[access-uk] Fw: [UKVISE] FW: Dolphin News - October 2005
- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:55:06 +0100
Dolphin News I havent sort specific permision to forward this, which came
via another list I'm subscribed to. It is, however, obviously an 'official'
Dolphine newsletter, coming as it does in nicely formated HTML with pics, all
of which will be lost in this forwarding!
Anyway, note the Pen Lives! Still, given that this is a promotional message,
the upbeat way the Pen is presented, to be found at a University near you! is
not surprising. Er, doesn't quite ti in with comments on this list recently,
but this is just for your information. What the adverts say.
Ray
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Dolphin News
October 2005
From Steve Palmer & Noel Duffy
The Dolphin Pen has now been around for a while and we are really pleased to
see the way people have reacted to it. In the US for example, Dolphin's
profile and sales have risen exponentially this year, thanks in no small part
to the excitement generated by the Pen. US universities, in particular, have
been keen to use the Dolphin Pen, with Supernova on board. The Pen is
distributed to the students, who can use their Dolphin access software,
containing their favourite settings, anywhere on campus.
For those who don't yet know, the Dolphin Pen is a USB memory device that
contains your access software, whether that be Supernova, Hal or Lunar. The
Dolphin Pen is therefore very small and portable and gives you the freedom and
flexibility to carry it around with you and run your software on any compatible
PC. Some set-up is required on completely new machines, but full instructions
are given and backed by our marketing campaign, more and more institutions and
organisations are making their public machines 'Dolphin Pen Friendly'.
Following the success of the product, we are pleased to announce that it has
been nominated for a British Chamber of Commerce award for Innovation In
Technology (the winners will be announced on 24th November). So expect to hear
more about how Dolphin is setting the trend with portable access solutions.
Latest News
Pocket Hal in final stages of testing
I am sure that you have all been following the developments of Dolphin's latest
Pocket Hal screen reader with interest.
Pocket Hal is a full screen reader, based upon the desk top edition of
Dolphin's Hal screen reader. Pocket Hal offers users full speech support, as
well as Braille support for the PDAs. This allows blind and low-vision users to
access the same mainstream technology as that enjoyed by fully sighted users.
Pocket Hal users will be able to access a word processor or spreadsheet, send
and receive email or check their schedules on a calendar whilst away from the
home or office and on the move. Pocket Hal gives access to Pocket Word®,
Pocket Excel®, Pocket Outlook® and Pocket Internet Explorer®, as well as many
other applications including MSN and phone services.
Recently reviewed within AccessIT, Pocket Hal is currently in the final stages
of beta testing and will be formally released next month. When released,
Dolphin and Dolphin dealers will be offering a range of PDA packages and
Bluetooth devices for customers and incentives to existing Dolphin customers.
In preparation for the release of Pocket Hal, over the last few weeks Dolphin
has been pleased to welcome many dealers to their Worcester offices for product
training.
Dolphin Tutor - reading and writing made easy
Due to be launched in October, Dolphin's first Education product to be
available will be Dolphin Tutor. Dolphin Tutor has been designed to help people
with reading and writing difficulties to create, read, view and check text.
It works by adding a simple easy to read toolbar to your common Microsoft(tm)
applications, such as Word®, Excel® and Internet Explorer.
New Maps released
The latest set of new and updated maps for versions 6.01, 6.02, 6.50 and 6.51
software are now available via the Internet Updater. They can also be obtained
from the Dolphin web site at:
http://www.dolphincomputeraccess.com/downloads/index.asp
2 new maps are available for update from the Internet updater this month. These
include:
New maps:
· MSN Messenger 7 V1.001
· MSAA Application V2
What's happening in Development from John Rye
Extensive testing of the release candidates of Pocket Hal, the screen reader
for PDAs running Windows mobile, are drawing to a close. It now incorporates
many more 'maps', the component that helps pocket Hal make more applications
accessible. Pocket Hal will be the first screen-reader for off-the-shelf PDAs
that supports Bluetooth and plug-in Braille input and output devices as well as
Bluetooth or plug-in keyboards.
