Accessible Mobile Phones, PDA's & Other Portable Devices

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BookSense

The new portable digital audio book player, BookSense, allows people to access information for education, information, and entertainment. Students can access school textbooks, people in the workplace can stay current with journals or business magazines, and anyone can enjoy newspapers, favorite novels, a bestseller, and even their favorite music.

With a comfortable feel when held in your hand, the BookSense is very easy to use. Weighing only four ounces, it is portable and powerful and easily fits into a shirt pocket, backpack, or purse, so you can take it anywhere.

Two models are offered : BookSense and BookSense XT. Both models play audio files, DAISY content, and read documents. Secured-Digital (SD) memory card slot, and built-in digital recorder are all standard features on both the BookSense and BookSense XT. The media player supports a variety of formats, such as MP3, MP4, OGG, WAV, WAX, M4A, and WMA. Use the media player to listen to your music collection, including music downloaded from Apple iTunes.

BookSense XT

In addition to all of the standard features, the BookSense XT boasts 4 GB of built-in memory, an FM radio, and Bluetooth capability. Use the BookSense XT to listen to your favorite radio station, or use the Bluetooth to use your stereo Bluetooth headset. Imagine listening to your favorite book without the hassle of wires from headphones.

With the BookSense, you can access digital talking books from providers such as the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), BookShare, and Audible. Access to books from Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D) is coming soon!

BookSense makes it simple by utilizing the USB port to connect to your PC to transfer downloaded books and music directly to the built-in memory on the BookSense XT or to an SD memory card in either model.

The book reader on the BookSense supports several file formats, including txt, rtf, doc, docx, html, xml, brl, and brf. Use this feature to read your Microsoft Word documents, including Word 2003 and Word 2007.

The BookSense is the ideal tool for classroom teachers, students, business professionals, and anyone who enjoys reading and listening to music.

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Pocket-sized, the Icon is like a PDA, yet does so much more than other handheld devices for the visually impaired. With a comprehensive menu of pre-installed applications , 30GB hard drive, and Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® built-in, the Icon gives you powerful portability and easy-to-use access to the tools you need most.

Get where you need to be, when you need to be there with the calendar and address book. Enliven your journey with the book and music player and favorite pod casts. Make notes to yourself with the voice recorder and journal. Stay on top of your world with a word processor, web browser, and email.
With all these capabilities, you can understand why we call the Icon a mobile manager. Use it and you'll call it "mine."

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K-NFB Reader Packages

Handy Tech North America is pleased to be an authorized distributor of the K-NFB Reader from K-NFB Reading Technology.
In celebration of the world's first reader to run on a cell phone, Handy Tech North America is now offering the following packages.

K-NFB Reader Software: $995.00

- for people who already own a supported phone such as the N82 and would like to install the software themselves.

Nokia 6220 Support

The K-NFB Reader Mobile and K-Reader Mobile software now offers support for the Nokia 6220 in addition to the Nokia N82 mobile phone. Although the keys on the 6220 are not quite as well defined from a tactile standpoint, and there is no built-in wifi on the 6220 as there is with the N82, the 6220 is still a good and more affordable option for people who don't need these features. Simply subtract $100 from the cost of any of the packages posted here if you would like to purchase the 6220 instead of the N82.

The above pricing is subject to change without notice.

K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc. presents the ultimate solution to your everyday reading needs - the Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind Reader. This portable device will revolutionize the way you deal with the avalanche of print you confront each day.

Sorting mail, checking ATM receipts, glancing at handouts - busy people think nothing of doing such tasks on the run, unless they are blind. We have needed human readers or scanners and software programs for such jobs - until now.

Link to a demo of the K-NFB reader:

K-NFB Reader (MP3 file).

Jim Gashel from K-NFB Reading Technology and Earle Harrison on ACB Radio:

Presentation and discussion of the K-NFB Mobile Reader at ACB Radio.

Explore your World with Mobile Geo

With Mobile Geo, you can pinpoint your location, learn about the points of interest in your immediate vicinity, plan a route between specified points of origin and destination, and get instructions on maneuvers to make as well as information about waypoints along a route that you are following.

