Hi Jonathan,
How much does this mobile speak pocket cost?
I don't have a phone that would support it right now, but how
very interesting. Is there somewhere I could here a demoof this?
Stacey and Chesley
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From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:59:19 -0500
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Pdf Files again
Hi terry, BrailleNote sales are doing exceptionally well at the
moment,
because people like the user interface, the functionality, the
full and
seamless integration of Braille among other things. And I think
we've
demonstrated a commitment to ongoing development. The power and
less power
users alike that I talk to tell me that that's why they stick
with
BrailleNote, and as a user myself, I feel the same way. However,
one product
can't satisfy all users' preferences and needs, so HumanWare does
offer
alternatives. We do offer two PDA-based solutions for those who
wish to go
that route. One is our own maestro product, which I see has been
talked
about here. This has a very blind friendly method of inputting
data, as well
as the ability to pair with both Braille and qwerty Bluetooth
keyboards. It
offers a range of functions including e-mail in the forthcoming
2.0 release,
notes, contacts, Calendar, a media player, Victor Reader and
more, and it
integrates with Trekker. Maestro is not a screen reader, it is an
environment we've developed. This means that when you use a
function in
maestro, you can be sure it's 100% accessible! It works, and it
works well.
And you have all this functionality in a pocket sized device.
For those who want a screen reader solution for Pocket PC, you
can buy
Mobile Speak Pocket from us, as we are the master distributors
for it in the
United States and can distribute it in our other major markets.
You can buy
it pre-installed on a PDA, or simply download it, install it on
your PDA or
pda/phone of choice, and buy it after the 30 day demo. This will
give you
complete access to the Pocket PC environment running Windows
Mobile 2003
Second Edition, or Windows Mobile 2005. Of course if you obtain a
device
with a phone in it, then you can send and receive calls, make
calls from
your contacts, review your call history, assign ring tones, use
your
cellular data services and more, so this means we offer a
completely
accessible option for Verizon and Sprint, as well as tMobile and
Cingular
which have had accessible solutions for some time. So HumanWare
is offering
a continuum of products. Obviously when you go the screen reader
route, some
programmes are more accessible than others, but some people are
willing to
tolerate that in exchange for trying new applications they can
buy or
download off the web, and Mobile Speak Pocket is an extremely
good solution.
At the conventions, we also announced our new Braille Connect
lines,
starting wit a cool new 12 cell Braille display with vibrating
alarm, that
literally fits in your pocket. It has a six key Perkins keyboard.
It's ideal
for working with portable devices, and it will fully support
Talks, Mobile
Speak for Symbian, and of course Mobile Speak Pocket as well as
the
Windows-based screen readers.
In terms of integration, well I think the first step will be that
we want
the BrailleNote to work as a Braille display with Mobile Speak
Pocket. So if
you do use a PDA with MSP, you can control that PDA from your
BrailleNote.
As for a screen reader on the device itself in addition to
KeySoft, that
would be a longer term project but I appreciate the suggestion.
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