Damon do you know if one of the languages is Welsh? -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf = Of Damon Sent: 20 March 2007 19:45 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: wayfinder access=20 just picking out the exciting line: > Wayfinder Access will be delivered in 17 languages and be available = across > Europe and North America from the end of April 2007. If anyone knows any more about this new version product, can you post = and=20 tell us. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Damon" <damon.rose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:40 PM Subject: [access-uk] wayfinder access > taken from another mailing list. > So. Is this the Wayfinder product we all know and love or a new one? = And=20 > will it only work with Mobile Speak and not Talks? Anyone got any info = on=20 > this? > > Appreciated. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "BlindNews Mailing List" > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 1:08 AM > >> Business Wire >> Monday, March 19, 2007 >> >> Wayfinder Partners up with Code Factory >> >> By Press Release >> >> Wayfinder Systems: Wayfinder's World Leading Product for the Visually >> Impaired, Wayfinder AccessT Attracts New Cooperation Partner >> >> STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wayfinder is pleased to announce = yet >> another cooperation with an international company specializing in >> accessibility products; Code Factory. This cooperation ensures that >> Wayfinder AccessT will be powered by Mobile Speak, Code Factory's >> innovative screen reader and will be available to Code Factory's=20 >> thousands >> of customers across Europe and North America. >> >> The cooperation between Wayfinder and Code Factory ensures that = Wayfinder >> Access can be offered to an even larger group of the blind and = visually >> impaired through the speech, magnification and Braille output that is >> unique to Mobile Speak. Any mobile phone subscriber in a community of = an >> estimated 20 million blind people in EMEA and North America, and 135 >> million people worldwide with mild visual impairments, is sure to = find=20 >> the >> solution he requires from the combination of these two powerful = software >> products. >> >> Wayfinder Access aims to help the blind and visually impaired to = become >> more mobile with better access to their surroundings. The navigation >> software can be combined with text-to-speech applications like Code >> Factory's screen reader for Symbian mobile phones, Mobile Speak, to >> convert the displayed directions on the mobile device into highly >> intelligible speech. It also integrates unparalleled screen = magnification >> with font smoothing thus making Wayfinder Access the perfect mobility >> solution even to the low-vision users. >> >> Code Factory will offer and market Wayfinder Access together with = Mobile >> Speak to major operators and distributors in North America and Europe = who >> have partnered with Code Factory for years. >> >> "Wayfinder Access delivers a complete mobile navigation system for >> visually impaired people who previously only had access to much more >> expensive products. Wayfinder Access is an affordable and = life-enhancing >> product," says Magnus Nilsson, CEO at Wayfinder. "Wayfinder Access = was >> very well received when it was announced in February at 3GSM in = Barcelona >> and we are pleased to be able to offer the product to Code Factory's >> customers as well," Magnus continues. >> >> "Accessibility of Mobile technology is our top priority," explains = Eduard >> S=E1nchez, CEO at Code Factory. "We are very enthusiastic about = supporting >> Wayfinder Access and giving our users the opportunity to use a = fantastic >> GPS solution. Many visually impaired individuals and phone operators = are >> looking for a mobile navigation tool that meets their requirements = and >> Wayfinder Access is just what they are looking for." >> >> Wayfinder Access will be delivered in 17 languages and be available=20 >> across >> Europe and North America from the end of April 2007. About Wayfinder >> AccessT Wayfinder Access is a new mobile navigation product developed = to >> facilitate the everyday life of the visually impaired. With the four = new >> 'Vicinity Views', a location becomes both visible and audible. This = means >> that Points of Interest (POI), crossings or favourites etc are listed >> according to their distance from the user's location. >> >> Wayfinder has taken the input of a reference group from the visually >> impaired community, to optimise the usefulness of our award winning = and >> cutting edge Wayfinder Navigator. Wayfinder has reworked this entire >> application from scratch, so as to ensure that it will function as a=20 >> fully >> integrated service with text-to-speech applications. >> >> Wayfinder Access also includes a 'Where am I?' function. This means = that >> the application is not only an indispensable support in guiding users = to >> chosen destinations, but also enables them to establish their = location. >> >> About Code Factory Founded in 1998 and headquartered in >> Terrassa/Barcelona, Spain, Code Factory is a software company = committed=20 >> to >> the development of products designed to break down barriers to the >> accessibility of mobile technology for the blind and visually = impaired. >> Today, Code Factory is the leading provider of screen readers, screen >> magnifiers, and Braille interfaces for the widest range of mainstream >> mobile devices including Symbian-based and Windows Mobile-powered >> SmartPhones as well as Pocket PC phones and PDAs, and it is the only = one >> to support phones working on the GSM, CDMA and WCDMA networks. Code >> Factory's success lies in giving excellent customer support and to=20 >> respond >> immediately to the needs of the end users. Among our customers are >> well-known companies and organizations like ONCE, and carriers such = as >> TMN, Vodafone, Redcom, SFR and many more. Good partners help us to=20 >> provide >> excellent text-to-speech technology for our products and to = incorporate >> support for B >> raille devices into our software. >> >> About Wayfinder Systems AB Wayfinder offers map, direction and GPS >> navigation services accessible by mobile phone. From these basic >> navigation services, we provide mobile phone users with content = services, >> including digital city guide books, traffic information, currency >> conversion and weather reports. Wayfinder has selected Tele Atlas = digital >> maps because they are complete, accurate and up to date. Our clients >> include phone manufacturers, Sony Ericsson and Nokia, and operators = such >> as Telenor, Telefonica and A1. The products are sold to end users >> throughout Europe and the USA. Wayfinder has over 600 000 unique = users. >> Wayfinder has been listed on the NGM Equity stock exchange since 21 >> October 2005. Wayfinder currently has 75 employees. Our head office = is in >> Stockholm, Sweden. >> >> This information was brought to you by Waymaker > http://www.waymaker.net >> > >> Contacts >> Wayfinder >> Hanna Jonasson Drotz, Corporate Communications >> Mob: +46 70 144 90 20 >> E-mail: > hanna.jonasson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=3Dnew= s_vie w&newsId=3D20070319005561&newsLang=3Den >> > >> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- ---- > >> -- >> BlindNews mailing list >> >> To contact a list moderator about a problem or to make a request, = send a >> message to > BlindNews-Owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > >> The BlindNews list is archived at: > http://GeoffAndWen.com/blind/ >> > >> To address a message to all members of the list, send mail to: >> > BlindNews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > >> Access your subscription info at: >> > http://blindprogramming.com/mailman/listinfo/blindnews_blindprogramming.c= om >> > >> To unsubscribe via e-mail: send a message to >> > BlindNews-Request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > with the word unsubscribe in either >> the subject or body of the message >> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- ---- > > --- > avast! 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