Code Factory's 2007 Year-End Summary

Tue Jan 8 15:45:56 CST 2008

yes I agree,
  just wondering if the talks people do this and 
why it doesn't come to this list.
At 04:44 a.m. 9/01/2008, you wrote:
>I think it's good to see this annual report, and I look forward to seeing
>what 2008 has in store for Code Factory.
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>I do think it is worth noting however, the Braillenote mPower is not
>supported using the Motorola Q.
>
>I would like to see an accessible GPS for those running MSS on networks such
>as Verizon Wireless...
>
>Katie
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
>[mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of Roselle
>Ambubuyog
>Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 6:34 AM
>To: 'The Accessible Phones Discussion List'
>Subject: Code Factory's 2007 Year-End Summary
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>2007 Year-End Summary
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>CODE FACTORY, S.L.
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>Terrassa (Barcelona), January 7, 2008
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>Dear users, distributors and partners,
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>In just four years since Code Factory first focused on providing the blind
>and visually impaired with access to mainstream mobile devices, we have
>successfully delivered groundbreaking products which have further
>consolidated our lead in the access technology (AT) market each year. Now as
>the year 2007 draws to a close, we would like to share with you our
>accomplishments for the past twelve months in terms of amazing product
>releases and user experience strategies, as well as important alliances and
>partnerships with AT companies, mainstream companies, mobile phone network
>operators, and national organizations for the blind.
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>Our objective for 2007 was to innovate in our products and services, and
>thus make our software solutions intuitively accessible, readily available,
>and economically practical to directly benefit the blind and visually
>impaired. With customer feedback carefully taken into consideration. We
>definitely succeeded in achieving this goal by launching the new
>User-Centered Licensing system for the Windows Mobile Smartphone platform,
>supporting 20 Braille devices and close to 400 phone models, partnering with
>carriers in different countries such as AT&T in the USA and Cosmote in
>Greece, making strategic alliances with companies like Wayfinder and Nokia,
>and implementing support for digital audio and Braille books from Audible
>and Bookshare.org.
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>We also improved our marketing approach by aiming to strengthen customer
>relationships and enhance Code Factory’s presence in different key areas.
>Our combined sales and marketing efforts led to more company representatives
>attending major international events in the AT industry in Europe and North
>America, more product presentations conducted in person and online by
>partners and distributors, several competitions for users to win great
>prizes, and the launch of a new website designed for greater accessibility
>and usability in providing information about our product line.
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>We recognize that our achievements in 2007 would not have been possible
>without your unwavering support, and so we share with you the account of our
>success this year.
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>Product Innovations:
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>*       A total of ten free major updates for our Symbian and Windows Mobile
>screen readers, screen magnifiers, and add-ons consisting of approximately
>300 new features and enhancements within this year alone.
>*       New User-Centered Licensing system with Mobile Speak for Windows
>Mobile Smartphones. For more information, go to
>http://www.codefactory.es/UCL .
>*       We were the first to provide the most comprehensive support for
>Version 6 of the Windows Mobile operating system for Smartphones, Pocket PC
>phones and personal digital assistants. The original press release about
>this is at http://www.codefactory.es/en/press.asp?id=60
><http://www.codefactory.es/en/press.asp?id=60&y=2007&n=12> &y=2007&n=12 .
>*       Mobile Magnifier for Windows Mobile Smartphones is the first and
>only screen magnification solution for Windows Mobile Standard edition, just
>as its screen reader counterpart was the first one released for this
>platform. To read more about this unique product, visit
><http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=121>
>http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=121 .
>*       Support for Wayfinder Access, a navigation solution especially
>designed for the blind and visually impaired, can be used through speech and
>Braille with Mobile Speak for Symbian Phones. To learn more, check out
><http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=239>
>http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=239 .
