congratulations from me too. it is wonderful to see that a person from our list had achieved it.
On 9/13/08, Shiv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. You will need to use your e-mail > address to log in. 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