True, Nokia will be switching to Windows Phone 7 and will probably start
releasing phones on that platform before the end of the year. As you can
see from the announcement from Code Factory though, Nokia is still
putting out Symbian based phones and updating the firmware on their
Symbian based phones. I've read that Nokia will still sell millions of
Symbian based phones over the next five years, and that they still have
plans to come out with new Symbian based handsets over that time as well.
On 28/07/11 10:27, Baracco, Andrew W wrote:
> I understand that Nokia will be switching to Windows Mobile platform.
> Andy
>
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> Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Fw: Mobile Speak 5.6 for Symbian is now available
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> Interesting, I heard that Symbien is on its way out. I heard this when I
> purchased my Iphone back in April. The only thing I am using my N-82 for
> now is the KNFB Reader and that's it. Did they ever come out with a GPS
> program for that unit?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brad Keller" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 11:00 AM
> Subject: [VICUG-L] Fw: Mobile Speak 5.6 for Symbian is now available
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Caroline Ragot" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List"
>> <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 8:57 AM
>> Subject: Mobile Speak 5.6 for Symbian is now available
>>
>>
>> Mobile Speak 5.6 for Symbian is now available Support for Nokia Internet
>> Radio, global copy & paste shortcuts, support for emoticons, support for
>> Catalan language, support for new firmware versions and more
>> Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, July 28th, 2011
>>
>> This might be a record in the history of Code Factory development, only
>> three and a half weeks to provide its users with a new feature-packed
>> update
>> of Mobile Speak. It seems that this year the seasons are reversed, summer
>> time is Christmas time!
>>
>> "One day after sending V5.5 to sign to the Symbian test house, Nokia
>> launched an updated firmware version for many popular devices and some of
>> our accessibility got broken. We were attending the NFB convention in
>> Orlando a couple of days later and everyone was waiting for this new
>> version
>> of Mobile Speak supporting new devices and featuring new functionality. We
>> didn't know at that time how long it would take us to support this new
>> firmware so we preferred not to postpone the release of V5.5," explained
>> Eduard Sánchez, Code Factory's CEO. "Therefore right after releasing V5.5
>> our development team put all their efforts into supporting the new
>> firmware
>> updates, but they went further than that. One more time, they reviewed the
>> list of features requested by our users and beta testers, picked up a few
>> of
>> them and added more functionality to this update."
>>
>> Main highlights of Mobile Speak 5.6 are:
>>
>> - *Support for new firmware versions* which were released in June 2011
>> on
>> the following 9.3 and 5th edition devices: C5-00, E5, E52, E72, 6700
>> slide,
>> C6-00, C5-03, 5230, 5235, 5250, 5530, 5800, X6, N97 mini. Specific items
>> which changed in this firmware and which now work correctly again are:
>> Web
>> browser, Email, Built-in Help screens, Standby screen's horizontal
>> shortcut
>> list and Symbol table.
>> - *Support for Nokia Internet Radio*: Internet Radio is a free
>> application which allows you to listen to radio stations from all over
>> the
>> world via the Internet. It is supported on a wide range of devices, from
>> Symbian 9.1 through to the latest Symbian Anna phones. It comes
>> pre-installed on many devices (check inside the Music, Radio or
>> Applications
>> folders), while on others it will need to be installed. Since it uses
>> the
>> Internet, make sure that you either have a WLAN connection active or are
>> using a data plan, to avoid data charges. Stations can be browsed by
>> many
>> categories including type of music, language, country or popularity.
>> Favorite stations can be saved so that they can easily be accessed
>> later.
>> - *Global copy and paste shortcuts*: Mobile Speak v5.60 adds new
>> commands
>> for Copy (Command + 6 from the Default layout) and Paste (Command + Long
>> 6
>> from the Default layout). The Copy command will copy the last spoken
>> text,
>> as determined in the list of the last 5 texts spoken in Command + *. You
>> therefore have the possibility to copy any of the last 5 items spoken,
>> simply press Command + * until you hear the desired text, and then press
>> Command + 6 for this text to be copied. You can then move to any
>> writable
>> edit field (e.g. writing an SMS or email, notes, address field or
>> anywhere
>> else where you would normally write text) and press Command + Long 6 to
>> paste the text at the current cursor position. This powerful tool will
>> be
>> useful in many situations, for example when copying text or links in the
>> web
>> browser and pasting them into an email or SMS message.
>> - *Support for emoticons (smileys)*: A large number of devices from
>> Symbian 9.3 and above have built-in Emoticon support in the Messaging
>> application. Mobile Speak will now read these emoticons when they are
>> encountered when reading and writing SMS messages. When writing an SMS,
>> these emoticons can be added either by writing the appropriate symbols,
>> or
>> by using the emoticon symbol table which is available on these supported
>> devices (either under the Options menu, by pressing * or, on QWERTY
>> devices,
>> by pressing the Symbol key). In addition, support is also provided for a
>> number of common emoticons in all applications, even on devices which do
>> not
>> have built-in emoticon support. The list of supported emoticons, along
>> with
>> the symbols of which they are composed, is found in the Mobile Speak
>>
>> manual<http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/ms56_userguide_symbian.html#_Toc299522477>.
>>
>> - *Support for the Catalan language*. The addition of the Acapela
>> Catalan
>> Laia voice and Catalan software localization.
>> - *Updated Acapela Czech Eliska voice package*, to include patch from
>> Acapela which should fix some problems with the character C. Note that
>> no
>> other voice packages have changed since v5.50.
>> - Many other improvements and bug fixes, as detailed in our User Manual
>> here
>>
>> http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/ms56_userguide_symbian.html#_Toc299522483
>>
>> If you are a new user, download Mobile Speak 5.6 now at
>> http://codefactory.es/en/downloads.asp?id=348#version_0_106 and try it for
>> 30 days for free. If you are a user of Mobile Speak 3.8 or older version
>> and wish to upgrade to Mobile Speak 5.6, contact your distributor to
>> purchase an upgrade license. In addition to all the improvements and new
>> features of Mobile Speak 4.0, 4.5, 4.6, 5.0, 5.5 and 5.6, if you purchase
>> an
>> upgrade license, you will also get Mobile Magnifier, Mobile DAISY Player,
>> Color Recognizer and the Games for free! To consult the complete list of
>> Code Factory's official distributors,
>> visithttp://www.codefactory.es/en/page.asp?id=351
>>
>> To learn how to install or upgrade to a latest version of Mobile Speak,
>> please consult the user guide
>> athttp://www.codefactory.es/download.asp?file=family_4/ms56_userguide_symbian.html
>> 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 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 such as AT&T, Bouygues Telecom, SFR, TIM and Vodafone.
>>
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