get over yourself. it happens. so we paid for it. big deal. you don't
hear me complaining that it is free now on sprint. good lord, now I
guess you want a refund cause you paid for it? are you one of these
blind persons that want everything free and handed to you on a silver
platter? I didn't think so as you do pay for things, but now you are
saying it isn't fair that other people can get it for free. again i
say get over it. life isn't fair. there are a lot of werse things in
life to bitch and complain about rather than a free screen reader for
your android phone. how about kids that get murdered every day. how
about people in the world that go hungry because they can't even
afford a slice of bread.
*From:*[email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Michelle Curtis
*Sent:* Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:39 AM
*To:* 'Mobile Accessibility Android Users List'
*Subject:* RE: [MA] Sprint to Offer Mobile Accessibility!
What about the people whoall ready hae bought ma is it really fair
topeople to get the full version for free and we had to pay for it .
*From:*[email protected]
<mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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:[email protected]> [mailto:ma_mailing-
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf
Of Swati Sinha
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 4:55 AM
> To: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>; Mobile Accessibility Android
> Users List; Mobile Speak/Magnifier Symbian Users List;
> [email protected]
<mailto:[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] <mailto:[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 <http://www.sprint.com> or www.facebook.com/sprint
<http://www.facebook.com/sprint> and
> www.twitter.com/sprint <http://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.
>
>
>
> ###
>
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>
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