The First Magnifier for Windows Mobile Smartphones is Now Available!
Wednesday, October 17 2007
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Media ContactCaroline Ragot, Marketing Manager, marketing@codefactory.es Code Factory, S.L., +34-93-733-7066, www.codefactory.es The First Magnifier for Windows Mobile Smartphones is Now Available!Code Factory releases the public beta of Mobile Magnifier for Windows Mobile Smartphones. The product provides unparalleled flexibility, supports an extraordinary range of devices, and includes font and graphics smoothing Terrassa, Barcelona, October 17th, 2007 In yet another step towards universal access to mobile phones, Code Factory today announced the release of Mobile Magnifier for Windows Smartphones. In keeping with Code Factory’s spirit of innovation, Mobile Magnifier Smartphone is the first and only magnification application for devices powered by the Standard edition of the Windows Mobile operating system. Highlights of Mobile Magnifier Smartphone include the provision of flexible magnification layouts, different colour schemes, customizable cursor properties, font and graphics smoothing, and much more. “Breaking new ground in the AT industry is certainly not unusual for Code Factory,” says Eduard Sánchez, the company’s CEO, “but it is always a privilege to release a type of application which has never existed before, and an even greater privilege to provide a method of access for a product when that method has never existed before. We are very pleased to Make Windows Mobile Smartphones, which are some of the most powerful phones available today, accessible to the many users who find it difficult or impossible to read their screens.” Below are just some of the many features of Mobile Magnifier for Windows Mobile Smartphones that you will find in the public beta and try out for thirty days, free of charge:
- Support for an unrivaled range of over 60 Smartphones. The full list of supported mobile phones can be found at http://www.codefactory.es/mobile_speak_smartphone/mss_devices.htm
- Full-screen magnification on all supported phones by default, regardless of the resolution of the phone’s screen.
- Ten magnification levels from 1.5x to 16x.
- Automatic magnification of areas of interest on the screen, such as window titles, menu keys, and the control in focus while navigating the device’s user interface.
- Smoothes fonts by default, thus making them appear less jagged and easier to read.
- Optional automatic text panning with configurable speed makes manually panning the screen to see further text needless.
- Supports manually zooming in on any part of the display without moving system focus or the text cursor.
- Provides several color schemes so that users may choose from default, black and white, gray scale, 16K colors, 256K colors, black and white inverted, and inverted colors.
- Offers the option to surround the magnified view with borders of customizable size and color.
- Allows the user to change the shape and color of the text cursor to make it easier to track.
- Makes easy customization of magnifier settings possible from anywhere in Windows Mobile through globally available commands.
- Works seamlessly with Mobile Speak Smartphone, licensed separately, and which can be installed with or after Mobile Magnifier.
The public beta of Mobile Magnifier for Windows Mobile Smartphone is being released concurrently with the public beta of Mobile Speak for Windows Smartphone, and includes the many benefits of Code Factory’s new and innovative user-centered licensing system, allowing users to change devices free of charge an unlimited number of times, activate from anywhere, and more. Download Mobile Speak for Windows Mobile Smartphones from http://www.codefactory.es/mobile_speak_smartphone/mss_downloads.htm. About Code Factory Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Terrassa/Barcelona, Spain, Code Factory is the global leader committed to the development of products designed to eliminate barriers to the accessibility of mobile technology for the blind and visually impaired. Today, Code Factory is the leading provider of screen readers, screen magnifiers, and Braille interfaces for the widest range of mainstream mobile devices including Symbian-based and Windows Mobile-powered Smartphones as well as Pocket PC phones and PDAs. Its product line is the only one to support phones working on the GSM, CDMA and WCDMA networks. Code Factory's success lies in giving excellent customer support and in responding immediately to the needs of its end users. Among our customers are well-known companies and organizations like ONCE, and carriers such as TMN, Vodafone, SFR, Bouygues Telecom and AT&T. Our partners enable us to provide excellent text-to-speech, in many languages, for Mobile Speak products and to incorporate support for over twenty wireless Braille devices into our software. For more information, feel free to contact Code Factory at:Code Factory, S.L., Rambla d'Egara 148 2-2, 08221 Terrassa (Barcelona), SpainTel. +34 93 733 70 66, info@codefactory.es, http://www.codefactory.es
