Code Factory Press Release
Caroline Ragot - Marketing Director Tel. +34 93 733 70 66 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reading On the Go competition Who are the lucky winners of the Code Factory's Reading On the Go competition? More than $20000 worth of prizes to be divided among ten winners Terrassa (Barcelona), September, 12, 2008 The "Reading On the Go" competition has ended. Most importantly, we would like to thank everyone who participated in it. It was an outstanding success with in excess of 1000 contestants - from almost every region in the world, including countries such as Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Colombia, Denmark, Ethiopia, Finland, Germany, India, Italy, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the Netherlands, the UK, the USA, and Zambia. We also would like to extend our warmest thanks to all our partners who made this competition possible: Acapela, AT&T, Audible, Baum, Bookshare.org, KNFB, Nokia, and Vodafone Spain. ... and the winners are: 10 prizes packages for 10 lucky winners: 1.. Jesús Alberto from Spain won a Vodafone Spain Nokia E65 mobile phone + Mobile Speak screen reader software with Acapela voice+ Mobile DAISY Player software + a Baum Vario Connect 12 Braille device. 2.. Deborah Cook from the USA won an AT&T Pantech Duo Smartphone + Mobile Speak Smartphone screen reader software with Acapela voice + a Baum Vario Connect 12 Braille device. 3.. Janet Hunt from Canada won a Nokia N82 mobile phone + Mobile Speak screen reader software with Acapela voice + Mobile DAISY Player software + the KNFB Reader + a Bookshare.org's yearly subscription, 4.. Fanny Bui from Germany won a Nokia N82 mobile phone + Mobile Speak screen reader software with Acapela voice + the KNFB Reader + an Audible Platinum subscription. 5.. Darren Harris from the UK won a Nokia E65 mobile phone + Mobile Speak screen reader software with Acapela voice + Mobile DAISY Player software + an Audible Platinum subscription. 6.. Jerry Berrier from the USA won an AT&T Pantech Duo Smartphone + Mobile Speak Smartphone screen reader software with Acapela voice + a Bookshare.org's yearly subscription. 7.. Jorge Felix Nogal Ventura from Spain won a Vodafone Nokia 6124 mobile phone + Mobile Speak screen reader software with Acapela voice + Mobile DAISY Player software. 8.. Francisco Javier Gómez Rubio from Spain won a Vodafone Nokia E65 mobile phone + Mobile Speak screen reader software with Acapela voice + Mobile DAISY Player software. 9.. Vishnu Ramchandani from India won a Nokia E65 mobile phone + Mobile Speak screen reader software with Acapela voice + Mobile DAISY Player software. 10.. Brian Stroud from the USA won an AT&T Pantech Duo Smartphone + Mobile Speak Smartphone screen reader software with Acapela voice. Congratulations to all of them! One of the goals of this competition was to increase our users' awareness of how they can read electronic books on the go so we hope that you all have learnt a lot about it and that you will enjoy reading with your accessible mobile phone anywhere, anytime. If you want to participate in our next competition, stay tuned and subscribe to our news at http://codefactory.es/en/services.asp?id=84. About Code Factory's partners: About Acapela ; About AT&T ; About Audible ; About Baum ; About Bookshare.org ; About KNFB ; about Nokia ; About Vodafone Spain. About Acapela http://www.acapela-group.com Acapela Group gives a voice to all your products and services. We invent voice solutions to give the say to content and enrich user interfaces in a natural and intuitive way based on our comprehensive technologies. With the constant growing demand for 24/7 real time information access and the successful deployments of consumer interfaces freeing eyes and hands thanks to speech capability, voice solutions are now a strategic piece of the end user interface challenge achievement. Acapela, a key player leaning upon 25 years of experience, offers substantial and proven solutions adapted to your activity, and presents a comprehensive range of products and services adapted to the needs of major markets: Accessibility, Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Industry, Mobility, Multimedia and Telecom. About AT&T http://www.wireless.att.com/about/disability-resources/mobile-speak-magnifier.jsp AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. In 2008, AT&T again ranked No. 1 on Fortune magazine's World's Most Admired Telecommunications Company list and No. 1 on America's Most Admired Telecommunications Company list. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com. AT&T Inc. announced last December, 17, 2007 two new applications that will increase usability for wireless customers who are blind or have low vision. AT&T is partnering with Code Factory to offer Mobile Speak and Mobile Magnifier, both for Windows Mobile and Symbian Series 60 operating system devices. These new products are currently supported on five AT&T phones: the Nokia N75, Nokia E62, Cingular 3125, Samsung BlackJack (Windows Mobile version 5), and Pantech Duo (Windows Mobile version 6). Additional compatible devices will be available soon. Mobile Speak and Mobile Magnifier are each available for a one-time charge of $89, which is billed directly to the customer's credit card. For additional information or to obtain a 30-day software trial, contact the National Center for Customers with Disabilities (NCCD) at 1-866-241-6568 or