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. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > Portal Tutoring > EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.portaltutoring.info > "All that is gold does not glitter, > Not all those who wander are lost." > > Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit > www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to > bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > -- Chela Robles E-Mail: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxxxx T-Mobile Phone: 9,2,5,2,5,0,5,9,5,5 SkypeName: jazzytrumpet (!SMILEYFACE!) To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.