>*       Support for Bookshare and BRF files in Mobile Speak for Windows
>Mobile Smartphones, as well as compatibility with Audible Player and Audible
>Air in our screen readers for Pocket PCs and WM Smartphones. To find out
>more, refer to  <http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=241>
>http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=241 and
><http://www.codefactory.es/en/extras.asp?id=39>
>http://www.codefactory.es/en/extras.asp?id=39 .
>*       Support for the High-Quality, built-in Nokia Text-To-Speech engines
>in Symbian 9 with free licenses for existing Mobile Speak users. Read more
>about this at
><http://www.codefactory.es/additional_docs/en/nokiaTTS_EN.html>
>http://www.codefactory.es/additional_docs/en/nokiaTTS_EN.html .
>*       New Loquendo and Acapela voices in all supported platforms.
>*       Support for more languages in Mobile Speak for Symbian Phones
>including Croatian, Lithuanian, Russian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Serbian,
>Romanian, Slovak, Hindi, Chinese Cantonese, Filipino Tagalog, and Urdu.
>*       Additions to the Mobile tools line such as four new games (Braille
>Brain, Cryptic Crazy, Touch Type and Word Wizard) for the Windows Mobile
>platform, as well as the Symbian 9-compatible versions of the Mobile Games
>Pack (Tone Master, Mines, Fuse Mania and Spider), Mobile Color Recognizer
>and AutoSIS. More information is available at
><http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=246>
>http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=246 and
><http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=235>
>http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=235 .
>*       Support for new Braille devices:
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>*       Baum Conny / VarioConnect Series, Baum PocketVario, Baum Pronto,
>Baum SuperVario
>*       Eurobraille Esys12, Eurobraille Esys40
>*       HandyTech BrailleStar 40/80, HandyTech BrailleWave, HandyTech
>Braillino, HandyTech EasyBraille
>*       HumanWare BrailleConnect 12/40, HumanWare BrailleNote mPower BT
>18/32, HumanWare BrailleNote PK, HumanWare Brailliant 24/32/40/64/80,
>HumanWare KeyMaestro
>*       ONCE-CIDAT Bluetype
>*       Optelec ALVA BC640, Optelec EasyLink 12, Optelec Easylink Keyboard
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>*       Enhanced support for built-in applications such as PowerPoint
>Mobile, Windows Live Messenger and Windows Media Player (for Windows
>Mobile), as well as QuickWord and Music Player (for Symbian).
>*       Access to third-party applications such as the AvantGo newsreader,
>SlovoEd Explanatory and Multilingual Dictionaries, Skype, Pocket XPDF,
>PhatNotes note-taking application, and many more.
>*       Support for many new devices including, but not limited to:
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>*       Symbian Phones: Nokia 3250, 5500 Sport, 5700 Xpress Music, 6110
>Navigator, 6120 and 6121 Classic, 6290, E50, E51, E60, E61, E62, E65, E70,
>E90 Communicator, N71, N73, N75, N76, N77, N80, N81, N82, N91, N92, N93,
>N95, and N95 8GB.
>*       Windows Mobile Smartphones:, AT&T Pantech Duo and Samsung Blackjack
>II; GSM- and CDMA-based Motorola Q9 series; the HP iPAQ 500 Voice Messenger
>series; T-Mobile Dash and Shadow; HTC Vox/S710, Cavalier/S630, and
>Excalibur/S620.
>*       Pocket PCs: GSM- and CDMA-based Palm Treo series running Windows
>Mobile; E-TEN Glofiish M700; Fujitsu Siemens Pocket LOOX T800 series; HTC
>X7500/Athena; AT&T 8525/HTC TyTN, T-Mobile Wing/HTC Atlas, HTC
>Mogul/PPC-6800 from Sprint and Qwest, XV6800 from Verizon Wireless, HTC 6800
>from Bell, and HTC P4000 from Telus.
