Code Factory's 2007 Year-End Summary

Wed Jan 9 17:31:48 CST 2008

And thank you for making braille a reality for us.
Sharonda

On 1/9/08, Roselle Ambubuyog <roselle.ambubuyog at codefactory.es> wrote:
> We have informed both companies of the current issue from the moment we
> found out the cause of the problem, and asked for their assistance in
> resolving it. We have done the same with Microsoft in our search for a
> workaround we can implement ourselves to save time. They all said they'll
> look into it. Note also that we have not closed this issue in our database
> of things to work on, so don't worry that it's not being attended to. It's
> just taking longer to address because there are other companies involved.
> Thanks for your continued support.
> ________________________________________
> Roselle R. Ambubuyog
> Code factory, S.L.
> Moving accessibility forward!
> Mobile: +63 916 940-0007
> E-mail: roselle.ambubuyog at codefactory.es
> Website: http://www.codefactory.es
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
> [mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of Katie Frederick
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 5:45 AM
> To: 'The Accessible Phones Discussion List'
> Subject: RE: Code Factory's 2007 Year-End Summary
>
> Do you know if there is anyway Motorola, MSS, and/or HumanWare could work
> together to resolve this issue?  I think this would be a major break through
> for those of who have a Q and an mPower.  I think it would allow for
> individuals to enhance their experiences with MSS even more; I know it would
> for me personally.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Katie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
> [mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of Roselle
> Ambubuyog
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 9:39 PM
> To: 'The Accessible Phones Discussion List'
> Subject: RE: Code Factory's 2007 Year-End Summary
>
> The problem with BrailleNote mPower and the Motorola  Q is that the
> BrailleNote, unlike other Braille devices we support, requires the creation
> of an incoming COM port on the device before the Bluetooth partnership is
> established. Unlike other Braille devices also, the Bluetooth pairing is
> initiated on the BrailleNote, as the master device, rather than on the
> phone. This is fine with some devices, but the Motorola Q does not allow for
> the creation of incoming COM ports. Therefore, in order for this issue to be
> addressed, either the BrailleNOte allows itself to be the slave device and
> let the Bluetooth partnership be initiated on the WM device, or that the Q
> is able to create an incoming port for the BrailleNOte to interface through.
> ________________________________________
> Roselle R. Ambubuyog
> Code factory, S.L.
> Moving accessibility forward!
> Mobile: +63 916 940-0007
> E-mail: roselle.ambubuyog at codefactory.es
> Website: http://www.codefactory.es
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
> [mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of Katie Frederick
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 11:45 PM
> To: 'The Accessible Phones Discussion List'
> Subject: RE: Code Factory's 2007 Year-End Summary
>
> I think it's good to see this annual report, and I look forward to seeing
> what 2008 has in store for Code Factory.
>
> 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
>
> -----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
>
>
> 2007 Year-End Summary
>
>
>
>
>
> CODE FACTORY, S.L.
>
>
>
>
>
> Terrassa (Barcelona), January 7, 2008
>
>
>
>
> Dear users, distributors and partners,
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
> Product Innovations:
>
>
> *	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:
>
> *	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
>
> *	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:
>
> *	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.
>
>
>
>
> New Distributors and Resellers:
>
>
> *	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)
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
> New Partnerships:
>
>
> *	Wayfinder http://www.wayfinder.com/
> *	Nokia http://www.nokiaaccessibility.com/
> *	Eurobraille http://www.eurobraille.fr/
>
>
>
>
> International events attended:
>
>
> *	ATIA, Orlando
> *	3GSM, Barcelona
> *	CSUN, Los Angeles
> *	Sight City, Frankfurt
> *	Sight Village, Birmingham
> *	NFB and ACB Conventions, USA
>
>
>
>
> New Staff:
>
>
> *	Caroline Ragot – Marketing Director
> *	Franco Bellu – Software Developer
> *	Emilia Vasari – Sales & Marketing Assistant
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
> Sales and company facts:
>
>
> *	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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
> Thank you for your support in making each year a success!
>
> Yours in commitment to accessibility,
> The Code Factory Team
>
>
>
> For more information, feel free to contact Code Factory S.L.:
>
> 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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