The updated and improved easy to use Cicero OCR package is at last entering its
beta test stage. Recognition accuracy is greatly improved over earlier
versions of Cicero.
Dolphin Pronouncer, Dolphin's own naturally sounding speech synthesiser, is now
available with a Swedish voice, Anders. This will be incorporated into the
next release of Dolphin Pronouncer. Reduced file size options of all voices
are becoming available for Windows Mobile applications, giving a greater range
of voice options for Pocket Hal. Dutch voices will be the next in development
for Dolphin Pronouncer.
The new UK Grade 2 Braille standards are being incorporated into all Dolphin
Products that support Grade 2 Braille. Changes to the existing rules are
complete and new systems, for instance, capitalisation, are being implemented.
What's happening in Sales by Steve Bennett
The intrepid "Dolphin Dave" Salisbury has just completed a grand tour of
Ireland, where he met over 1000 people interested in learning more about
technology for people with visual impairments. The touring exhibition included
12 companies and was organised by the National Council for the Blind of Ireland
(NCBI). The tour took in Cork, Limerick, Galway and Sligo, culminating with 2
days in Dublin and was hailed a great success. Dave is often out and about
around the UK - call the office on 0845 130 5353 to find out which events are
happening in your area, or consult the "News & Events" page on the Dolphin web
site at
http://www.dolphincomputeraccess.com/news/2005/events.htm
Elsewhere around the UK we're pleased to report that Swansea University has
joined the growing number of organisations to become "Pen Friendly". Network
administrators downloaded the free "Go" pack from Dolphin's website and have
made it available across all 3500 computers on campus. This means that
students and lecturers using a Dolphin pen can plug it in to any computer on
campus, and have their copy of Supernova, Hal, LunarPlus or Lunar start up
automatically, with their preferred settings with no need for any additional
installation or configuration. To learn more about the Dolphin Pen, or to make
your computer or network Pen Friendly, visit the Dolphin website at
http://www.dolphincomputeraccess.com/products/pen.htm
Overseas, Dolphin staff will be attending the TifloInnova conference and
exhibition in Spain next month. TifloInnova is hosted by ONCE, the national
organisation for the blind in Spain, and will take place in Madrid November
18-20. All Dolphin's products are available in Spanish, as well as 15 other
languages. During the conference, Dolphin will take part in a round table
discussion on access technology for PDAs and demonstrate the upcoming Pocket
Hal for PDAs.
Events
Special Needs 2005
Dolphin will also be exhibiting at the forthcoming NASEN and TES Special Needs
2005, which will be held on 21 - 22 October at The Business Design Centre,
Islington, London. Entry to the show is free and the opening times are 10.00am
- 5.00pm daily.
If you are planning to attend the show, please drop by and speak to the Dolphin
team.
For full details of events taking place in your local area call Kathy in Sales
on 0845 130 5353, or e-mail info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, or visit the Dolphin website
at www.dolphinuk.co.uk
Staff News
Dolphin is pleased to announce the arrival of another 2 new members of staff.
Ben Ellwood joins the Operations Department, as the Software Production
Co-ordinator and Charlotte Hatton-Smith joins the Sales team.
Dolphin is also sorry to say good bye to 2 members of staff this month. Sally
Garbett has decided to leave the Sales team to further her education at
university and Stuart Barker, the Product Manager for Access products, has
decided to further his career outside of Dolphin. Stuart has been part of the
Marketing team, based at the Worcester offices, for nearly 6 years. Everyone at
Dolphin wishes Stuart and Sally well in their new careers.
"Organisations are able to welcome all Dolphin Pen users by making their
systems Dolphin Friendly. Simply download the free Dolphin Interceptor from the
Dolphin website, to make your systems 'Dolphin Friendly'."
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