Oratio for BlackBerry Smartphones is available in Canada
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Longueuil, QC, Canada, April 28, 2010 -- HumanWare
is pleased to announce that Oratio, a new screen reader
application for BlackBerry® smatphones, is now available
in Canada supporting the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520
Smartphones available from Canadian mobile service provider
Fido.
Issue from the joint collaborative efforts between HumanWare,
Code Factory, the leading provider of screen reader technology
and maker of Mobile Speak, and Research In Motion (RIM),
the maker of the award winning portfolio of BlackBerry products
and solutions, Oratio is a software application design to
convert the information presented visually on the BlackBerry
smartphone screen into speech output which enables visually
impaired users to access and operate their BlackBerry smartphone.
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Customers interested in the Oratio for BlackBerry solution
can purchase their BlackBerry CurveTM 8520 smartphone directly
from one of the Fido retail store or through their online
services, and then purchase and download Oratio for BlackBerry
for $475 for a single license at www.humanware.com/oratio
Support for additional BlackBerry smartphone models, languages
and mobile service provider will be forthcoming and announced
as they become available.
About Oratio
- Screen reader application that provides blind and visually
impaired customers with a solution to more easily access
BlackBerry smartphones
- Based on the award-winning Mobile Speak screen reader
software application
- Provides customers with an intuitive speech interface
that reads aloud the information displayed visually on
the BlackBerry smartphone screen
- Supports BlackBerry CurveTM 8520 smartphones from Fido
(Canada)
- Available in US English, with upcoming support for other
languages
- Available for download at www.humanware.com/oratio
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For more information about Oratio, visit www.humanware.com/oratio.
About HumanWare
HumanWare (www.humanware.com) is the global leader in assistive technologies for the print disabled.
HumanWare provides products to people who are blind or have low vision and students with learning disabilities.
HumanWare offers a collection of innovative products, including BrailleNote, the leading productivity device for the blind in education, business and for personal use;
the Victor Reader product line, the world's leading digital audiobook players; the SmartView family of handheld and desktop electronic magnifiers; and myReader2, HumanWare's unique "auto-reader".
For more information about HumanWare, visit www.humanware.com.
About Code Factory
Code Factory is the leading provider of screen readers, screen magnifiers, and Braille interfaces for the widest range of mainstream mobile devices.
Our mission is to break down barriers to the accessibility of mobile technology for the blind and visually impaired. Our accessible solutions are used in more than 50 countries and 30 languages.
Among Code Factory's customers are well known organizations for the blind such as ONCE, and carriers such as AT&T, Bouygues Telecom, SFR, and Vodafone.
To learn more about Code Factory, visit http://www.codefactory.es.
The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.
RIM assumes no obligations or liability and makes no representation, warranty, endorsement or guarantee in relation to any aspect of any third party products or services.
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