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"Gus C" <gus.chalkias@xxxxxxxxx> · Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:09:03 -0400

Thought this might be of interest to all.

I will definitely be taking a closer look at this software.

Gus

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Subject: [Accessible Devices] Press Release: Code Factory Releases TV

SpeakIn The USA

This is everything we have on this and no price information was included.
  Code Factory releases TV Speak
in the USA
New Windows-based software to make digital television accessible!
For Immediate Release
Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, June 22nd, 2011
Code Factory is proud to announce the release in the USA of its
new software
application, TV Speak.  After almost a decade making mobile
phones accessible
to the blind and visually impaired, Code Factory has decided to
move from
small to big screen and expand its expertise in accessibility to
television.
TV Speak is an application to be installed on a computer equipped
to receive
a digital television signal.  Through speech output and
magnification, TV
Speak allows people who are blind or have low vision to use the
most common
functionality of digital terrestrial television in a fully
accessible way.
“The way people watch television is changing.  In the near future
we will all
use television to access the web and consume multimedia content
and digital
information.  Blind people cannot be left out of this new world
of
possibilities.  Therefore television has to be accessible and TV
Speak is our
first contribution in this field” explains Eduard Sánchez, Code
Factory’s
CEO.
With TV Speak people who are blind or have low vision can:
Access the Electronic Program Guide (EPG).
While watching TV, consult information about the current or next
program.
Select audio channels to choose one providing an audio
description.
Schedule and record programs (image + audio, or audio only) based
on the EPG
information.
Tune and order television and radio channels.
Configure both television and TV Speak parameters.
Enable parental control settings.
Execute basic TV operations such as change channel, adjust
volume, etc.
To use TV Speak you need a computer running Windows (Windows 7,
Vista or
XP), a TV tuner card, and a TV antenna cable adapted for digital
terrestrial
television (either portable or that plugs into a TV socket).  The
tuner will
make the connection between your computer and the TV antenna.
One side of
the tuner has a USB port to plug into your computer and the other
side has a
plug to connect to the antenna.  In other words, the TV antenna
cable is
connected to the TV tuner, which in turn is connected to the PC
via a USB
port.  In this way you can watch TV through your computer and you
don’t
actually need to use your television screen.  However if you wish
you can
direct the audio and video output of TV Speak to your TV monitor
and use a
wireless keyboard to control the TV.
TV Speak is a product that Code Factory has been developing in
partnership
with ONCE, the Spanish national association for the blind.
When you install TV Speak for the first time, it will
automatically work for
30 days for free.  Once the demo expires, you will be asked for a
license
number.  To purchase TV Speak in the US, please contact HandyTech
North
America by email at
info@xxxxxxxxxxxx
 or by phone at
651-636-5184.  You can
also visit the HandyTech North America webpage at
http://www.handytech.us/
.
For any questions about TV Speak, feel free to send an email to
info@xxxxxxxxxxxx
.
If this summer you are attending the NFB and ACB conventions,
stop by the
HandyTech North America booth, ask Earle to show you TV Speak in
action and
enter in the draw to win free licenses.
For more information about TV Speak visit
http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=416
About Code Factory
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, Code
Factory is the
global leader committed to the development of products designed
to eliminate
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.  Among Code Factory's customers are
well known
organizations for the blind such as ONCE, and carriers such as
AT&T,
Bouygues Telecom, SFR, TIM and Vodafone.  Since 2010, Code
Factory also
provides solutions to make television accessible to the blind and
visually
impaired.
About HandyTech North America
Founded in 2005, Handy Tech North America is a Minneapolis-based
company
that is owned and operated by business professionals with visual
impairments.  In addition to our own innovative and
cost-effective blindness
and low vision solutions, we distribute cutting-edge products for
some of
the best-known companies in the assistive technology industry
Handy Tech
North America also offers customized assistive technology
training and
consulting services to organizations and individuals throughout
the United
States and Canada.
For more information, feel free to contact Code Factory SL.:
Code Factory, S.L., Rambla d'Egara 148 2-2, 08221 Terrassa
(Barcelona)
HelpDesk,
www.codefactory.es
Code Factory, S.L.  - 2011
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