Mobile Geo is an innovative product for the blind and visually impaired, assisting in safe and independent travel through these features:

• The main screen of the application always displays the most important information including GPS status, current position and heading, nearest POI and intersection, upcoming route waypoint, and active modes.
• GPS status shows the GPS signal quality, accuracy scale, and the number of satellites that the GPS receiver is currently tracking.
• Open the "Where am I" screen anytime to find out details about your current location (address, street, city), nearest POI and intersection, and map coordinates (longitude and latitude).
• When in motion, you can determine, at any time, your present heading (orientation, distance and direction), current speed and altitude.
• Information about the total distance from the starting and end points of a route, the distance yet to be traveled to the selected destination, and the estimated time of arrival are also available while following a route.
• You can look-up an address, define map coordinates, or set your current GPS position as a virtual position, the route origin or destination.
• By setting a destination, you can automatically create routes using the currently loaded map data using either your current GPS location or a specified virtual position as the starting point. All the route waypoints will be listed for you to study at any time.
• You can choose to automatically create routes for pedestrians or motorists.
• Apart from the GPS navigation mode which continuously keeps track of your GPS position in relation to the route waypoints or nearby addresses, you can also use Virtual Navigation mode to explore your immediate vicinity on the map without physically being at these locations. This means that even while following a route, you can get an overview of your surrounding area and continue to receive real-time GPS information.
• You can get route instructions in terms of only the turns you need to make, or of the detailed waypoints. You can also open the Full Route screen to study each route point and focus will always be placed at the waypoint you are at or near to.
• Details of an intersection (e.g., names of cross streets), turns (e.g., direction and name of the street you are turning into), and POI (e.g., address, phone number and category) can be determined quickly with one key press.
• You can manually recalculate a route based on your current GPS position as the starting point.
• You can set the application to automatically recalculate the route if you wander off course.
• You can specify a destination and have the application tell you, within regular time intervals, if you are getting nearer this point in terms of heading and distance information.
• You can perform a basic search for all POIs within a predefined radius of your current GPS location or a selected virtual position on the map, and expand the search radius if necessary.
• You can perform an advanced search for POIs by name and category within a search radius for which you can specify the starting and end distance.
• You can save routes and load them later when needed.
• You can reverse a created or loaded route so that you need not, to reverse the points of origin and destination, create an entirely new route. The route is automatically recalculated based on the interchanged starting and end points, ensuring accuracy of route instructions.
• You can save user-defined points of interest if the map data does not identify a place as a POI.
• You can enter comments / notes about a selected POI or waypoint (e.g., to indicate if there is a road hazard near that point, a slight curve, narrow steps, etc.).
• You can share user POIs with people using Mobile Geo and other Sendero-based GPS products.
• You can edit and delete saved routes and user POIs.
• You can cancel the current route before reaching your intended destination.
• Whether or not you are following a route, a look-around function provides you with a quick view of your vicinity and learn about nearby POIs and intersections, as well as the change in your location in terms of the street, city, county, state or province.
• The application may be set to speak orientation details using standard terms (e.g., left/right/ahead/behind) or clock-face positions (e.g., at 9 o’clock), or a combination of these two methods.
• Units of measurement used can be according to the metric or imperial system.
• You can repeat previous Mobile Geo announcements, skipping any message spoken by the screen reader that is not related with Mobile Geo.
• You can open a history of Mobile Geo announcements with a user-configurable number of items.
• You can mute Mobile Geo announcements if you prefer while you are using another application. GPS monitoring and route following will not be disabled, and so announcements will still be updated to your current GPS position when announcements are re-enabled.
• You can prevent your Pocket PC or Smartphone from going into sleep mode while Mobile Geo is running, so that you continue to receive announcements from Mobile Geo even if you do not touch your device for some time. If a single-piece earphone or a Braille display is used, this allows you to keep your phone in your pocket, bag or purse.

