Hello,

Following message provides information on the second release of Mobile
Accessibility, a product designed to provide accessibility features to
some Cell Phones.  While the first release was somewhat limited in its
capabilities, the second release provides far more extensive control on
the phone's capabilities.

Pratik Patel
Managing Director
CUNY Assistive Technology Services
the City University of New York
(718) 997-3775
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-----Original Message-----
From: Fries [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 2:29 AM
To: Irja Gerdes
Subject: Mobile Accessibility 2 - Released - Special Promotion till
31.12.2003
Importance: High


Mobile Accessibility 2 released

Code Factory and SVOX are honored to announce the new release of its
mobile
phone application for the visually impaired, Mobile Accessibility 2
(MA2).
MA2, which comes in multiple languages, supports most features of a
standard
Symbian Series 60 mobile phone like e-mail/SMS and Multimedia Messaging,
calendar, calculator, contacts, battery level, missed calls and many
other
features. Further, it will provide some additional tools such as an
Office
Pack, Camera program, Screen magnifier, Color recognizer and a Pack of 3
accessible games. Please see below for a snapshot of the additional
features
supported compared to the first version of MA. Lastly, MA2 has been
packaged
with an updated Speech Synthesizer, which offers superior quality and
speed.

For those that have not heard about Mobile Accessibility, this is an
application that is downloaded to one of the phones described below to
allow
the visually impaired to utilize a mobile phone to its fullest extend
and
beyond. MA2 allows the end-user to easily utilize a mobile phone thanks
to
the intuitive menu structure. For more information, please visit our
website
www.mobileaccessibility.com

As of immediately, MA2 can be ordered at your nearest distributor or
with us
directly. A full list of our distributors can be found under
http://mobileaccessibility.codfact.com/distributors.html

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

The Mobile Accessibility team wishes you all the best for the holidays.

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Special Christmas offer*

If you buy a full version of Mobile Accessibility 2 until the 31st of
December you will get an accessible MP3 player (software) as a gift.
With
that MP3 player you can listen to your favorite songs on your mobile
phone
or listen to your favorite stories. Please contact your distributor or
our
team for more information.

*Offer is not valid for Nokia 7650 phones because of the low memory.
Mobile Accessibility is already available for:
.       Nokia 3650
.       Nokia 7650
.       Nokia 3600
.       Nokia N Gage
.       Additional models to be supported in January 2004:
.       Nokia 6600, 3620, 2660
.       Siemens SX1
.       Samsung SGH D-700

New features of Mobile Accessibility 2:

Full control of device's profiles:

- Ringing Tones: MID, RNG, RTP files are supported

- Incoming Message Tones: MID, RNG, RTP files are supported.

- Ringing Tone Volume can be set independently from MOBILE
ACCESSIBILITY's
volume

- Activate/Deactivate Vibration
Clipboard Mechanism:

Phone numbers of missed calls/received calls/dialed numbers can be
copied
into the clipboard and copied into other text fields (for instance, cell
phone number of a contact)

Communications support:

Infrared port can be activated from MOBILE ACCESSIBILITY.

Voice Customization:

Speed and Pitch of TTS can now be set

SIM support:

SIM card contacts can be copied directly into MOBILE ACCESSIBILITY's
contact
list

Native Graphic File Format support:

BMP, GIF, JPG file formats are viewed directly from MOBILE ACCESSIBILITY
instead of opening an external system application. Useful when receiving
images through MMS or Bluetooth/Infrared

Add new melodies:

Received melodies (MID, RNG or RTP) can be added to the ringing
tones/message ringing tones menu. The user can receive such melodies
through
Bluetooth/Infrared or MMS/Smart messages.

Add documents:

TXT files sent via Bluetooth/Infrared can be saved for later review with
the
Text Editor Tool.

Multiple-recipient messages:

SMS/MMS messages can now be sent to different people at a time.

Speed-dialing support:

Shortcuts can be established in order to dial a number by just pressing
one
key.

Other features:

- The user can know the number of missed calls, received calls, dialed
numbers without needing to enter the specific menus

- Text message loop. User can go from the beginning to the end (and vice
versa) while typing a text message

- The user can know if the battery is being charged/finished charging.

- Last Word. While typing a message the user can hear the last typed
word
when
after typing space. This option is customizable.

- Calculator

- Calendar

- MP3 Player (optional)

- Office package (optional): Text editor (Notepad), email client, sound
recorder

- Color recognizer (Available soon)

- Screen Magnifier (Available soon)

- Camera Manager (Available soon)

- Pack of games (Available soon)

Apart from the features mentioned above the program contains a high
quality
synthesizer.