  (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MSN Messenger)
• More third-party applications available.
• Smartphones and Pocket PCs (HTC, HP, Dell)

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Code Factory Product Line

• 3 product families to improve quality of life
• World-class Screen Readers
• Powerful full-fledged screen readers with an
  easy-to-learn command structure, intuitive speech
  feedback, and Braille support that can be used
  with or without speech (even by the deafblind).
• World-class Screen Magnifiers
• Flexible full-screen magnification software
  supporting low- and high-resolution screens that
  can be used with or without speech feedback
• Fun and Practical Mobile Tools
• Applications developed or supported by Code
  Factory to enhance the user experience. These are
  software products that can be used in day-to-day
  activities but which are designed with the blind
  person in mind.

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• DONT JUST READ IT, HEAR IT!
• Experience this changing life screen readers and
  discover how great it is to be more independent
  with a mainstream mobile device.

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Code Factorys world class screen readers

• Speech and Braille output can be used at the
  same time, or independently, to let you perform
  the following functions of your mobile phone or
  PDA
• Receive and make a call.
• Access call lists and contacts.
• Write, send, receive and read SMS, MMS, and
  emails.
• Communicate through instant messaging
  applications.
• Browse the Internet, the file-system browser,
  applications manager, and connections manager.
• Play media files to listen to music.
• Manage calendar and task, set reminder alarms.
• Create text and voice notes.
• Activate voice speed dial and voice command.
• Change settings, profiles and ringtones, themes,
  menus of applications and options.
• Perform arithmetic calculations.
• Connect to mobile device accessories like
  headsets and external keyboards by Bluetooth,
  WiFi, or Infrared.

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Code Factorys world class screen readers

• Highlights
• Support for the widest range of mainstream
  device.
• Support for 20 languages and variant and
  availability of more than one voice for each
  language.
• Extensive Braille support (languages, grades and
  input/ output devices).
• Compatibility with a Code Factorys screen
  magnifier.
• Full access to different built-in applications,
  and support for 3rd-party programs designed to
  enhance the functionality of the mobile phone.
• Ability to mute ring tone and hear the caller ID.
  
• More than 30 user-configurable options, and the
  flexibility of being able to easily switch
  anytime between three user profiles (Beginner,
  Normal, and Advanced) that can have different
  settings.
• Help mode to learn easily and quickly how to use
  Mobile Speak applications.
• Play accessible games.

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Competitive advantages General

• Smaller footprint which means less memory is used
  when running the application, resulting in better
  stability and responsiveness.
• Rapid support for new models of mobile phones.
• Compatible with Code Factorys mobile tools
  (Games, Color Recognizer, Mobile Daisy Player,
  Mobile Geo.)

• Regular release of public betas to let people
  check out for themselves what will be in the
  upcoming new versions, and thereby contribute to
  the success of the final release.
• Affordability considering the frequency of
  software updates, and the price of getting the
  product and keeping it up-to-date.

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Competitive advantages Braille support

• Support for new models of Braille devices is
  implemented rapidly.
• More flexibility with many customizable speech
  and Braille settings to suit different user
  preferences.
• The only screen readers to support Braille input,
  especially using Grade 1 (uncontracted) and Grade
  2 (contracted) Braille.

• Logically assigned Braille commands that feature
  uniformity among supported Braille devices.
• A Braille review cursor that works independently
  and thus can navigate to different areas of the
  screen that are otherwise not accessible using
  the system focus.

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Code Factorys world class screen readers

• Supported Platforms
• Mobile Speak for Symbian Phones Symbian versions
  6, 7, 8.x, 9.x Series 60 edition.
• Mobile Speak for Windows Mobile Smartphones
  Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6.0 (Smartphone edition)
• Mobile Speak for Pocket PCs Windows Mobile 2003
  SE, 5.0 and 6.0 (PocketPC and PPC Phone)

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Mobile Speak for Symbian Phones
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Mobile Speak for Symbian Phones New features

• Support for Symbian 9 Web browser.
• Support for Nokia High Quality built-in
  text-to-speech.
• Support for new and responsive HQ Loquendo voices
  on Symbian 9.
• Support for new High Quality Acapela voices.
• Speech and Braille support for Wayfinder Access
  V2.0.
• Full translations for 10 new languages due to
  our unique support of the Nokia voices built into
  Symbian third edition phones, Mobile Speak can
  now speak Hindi, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Cantonese,
  Serbian, Slovak, Tagalog, Romanian, Urdu and
  Indonesian.
• Support for the most recent Nokia phones based on
  Symbian 9.2 N95, N76, E90, 5700, 6290, 6110
  Navigator, N81, N82, 6121, N95 8GB

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Mobile Speak for Windows Mobile Smartphones
Mobile Speak for Pocket PCs
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Windows Mobile PlatformNew features

• New Centered Licensing system which allows free
  and unlimited transfer of licenses between
  devices, activation of devices anytime and
  anywhere using an internet connection or SMS, use
  of a backup phone, and much more
• Built-in application for reading Braille
  formatted (BRF) files with speech, Braille or
  both, as well as a Bookshare.org unpacking
  utility.
• New and improved versions of high-quality TTS
  voices from Loquendo.
• Unique memory and processor optimizations that
  resulted in greater stability, responsiveness and
  battery life.

