Nokia rolls out new screen reader
Source: http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/10/27/nokia-rolls-out-new-screen-reader/

LONDON, United Kingdom – Nokia has announced a screen reader this week at Nokia World 2011, in addition to a number of accessibility apps. These new products matter because they will make it easier for people with disabilities to use Nokia devices.
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Mobile Speak 5.6 for Symbian
Mobile Speak 5.6 for Symbian is now available
Support for Nokia Internet Radio, global copy & paste shortcuts, support for emoticons, support for Catalan language, support for new firmware versions and more
Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, July 28th, 2011
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Android apps
Code Factory Releases Two Standalone Accessible Apps for Android: Web Browser & Music Player
More Accessible Apps from Code Factory available through the Android Market
Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, July 13th, 2011
Code Factory has once again listened to its users and, based on the huge demand, has decided to release Mobile Accessibility’s Web Browser as a standalone accessible app available through the Android Market. In addition, Code Factory also brings users an accessible Music Player which will allow you to play audio files in an accessible way.

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Dolphin Guide
A friend for the journey
Easy Computer Access

A friend for the journey
As the years roll on, the digital divide gets wider and society is in danger of leaving behind a generation of hard-working people that simply haven’t been taught to use a computer. For most seniors, computers simply weren’t available when they were younger. For others the sheer complexity of the modern computer leaves them confused, lost and even demoralized. Combine these problems with failing sight or even total sight loss and surfing the Internet seems a distant dream.

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Web accessibility resources for higher education

What is Web accessibility?
“Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can use the Web. More specifically, Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web, and that they can contribute to the Web. Web accessibility also benefits others, including older people with changing abilities due to aging.” (W3C Web Accessibility Initiative)
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Windows Phone 7
Mobile Speak for Windows Mobile, 5 years of successes and challenges
Code Factory products will not be compatible with the initial versions of Windows Phone 7
Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, September, 1st, 2010
Code Factory has always shown a great commitment to keep up-to-date with the latest mobile phone technology. Back in 2005, Code Factory launched Mobile Speak Pocket. “Many of our users were asking us to make Windows Mobile Pocket PCs accessible, because at the time they were the only professional-oriented mobile devices,” explained Eduard Sánchez, Code Factory’s CEO. “One of our top priorities has always been to allow our profesionnal blind and visually impaired users to be as efficient and productive as their sighted peers. Therefore, based on the experience of Mobile Speak for Symbian phones released two years earlier, we put together all our passion, knowledge and effort and developed Mobile Speak for Windows Mobile”.
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Mobile Speak 4.5 for Symbian
Mobile Speak 4.5 for Symbian is Now Available
Touch Screen, Web Browser, Calendar, TweetS60, Nokia C5, C6, E5 & E73 Mode, and More!
Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, July 1st, 2010
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iRead

iRead: „simply reading“
 
The reading software iRead converts a Windows-PC with scanner and screen reader into an open reading system
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Mobile Speak 4
Mobile Speak 4, Now Available!
Cross Platform, Touch, Multi Voice and Ready for the Next Generation
Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, January 27, 2010
Today, Code Factory introduced Mobile Speak 4, a revolutionary screen reader for anyone who wishes to enhance his/her use of a mobile phone. Read the rest of this entry »

Bop It Game
The Bop It game can be played by both sighted and visually impaired alike. It’s playable either alone or in groups. It’s available from either Speak To Me or Amazon.
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