[bookshare-discuss] Re: interesting press release
- From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:35:40 -0500
I'd imagine that the Bookshare staff is either busy approving books or
representing the organization at the ATIA conference in Florida. Thus, the
announcement not appearing on this list from Bookshare.
Prat
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From: Chela Robles [mailto:cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 5:15 PM
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Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: interesting press release
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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