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2. Purchase online: Mobile Geo Accessible GPS Software for Windows Mobile Devices

30 Day Trial of Mobile Geo

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Overview

Mobile Speak is a screen reader application installed on a Symbian-based mobile phone which allows you to use the device even if you cannot read the visual 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. Speech and Braille output can be used at the same time, or independently, to let you perform the following functions:

• Make and receive calls, and know about calls you missed.
• Read the caller ID on incoming calls, and check numbers that you have dialed before placing the call.
• Manage your contacts and call logs.
• Check the battery level, signal strength, Bluetooth state, and other status details.
• Compose and read text messages (SMS), multimedia messages (MMS), and e-mail.
• Browse the internet and fill out online forms.
• Read different types of files including Microsoft Word and plain text documents.
• Read text by character, word or line.
• Schedule appointments and tasks.
• Check the date and time currently set on the phone.
• Set the clock and alarms.
• Create text and voice notes.
• Perform arithmetic calculations.
• Convert from one currency or unit of measurement to another.
• Listen to locally saved media files or internet audio streams.
• Browse the system of files and folders on the phone and storage card.
• Configure phone settings, themes, profiles and ringtones.
• Assign speed dial keys and voice tags.
• Access other built-in and 3rd-party applications such as Fring or IM Plus instant messenger, Wallet, and Wayfinder Access for GPS navigation, just to name a few.
• Connect with other mobile phones, as well as desktop and notebook computers to share data.

Mobile Speak does not take over the software interface of your Symbian Series 60 phone, so you can access all its built-in functions and applications. Moreover, you can install compatible 3rd-party programs to do more with your mobile phone. External hardware such as Bluetooth keyboards and headsets are likewise supported, allowing you to control the phone wirelessly.

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Overview

Mobile Speak for Windows Mobile Smartphones is a screen reader application installed on a Windows Mobile-powered Smartphone which allows you to use the device even if you cannot read the visual 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. Speech and Braille output can be used at the same time, or independently, to let you perform the following functions:

• Make and receive calls, and know about calls you missed.
• Manage your contacts and call lists.
• Review the numbers entered in the dialer screen, and check the caller ID on incoming calls.
• Check the battery level, signal strength, Bluetooth state, and other status details.
• Compose and read text messages (SMS) and e-mail.
• Use MSN / Windows Live Messenger for real-time text chats.
• Browse the internet and fill out online forms.
• Use Windows Live Search to readily find news, map directions, and information about books, music, video, and different products.
• Read different types of files including Microsoft Word and plain text documents, Braille formatted files, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations.
• Read text by character, word, line, sentence or paragraph, or read text continuously from the top of the file or the cursor position.
• Schedule appointments and tasks, and set reminders for each.
• Check the date and time currently set on the phone.
• Set the clock and alarms.
• Record voice notes.
• Perform arithmetic calculations.
• Listen to locally saved media files or internet audio streams.
• Browse the system of files and folders on the phone and storage card.
• Configure phone settings, wallpapers, profiles and ringtones.
• Assign speed dial keys and voice tags.
• Microsoft Voice Command and a Bluetooth headset with microphone to control your device wirelessly.
• Access other built-in and 3rd-party applications such asAvantGo newsreader, Audible Player for audio books, Skype for internet telephony, and SlovoEd Multilingual Dictionaries, just to name a few.
• Connect with other mobile phones, as well as desktop and notebook computers to share data.

Mobile Speak does not take over the software interface of your Windows Mobile Standard Smartphone, so you can access all its built-in functions and applications. Moreover, you can install compatible 3rd-party programs to do more with your mobile phone. External hardware such as Bluetooth keyboards and headsets are likewise supported, allowing you to control the phone wirelessly.

