The newest version of Mobile Speak Smartphone is set to be released either near the end of this year, or early 2010. According to the Code Factory newsletter, Mobile Speak 4 will feature a few very interesting upgrades.
One of these upgrades is the intriguing new cross-platform capability. You will be able to switch between Windows Mobile and Symbian-based devices for free. The new Mobile Speak will also support touch, and will include three voices that can be assigned to different applications or messages. There will also be new keyboard commands as well as new privacy and battery preserving features. Additionally, Code Factory claims that the new Mobile Speak 4 is ‘ready for the next generation,” but they do not spell out what that actually means.
Code Factory has a channel on Youtube, find it here:
www.youtube.com/user/CodeFactoryVideos
Code Factory, at www.codefactory.es is based in Barcelona, Spain. They are the leading providers of screen readers and screen magnification and Braille interfaces for the widest variety of mainstream mobile devices.
I have been using Mobile Speak with a Motorola Q phone. I have also downloaded a number of apps which are also accessible, such as Phat Notes, Sprite Backup and text editing software. Mobile Speak also supports Pocket PC and PDA devices. Combined with my phone’s qwerty keyboard, my mobile experience is totally barrier-free. I look forward to the new Mobile Speak 4, and of course hope it is also bug-free. I’ll let you know.
LL