I am sure that there is something in the sprint one that checks to see if they are on the sprint network or not. that is just an assumption, but I am sure they have already thought of that one.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daryl Marie Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:27 AM To: Mobile Accessibility Android Users List Subject: Re: [MA] Sprint to Offer Mobile Accessibility! This brings up a question: how is the Android Market going to be able to tell if a member is a Sprint customer?What will stop others from other networks from getting it for free? Daryl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pedro M." <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:49 am Subject: Re: [MA] Sprint to Offer Mobile Accessibility! To: Mobile Accessibility Android Users List <[email protected]> > i hope you're wrong. it would be wise for them to release the > full version of m.a. to all their custimmers. > and from what i read, it seams like it would be the full > version, of m.a. unlike AT&T who make it clear that it would be > the m.a. lite version of the application only. > well lets see what happens when it gets released. > hey jarrod, just are luck for this to come out months after we > baught m.a. and after buying the new boost Mobile phone. > > > From: Jarrod Jicha > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:31 AM > To: 'Swati Sinha' ; 'Mobile Accessibility Android Users List' > Subject: RE: [MA] Sprint to Offer Mobile Accessibility! > > I am sure it will be the apps only part, and not the screen > reader part. kind of like the at&t lite is. > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:ma_mailing- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Swati Sinha > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 4:55 AM > To: [email protected]; Mobile Accessibility Android > Users List; Mobile Speak/Magnifier Symbian Users List; > [email protected]: [MA] Sprint to Offer Mobile > Accessibility! > > > > > > News Release > > Sprint Nextel > 6200 Sprint Parkway > > Overland Park, Kan. 66251 > > > > Media Contact: > > Kristin Wallace, Sprint > > 404-649-8222 > > [email protected] > > > > > > Sprint to Offer Mobile Accessibility Application, Developed by > Code Factory, for Free to Customers Who are Blind or Have Low > Vision > > Mobile Accessibility application and new Accessibility Sprint ID > packs make smartphone usage more accessible for Sprint customers > > > > OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Jan. 9, 2012 - Sprint (NYSE: S) is > offering customers who are blind or visually impaired, as well > as elderly individuals or those who cannot read print on > smartphones because of physical, perceptual, developmental, > cognitive or learning disabilities, free solutions that will > provide them easier access to their Android-powered smartphone's > functionality. The solutions include five new Accessibility > Sprint ID packs - bundles of applications available on select > Android-powered smartphones - and the Mobile Accessibility suite > of applications. > > > > Mobile Accessibility, developed by Code Factory, is a suite of > accessible applications that have been specifically designed for > people who are blind or visually impaired. Mobile Accessibility, > which features a simplified user interface and textual > information that is spoken aloud using voice synthesis to aid > navigation of the device, will be offered to Sprint postpaid and > Boost Mobile prepaid customers through the Android Market for > free starting this quarter. > > > > The application is available for free for postpaid Sprint > customers with Android-powered smartphones activated on a > monthly service plan that includes data, such as the Everything > Data plan starting at $79.99. The app is also free for no- > contract customers with Android-powered smartphones on Boost > Mobile's Monthly or Daily Unlimited plans. > > > > The application, which typically costs $99, will be available in > English and Spanish in the Android Market under the names Sprint > Mobile Accessibility EN & ES and Boost Mobile Accessibility EN & > ES. > > > > "Sprint strives to satisfy all our customers' wireless needs, > and with solutions such as these, we're helping our customers > with disabilities realize the full potential of their > smartphones," said Fared Adib, Sprint vice president-Product > Development. "That is why we're offering the Mobile > Accessibility app and Accessibility ID packs free of charge." > > > > "Code Factory is delighted that one of the most important > carriers in the world decided to subsidize Mobile Accessibility > for their customers and is helping to assure that the product > reaches as many people as possible at no cost for them," said > Eduard Sanchez, Code Factory CEO. "We are proud to be a new > partner with Sprint and hope this is the start of a longtime > relationship for accessibility for blind and visually impaired > Sprint customers." > > > > The main features of Mobile Accessibility: > > . Touch > navigation: Users can simply move their finger around the screen > and the voice synthesis will read the text located under their > finger. They can swipe up/down/right/left and tap on the screen > to navigate through the interface, and they can enable sound and > vibration feedback. > > . Easy to input > text: In or outside the Mobile Accessibility suite users can use > the touch QWERTY keyboard or speech recognition to write text > quickly and easily - making it possible to write an SMS or email > using their voice only. > > . Voice > synthesis: Provides customers natural sounding voice read back. > > > > With Mobile Accessibility, users can do the following: > > . Phone: Make > calls, answer calls, hear the caller ID and manage their call log. > > . Contacts: App > tells user how many contacts they have and speaks the contact's > name they selected. > > . SMS: Virtual > keyboard is larger and fills the entire screen. When the user > clicks a letter on the keyboard, the app reads the letter to > them. This makes it easier for them to compose emails or SMS > messages. It also reads SMS messages to the user. > > . Alarms: Set > their alarms. > > . Web: Full Web > browser experience; also reads text from Web page to the user. > > . Calendar: > Create, edit and delete a calendar entry. View all events per > day, week or month. > > . Email: Full > access to Gmail accounts; reads emails to the user. > > . Where am I?: > GPS application that gives the user an update about their > current location. > > . Access to > basic phone functions, such as date and time, missed calls, etc. > User can click on the function and it speaks to them. > > "Having the ability to gain greater access to information on > smartphones through the use of a free suite of applications is a > very positive development in the blind community's quest for > more affordable choices," said Mitch Pomerantz, president of the > American Council of the Blind (ACB). "The American Council of > the Blind commends Sprint for its willingness to take another > positive step toward full product accessibility." > > Accessibility Sprint ID packs: > > Today Sprint is launching five accessibility-themed Sprint ID > packs, developed by Apps4Android, which are bundles of > applications designed to accommodate the access needs of Sprint > subscribers with print disabilities - people who are unable to > read standard printed material, including text on their > smartphone, because of blindness, visual disability, physical > limitations, organic dysfunction or dyslexia. For more > information about the Accessibility ID packs, read today's press > release at, > > http://www.fiercetelecom.com/print/node/43538 [link to that > release]. > > > > > > > > About Sprint Nextel > > Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and > wireline communications services bringing the freedom of > mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint > Nextel served more than 53 million customers at the end of 3Q > 2011 and is widely recognized for developing, engineering and > deploying innovative technologies, including the first wireless > 4G service from a national carrier in the United States; > offering industry-leading mobile data services, leading prepaid > brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance > Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk > capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. The 2011 > American Customer Satisfaction Index showed Sprint is the #1 > most improved company in customer satisfaction, across all > industries, over the last three years. Newsweek ranked Sprint > No. 3 in its 2011 Green Rankings, listing it as one of the > nation's greenest companies, the highest of any > telecommunications company. You can learn more and visit Sprint > at www.sprint.com or www.facebook.com/sprint and > www.twitter.com/sprint. > > > > About Code Factory > > Founded in 1998 with headquarters 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 > accessible mobile applications such as screen readers, screen > magnifiers, and Braille interfaces. Code Factory's products are > compatible with the widest range of mainstream mobile devices > running on Symbian, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry Smartphones, and > Android. Among Code Factory's customers are well-known > organizations for the blind such as ONCE in Spain, and carriers > Sprint, AT&T, Bouygues Telecom, SFR, TIM and Vodafone. > > > > ### > > > > Regards > Support > Submit Help Desk Ticket at > http://www.codefactory.cat/helpdesk/index.php?a=add > Code Factory > Making mobile phones and PDAs accessible to the blind and > visually impaired. > Moving Accessibility Forward! > www.codefactory.es > Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/codefactory and on > our blog at > http://codefactoryblog.wordpress.com/ > To learn more about Mobile Speak 4 visit > http://codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=318 > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of > virus signature database 4628 (20091122) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------- > _______________________________________________ > ma_mailing mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing >
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