MobileSpeak Smartphone Product Demonstration

Listen to a product demonstration of the MobileSpeak Smartphone (MP3 file)

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Overview

Mobile Speak for Pocket PCs is a screen reader application installed on a Windows Mobile Pocket PC personal digital assistant (PDA) or a Pocket PC PDA-phone convergence device which allows you to use the device even if you cannot read the visual 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 device is connected to a Braille device with a refreshable Braille display. Speech and Braille output can be used at the same time, or independently, to let you perform the following functions:

• Make and receive calls, and know about calls you missed.
• Manage your contacts and call lists.
• Check the caller ID on an incoming call.
• Check the battery level, signal strength, Bluetooth state, and other status details.
• Compose and read text messages (SMS) and e-mail.
• Use MSN / Windows Live Messenger for real-time text chats.
• Browse the internet and fill out online forms.
• Use Windows Live Search to readily find news, map directions, and information about books, music, video, and different products.
• Read different types of files including Microsoft Word and plain text documents, Braille formatted files, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations.
• Read text by character, word, line, sentence or paragraph, or read text continuously from the top of the file or the cursor position.
• Schedule appointments and tasks, and set reminders for each.
• Check the date and time currently set on the device.
• Set the clock and alarms.
• Create text and voice notes.
• Perform basic calculations.
• Listen to locally saved media files or internet audio streams.
• Browse the system of files and folders on the device and storage card.
• Configure phone settings, themes, profiles and ringtones.
• Assign speed dial keys and voice tags.
• Use Microsoft Voice Command and a Bluetooth headset with microphone to control your device wirelessly.
• Access other built-in and 3rd-party applications such asAvantGo newsreader, Audible Player for audio books, Skype for internet telephony, and SlovoEd Multilingual Dictionaries, just to name a few.
• Connect with other mobile phones and PDAs, as well as desktop and notebook computers to share data.

Mobile Speak does not take over the software interface of your Windows Mobile Professional Pocket PC phone or Windows Mobile Classic PDA, so you can access all its built-in functions and applications. Moreover, you can install compatible 3rd-party programs to do more with your mobile device. External hardware such as Bluetooth keyboards and headsets are likewise supported, allowing you to control the phone wirelessly.

Talks Premium: $299.00 - includes both TALKS screen reader and ZOOMS Magnifier.

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Overview

Running on Symbian™ Series 60 phones, Nuance TALKS converts the displayed text on the mobile handset into highly intelligible speech. With Nuance TALKS, blind and low-vision users can take advantage of most features, including contact directories, caller ID, text messages, help files, access to the Nokia web browser, and other screen content, available on their mobile phones.

• TALKS & ZOOMS now fully support the Nokia web browser for S60 3rd Edition, with virtual browsing, and quick keys to find certain web elements fast, like headings or links.
• Nuance now offers a completely new text-to-speech technology, called Vocalizer for Mobile.
• Talks 3.5 improves the useability of Wayfinder Access, a navigation package that facilitates the everyday life of the visually impaired. Please note that Wayfinder Access version 1.24 has just been released, with a number of new and exciting functions.
• TALKS & ZOOMS support the newest Nokia handsets, like the Nokia E51, E90, N81, N82 / N82 8GB, and N95 8GB!

Key Benefits

• Screen reader with adjustable volume and speaking rate.
• Support for over 20 languages.
• With the latest 3.2 version, TALKS is now fully compatible with the Wayfinder Access application, providing navigation functionality to any sight-impaired person.
• Plus, Nuance TALKS Premium Edition provides a user dictionary the ability to label icons with a corresponding text equivalent, as well as the new Object Viewer, to improve access to built-in as well as 3rd-party applications.

Key Features

Unprecedented Feature/Function Accessibility

• Audio feedback when writing or reading text messages, emails, and notes.

• Automatic or manual Caller ID announcement.

• Network, battery, and other status indicators read out.

Spelling speed setting

Allows the user to define different speech rates for normal read-out and spelling text.

Various options for reading numbers

Numbers longer than four digits can now be read as single digits, double digits, or whole numbers.

Echo mode

An independent setting allows the user to turn on a special key echo mode for those who like to use the T9 dictionary when entering text.

Echo Passwords mode

Allows the user to hear the letters entered into a password field.

TALKS Key Timeout and TALKS Mode Timeout

Allows the user to set a timeout for cases where the TALKS key is pressed accidentally, and allow to repeat a command or even execute different commands without Pressing the TALKS key again.

Hear caller ID information

Adds speech output to the original user interface of the cell phone.

Software only

No additional hardware is needed.

Voice Familiarity for Increased User Comfort

Nuance TALKS leverages ETI-Eloquence TTS software - used in popular desktop screen readers - making many users feel instantly familiar with the voice they hear for speech output.

