Making Mobile Phones Accessible to the Blind and Visually Impaired

CODE FACTORY DEVELOPS ACCESSIBLE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS FOR MOBILE PHONES RUNNING ON SYMBIAN SERIE 60, WINDOWS MOBILE AND BLACKBERRY.

• Screen readers: Mobile Speak, Oratio for BlackBerry Smartphones and Vodafone Speak
• Screen magnifiers: Mobile Magnifier
• GPS Navigation Aids: Mobile Geo
• Book Reader: Mobile DAISY Player
• Color Recognizer

Screen readers allow you to use the device even if you cannot visually read the screen. Information displayed on the screen is rendered in synthesized speech output generated using Text-To-Speech (TTS) technology and routed through the device’s speaker or a headset. Screen contents can also be presented in Braille if the mobile phone is connected to a Braille device with a refreshable Braille display.

Screen magnifiers enlarge and improve readability of screen contents, detect areas of interest to make them more visible, and let you perform hotkeys to obtain a magnified view of screen icons conveying nontextual information.

For a person who is blind, a screen reader is necessary to use a mobile phone, as a screen magnifier is for a person who has low vision. At Code Factory we do more than simple accessibilty, we also develop mobile tools that enhance the functionality of your mobile phone by allowing you to perform different day-to-day activities more independently so that you can convert your device into much more than just a phone. You can travel with Mobile Geo, Code Factory's accessible GPS navigation aid; you can read on the go with Mobile DAISY Player; and you can identify the color of an object by taking a picture of it with Color Recognizer.

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