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>New Distributors and Resellers:
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>*       Adaptec (MSS, USA)
>*       AT&T (MS, MM, MSS, MMS, USA)
>*       Cosmote (MS, Greece)
>*       Freedom Scientific Benelux BV/FreedomADL BV (MS, Netherlands)
>*       Handy Tech Elektronik GmbH (MSP, Germany)
>*       Itac Consulting (MS, Kenya)
>*       Oleg (MS, MSP, Ukraine)
>*       Optek (MS, Australia)
>*       Slechtziend (MSS, Netherlands)
>*       Telefónica (MS, Spain)
>*       Tik Tikshoret (MS, Israel)
>*       Visual Cortex Concept (MSS, USA)
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>MS = Mobile Speak for Symbian Phones
>MSS = Mobile Speak for Windows Mobile Smartphones MSP = Mobile Speak for
>Pocket PCs MM = Mobile Magnifier for Symbian Phones MMS = Mobile Magnifier
>for Windows Mobile Smartphones MMP = Mobile Magnifier for Pocket PCs
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>New Partnerships:
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>*       Wayfinder http://www.wayfinder.com/
>*       Nokia http://www.nokiaaccessibility.com/
>*       Eurobraille http://www.eurobraille.fr/
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>International events attended:
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>*       ATIA, Orlando
>*       3GSM, Barcelona
>*       CSUN, Los Angeles
>*       Sight City, Frankfurt
>*       Sight Village, Birmingham
>*       NFB and ACB Conventions, USA
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>New Staff:
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>*       Caroline Ragot  Marketing Director
>*       Franco Bellu  Software Developer
>*       Emilia Vasari  Sales & Marketing Assistant
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>To know more about the Code Factory team, check out
><http://www.codefactory.es/en/team.asp?id=10>
>http://www.codefactory.es/en/team.asp?id=10
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>Sales and company facts:
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>*       The exceptional growth in revenues for our mobile phone product line
>has been fuelled by the 20% increase in monthly sales for Mobile Speak
>Symbian and the tripled number of sold licenses for Mobile Speak Smartphone,
>indicating that hundreds more blind people are enjoying access to mainstream
>cell phones today because of Code Factory products.
>*       In total we now have more than 150 distributors in more than 70
>countries throughout Europe, North America, Asia, Africa, Australia and the
>South Pacific.
>*       Code Factory remains the only company to support all mainstream
>embedded platforms, thus supporting CDMA-based phones apart from those on
>GSM and WCDMA networks.
>*       As a result of supporting the Nokia built-in TTS and text-to-speech
>engines from providers like Rosasoft, Code Factory is currently making
>mobile speech solutions available in 24 new languages in the market (Hebrew,
>Hindi, Urdu, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Farsi, Indonesian, Malay,
>Filipino, Thai, Vietnamese, Bengali, Lithuanian, Latvian, Belarussian,
>Bulgarian, Estonian, Hungarian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Romanian, and
>Ukrainian), in addition to the more than 20 languages already supported in
>previous years. This breakthrough confirms Code Factory’s commitment to
>bring accessibility of mobile phones to the blind and visually impaired,
>even those in countries that are traditionally not provided with AT
>solutions in their native language.
>*       An important agreement has been signed with Medialog to make Mobile
>Speak available with the Acapela voice Salma in Arabic-speaking countries.
>*       Our products are offered by major mobile phone network operators in
>different countries worldwide such as AT&T, Vodafone Spain, Telefonica, SFR,
>Bouygues Telecom, TMN, and Cosmote.
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>We are confident that with your help, Code Factory will continue to be the
>world leader in accessibility products for mobile technologies. In 2008, we
>will endeavor to offer more innovations and carry out our mission of moving
>accessibility forward in order to make a difference in the lives of the
>blind and visually impaired.
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>Thank you for your support in making each year a success!
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>Yours in commitment to accessibility,
>The Code Factory Team
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>For more information, feel free to contact Code Factory S.L.:
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>Code Factory, S.L., Rambla d'Egara 148 2-2, 08221 Terrassa (Barcelona),
>Spain Tel. +34 93 733 70 66, info at codefactory.es,
><http://www.codefactory.es/> www.codefactory.es Code Factory, S.L. - 2008
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