Control over volume and speaking rate

Supports many third-party applications

Supports IM+ (Instant Messenger) [S60], the Wayfinder GPS application [S60], and the Slovoed dictionary [S60 and S80].

ZOOMS stand alone: $99.00.

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Nuance ZOOMS™ is the latest addition to the Nuance Accessibility Suite. Designed especially for the needs of the low-vision community, Nuance ZOOMS, magnifies the content of mobile handset displays and enables people with low vision to navigate through the screen and make use of all of their phone's functions.

Overview

ZOOMS Version 3.10 is the first magnification software that supports handsets running Series 60 3rd Edition!

The latest addition to the Nuance Accessibility Suite, an integrated set of software designed specifically to meet the needs of the low-vision community, Nuance ZOOMS magnifies the content of mobile handset displays so that low-vision users can navigate through the screen and make use of all the functionality their mobile phones have to offer. The first full-screen magnification tool for Symbian Series 60 handsets, Nuance ZOOMS uses the complete screen area for magnification. And with its unique Distributed Views mode, Nuance ZOOMS enables users to view all important areas of the screen simultaneously.

Nuance ZOOMS has the effect of holding a magnifying glass over a handset screen - but without any equipment required. Users can move the Nuance ZOOMS magnifier across the screen to enlarge elements and intelligently access different screen areas. Using Nuance ZOOMS' full screen magnification capability, the user can magnify the entire screen area to view its contents at up to 16 times its original size. Alternatively, the Distributed Views mode divides the screen into several areas to display various elements simultaneously. As the user scrolls through a menu or a list of options, Nuance ZOOMS magnifies each item along with some of the surrounding area. By taking advantage of key commands, the user can magnify specific elements such as the window title, soft keys, or battery level indicator. What’s more, when the magnifier is on an object - such as a menu item - that does not fit on the screen in its entirety, the smart scrolling feature automatically begins to scroll through the text after a brief delay so the user can view the complete contents.

Unleash the exciting new features and the variety of form factors of these new smartphones from Nokia™!

• WMA and MP3 playback, with support for Digital Rights Management.
• Basic GPS access.
• Internet telephony (voice over IP / SIP).
• Triband/quadband GSM, WCDMA (UMTS), Wireless LAN connectivity.
• Etc.

Choose the handset with the features you prefer, and let ZOOMS be your key to accessibility!

Key Features

Full Screen Magnification

Magnifies the full screen area from 1.5 up to 4 times.

Distributed Views Mode

Enables the user to see all the important items in the screen’s content, magnified to double their size.

Automatic Scrolling

Presents the user with all text associated with the element currently in view. Users can also manually jump to or scroll to any part of the screen.

Intelligent Focus Tracking

The view tracks the position of the cursor.

The Auto-Zoom Mode

Resizes text as defined by the user, independent of the text's original size.

Short Cuts

Keys to access some specific status information.

Color Reduction and Inversion

Display can be converted into black and white, grayscale or color inverted.

Seamless Integration with Nuance TALKS

Shared key commands synchronize magnification with announcements of important items on the screen.

Minimal System Resources

Works in the background and lets other applications function uninterrupted.

We now have the ability to generate sim licenses which gives the user the ability to move their sim card from one device to another of the same family; e.g. Symbian series 60 third edition users may only move their license to another Symbian third edition device. Note that the cost for a sim based license is significantly higher than the IMEI based licensing that we are used to generating. Also note that Handy Tech North America is only authorized to sell the Talks/Zooms Premium version of the software which includes both the speech and magnification components as well as:

• Dictionary
• Icon labeler
• Object viewer and the related configuration capabilities
• Daisy2go book reader

Pricing

Talks/Zooms Premium Full Version
IMEI: $299.00
SIM: $399.00

Talks/Zooms Upgrade
IMEI: $$99.00
SIM: $175.00

Talks/Zooms Premium and Way Finder Access Bundle
IMEI: $499.00
SIM: $599.00

Zooms Stand Alone Magnification Software
IMEI: $99.00
SIM: $150.00