• Support for Windows Mobile 6.0 Office (Word,
  Excel PowerPoint) and Live Messenger.
• Support for third-party applications such as
  Microsoft Voice Command, AvantGo, Skype, Audible
  Player Audible Air, Sprite Backup Utility,
  SlovoEd Multilingual Dictionaries
• Support for more WM6 devices including the
  Motorola Q9M and Q9H, ATT Pantech Duo and
  Samsung Blackjack II, HTC S630/Cavalier, HP iPAQ
  500 Voice Messenger series, HTC Tytn II, HTC
  Touch, HTC Touch Dual, HTC Mogul, 02 Xda Atom
  Life.

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• Better screen visibility, more user flexibility.
• Enlarge your horizons with Mobile Magnifier
  software.

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Code Factorys world class screen magnifiers

• Unique features include
• Magnification levels from 1.25x to 16x.
• Font smoothing for easier readability.
• Three different layouts offering a full-screen,
  split, and distributed view.
• Several color schemes including inverted color.
• Auto-scroll function with configurable speed
  levels.
• Easy cursor tracking and customizable cursor
  properties.
• Borders and other screen elements with
  configurable size and color.
• Shortcuts to access the most common magnifier
  functions.

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Code Factorys world class screen magnifiers

• Supported Platforms
• Mobile Magnifier for Symbian Phones Symbian
  versions 6, 7, 8.x, 9.x Series 60 edition.
• Mobile Magnifier for Windows Mobile Smartphones
  Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6.0 (Smartphone edition)
• Mobile Magnifier for Pocket PCs Windows Mobile
  2003 SE, 5.0 and 6.0 (PocketPC and PPC Phone)

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Code Factorys Mobile Tool
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GPS solutions with Code Factory software
applications

• Mobile Geo
• New GPS satellite navigation application for the
  blind.
• Designed to work on more than 300 Windows
  Mobile-powered devices.
• Powered by GPS and mapping technology from the
  Sendero Group.
• Available with map data and POI files for over 20
  different countries.
• With Mobile Geo, you can pinpoint your location,
  learn about the points of interest (POIs) in your
  immediate vicinity, plan a route between
  specified points of origin and destination, and
  get instructions on maneuvers to make as well as
  information about waypoints along a route that
  you are following.

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GPS solutions with Code Factory software
applications

• Highlights of Wayfinder Access include
• Information provided for both pedestrian and
  vehicular navigation.
• A database of 20 million POI.
• Online maps that are regularly updated.
• "Where am I?" feature.
• "What is in my surrounding?" feature.
• Vicinity View feature that allows you to hear
  audible references for an area with a scope that
  you can later adjust based on the radius of the
  scanned vicinity.
• Feedback on points of Interest (POI), crossings
  or favorites that can be restricted, prioritized,
  and presented according to their distance from
  your location.

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Reading On the Go

• Mobile Daisy Player
• Features of Mobile Daisy Player 1.0
• Support for text-only, audio-only, or mixed-mode
  books
• Quick and easy navigation to any point in the
  book
• Ability to set bookmarks to favorite places in
  the content
• Auto-bookmark and resume to last point in the
  book
• Customizable TTS support via Mobile Speak
• Improvements in Mobile Daisy Player 2.0
• Simplified install allows you to copy the book
  contents directly to the memory card with no
  intermediate steps or external programs
• Support for DAISY 2.0 and 3.0 formats, allowing
  access to a wider variety of content and
  providers
• Variable playback speed allows audio content to
  be reproduced faster or slower without changing
  pitch
• More TTS options than ever before, from a wide
  range of speech providers
• Independent licensing allows use with or without
  Mobile Speak

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Reading On the Go

• Braille Reader for Bookshare and BRF Files
• Starting with version 2.0, Mobile Speak for
  Windows Mobile Smartphones and Mobile Speak for
  Pocket PCs include a Braille Reader application
  that handles Braille formatted (BRF) documents,
  and can unpack Bookshare (BKS) files from
  Bookshare.org.
• Product features include
• BRF files available from Bookshare.org, the
  National Library Service for the Blind and
  Physically Handicapped in the United States, the
  Canadian National Institute for the Blind in
  Canada, and the International Braille Research
  Center are supported.
• A Bookshare.org Unpack Utility is already
  built-in, making it unnecessary to install and
  run a separate application just to decompress
  Bookshare files.
• All text navigation commands can be used inside a
  BRF file Read by character, word, line,
  sentence, paragraph, and continuously from the
  top of the file or the current cursor position.
• Includes an option to search for all supported
  file formats and present them in a list where
  user can press Enter on the file he wishes to
  read next.
• The cursor position in a BRF document is
  remembered when the file is closed so that user
  can continue reading where he left off when the
  file is reopened.

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