place a TTY call to 1-866-241-6567. The NCCD is available from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET. About Audible, Inc. More information about Audible, he leading provider of premium digital spoken audio information and entertainment on the internet, can be found at http://www.audible.com. About Baum http://www.baum.de/en/index.php It is our aim to make people with visual impairments successful at school, university or in their jobs. And we want to improve their quality of life by providing them with products that help increase their personal independence. What do we mean by this? Being successful at School and at Work: With our products and ample services we want to help our blind and low vision customers to better master their school and their job. In a world where working conditions are becoming more and more difficult, they shall be more competitive, being able to execute activities of higher quality and thus achieve better positions. Today people are expected to permanently continue learning. So are visually impaired people, and we want to provide them with the means. Improve Quality of Life: Our products will help our blind and low vision customers to be more independent and thus more self-determined. The free and self-determined access to every kind of information at any time and anywhere is getting more and more important in today's "society of information" even in the private sector. That is why we put the emphasis of our activities on offering CCTV's, reading machines, organizers and access to the Internet. Braille support for Mobile Speak by BAUM Retec For a long time now, Baum’s VarioConnect Braille displays have worked easily and quickly with Code Factory’s Mobile Speak, Mobile Speak Pocket and Mobile Speak Smartphone. BAUM is a German based company specializing in products and services for blind and visually impaired people. The VarioConnect Braille display has been specifically designed by BAUM as a “Bluetooth” Braille reading and writing device to working in combination with mainstream devices like mobile phones, PDA’s and smartphones loaded with Mobile Speak. The research and development departments of Code Factory and BAUM have been working closely together for quite some time. The result is the unique combination of Mobile Speak and VarioConnect working together with great stability and utility. About Bookshare.org http://www.bookshare.org/ Bookshare.org provides an extensive online library of accessible fiction, non-fiction, reference materials, textbooks, popular magazines and leading newspapers for qualified print-disabled readers of all ages. The library is dramatically increasing the quantity and availability of books and newspapers in accessible formats, to ensure that people with print disabilities have the same ease of access to books and periodicals that people without disabilities enjoy. Recently, Bookshare.org received a $32 million award from the U.S. Department of Education to expand the collection and provide free services for all U.S. students. Bookshare.org is operated by Benetech, a Palo Alto, CA-based nonprofit that develops technology, like a software company, yet applies the technology to social causes. About KNFB http://www.knfbreader.com/ The Mobile Reader Product Line from knfbReading Technologies, Inc., is a major advancement in portability and functionality of print access for the blind, the vision impaired and those with reading difficulties. The knfbReader Mobile and kReader Mobile software packages run on a multifunction cell phone that allow the user to read mail, receipts, handouts and many other documents wherever the user happens to be. This is a truly pocket-sized solution to reading on the go. The knfbReader Mobile software has a feature set designed for blind or low vision users. The kReader Mobile is designed for people who have difficulty reading due to learning or language problems. knfb Reading Technologies is a Joint Venture between Kurzweil Technologies and the National Federation of the Blind. About Nokia Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. We make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that enable people to experience music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games, business mobility and more. Developing and growing our offering of consumer Internet services, as well as our enterprise solutions and software, is a key area of focus. We also provide equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks. About Vodafone Spain Vodafone Group Plc is the world's leading mobile telecommunications company, with a significant presence in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and the United States through the Company's subsidiary undertakings, joint ventures, associated undertakings and investments. Vodafone Spain has just announced the coming launch of Vodafone Speak, an application that talks you through your mobile menus and funcionnalities: Missed calls, messages and battery level. Visit http://www.vodafone.es/vodafoneparatodos for details. For more information, feel free to contact Code Factory S.L.: Code Factory, S.L., Rambla d'Egara 148 2-2, 08221 Terrassa (Barcelona) Tel. +34 93 733 70 66, [EMAIL PROTECTED], www.codefactory.es Code Factory, S.L. - 2008 Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your "Subscriber Preferences Page" at http://www.codefactory.es/en/services.asp. 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