Code Factory at ATIA 2009 Stop by booth 121 to meet with Code Factory staff!
Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, January 26, 2009 Code Factory, the global leader in development of products designed to eliminate barriers to the accessibility of mobile technology for the blind and visually impaired, is proud to be an exhibitor, in booth 121, at the 2009 ATIA Conference, taking place from January 28th to February 3rd at the Caribe Royale All-Suite Resort and Convention Center, Orlando, Florida. WHAT EXCITING PRODUCTS AND FEATURES SHOULD YOU CHECK OUT? Greg Gladman, our Chief Technical Officer and Melanie Endres, our Sales Director will be happy to walk you through all of the many new features and advantages of our accessible solutions, including: Mobile Speak V3.80: New version of Mobile Speak released on the occasion of ATIA. Support for the latest Samsung and Nokia phones, new Acapela voices, new built-in user dictionary feature and much more. Mobile Geo, CES Best of Innovations 2009: World's first accessible GPS navigation software for mainstream Windows Mobile Smartphones and Pocket PCs, powered by GPS and mapping technology from the Sendero Group. Maps and POIs available for 18 countries; compatible with more than 300 Windows Mobile devices and phones operating on GSM, CDMA and WCDMA networks; works with external Bluetooth and built-in GPS receivers. Mobile DAISY Player: Electronic book reader for Symbian-based phones. It allows both sighted and visually impaired mobile users to take books in Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) format with them wherever they go. The User-Centered Licensing system which allows users to transfer their license of Code Factory's Windows Mobile screen readers from one device to another free of charge, anytime, anywhere, through an internet connection or via SMS. Support for the Symbian third edition web browser including virtual cursor, moving to elements, and read to end functionality with Mobile Speak for Symbian phones. WHEN AND WHERE CAN YOU FIND US? Greg and Melanie will be waiting for you along with Mike May, CEO of Sendero Group, at Code Factory's booth, number 121. CODE FACTORY WILL PARTICIPATE IN: Assistive Technology Vendor Panel - The Direction of Assistive Technology Thursday, January, 29 at 3.30 PM - 4:30 PM. Moderated by Michael Takemura, Director, HP Accessibility Program Office, Hewlett Packard Company. This session will consist of a panel of leading assistive technology manufacturing executives who will discuss their vision for the future of their products and assistive technology in general. This session will be highly interactive so that the audience can pose questions they may have relating to implementation of assistive technology, the challenges of interoperability, and other accessibility needs. To attend the breakout session you must be registered for the ATIA Leadership Forum which runs from 1/29-30. It is NOT open to registrants for the main conference, only the Leadership Forum. The ATIA Leadership Forum on Accessibility is an exciting two-day Forum providing an excellent venue for discussion of the business case for accessibility and its associated technologies. The Forum uses a case-study format to provide corporations, colleges/universities, and government agencies of all sizes with unique insights into how other industry-leading organizations are integrating accessibility to improve workplace productivity and extend their market reach to include both people with disabilities and mature consumers. Organizations can derive real value from the enterprise-focused approach, which allows organizations to see first-hand how accessibility can benefit their bottom line. Location: At the Caribe Royale All-Suites Resort in the Martinique Ballroom II. Microsoft Educational Theater Code Factory session title: The World in your Pocket: Mobile Geo, the first accessible GPS application for Windows Mobile devices. Friday, January, 30, 10.30 AM - 10.50 AM. Location: AT Educational Theater which is located in the Caribbean Exhibit Hall (Caribbean Ballrooms III-IV) in the Convention Center. CODE FACTORY WILL GIVE 2 EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS: Reading on the go with accessible mobile phones (F1706) Friday, January 30, 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM. By Greg Gladman. Location: Boca IV Room Presentation Outline: What do we mean by "electronic books"?; How to convert your mobile phone into much more than just a phone?; 2 types of electronic books: audio and digital text format; Mobile Daisy Player V2.0; Mobile Speak's built-in Braille Reader. Explore your World with Mobile Geo, Code Factory's GPS application (S1102) Saturday, January 31, 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM By Melanie Endres. Location: Curacao 3 Room Presentation Outline: -Understand GPS technologies; Mobile Geo, a collaboration between Code Factory and Sendero Group; Overview of Mobile Geo features; What can you do with Mobile Geo; Compatibility with Mobile Speak Smartphone and Mobile Speak Pocket. PASSPORT FOR PRIZE Code Factory will contribute to 4 package prizes: Two mobile accessible GPS packages including licenses of Mobile Geo and Mobile Speak Smartphone. Two Reading on the go packages including licenses of Mobile Speak for Symbian phones and Mobile DAISY Player. Each ATIA conference attendee is issued a blank passport card at registration. Attendees carry their card around the Exhibit Hall on Wednesday, Thursday and part of Friday. Then, attendees will collect stamps from the participating exhibitor companies listed on their passport. Once attendees have completed their passport card, they will take it to the ticket tumbler located in the Exhibit Hall. All completed entries are eligible for a prize drawing that will be conducted on Friday at 11.30. Exhibitors will display the prize in their booth throughout the show until the drawing. Winners do not need to be present to win. EXHIBIT HALL HOURS Thursday, January 29, 2009 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Friday, January 30, 2009 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday, January 31, 2009 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. To find out more about the ATIA Conference, visit http://www.atia.org. About Code Factory Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Terrassa/Barcelona, Spain, Code Factory is the global leader committed to the development of products designed to eliminate barriers to the accessibility of mobile technology for the blind and visually impaired. Today, Code Factory is the leading provider of screen readers, screen magnifiers, and Braille interfaces for the widest range of mainstream mobile devices including Symbian-based and Windows Mobile-powered Smartphones as well as Pocket PC phones and PDAs. Its product line is the only one to support phones working on the GSM, CDMA and WCDMA networks. Code Factory's success lies in giving excellent customer support and in responding immediately to the needs of its end users. Among Code Factory's customers are well known organizations like ONCE, and carriers such as TIM, Vodafone, SFR, Bouygues Telecom and AT&T. The company also collaborated with leading TTS providers and Braille manufacturers, thus enabling Code Factory to provide excellent text-to-speech technology in many languages for Mobile Speak products, and to incorporate support for over twenty wireless Braille devices into the software. For more information, feel free to contact Code Factory S.L.: Code Factory, S.L., Rambla d'Egara 148 2-2, 08221 Terrassa (Barcelona) [email protected], www.codefactory.es Code Factory, S.L. - 2009 To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
