[oklahoma-l] Fw: Introducing AT&T Mobile Accessibility Lite, Free Application ToEnhance Android Experience For People Who Are Blind Or Have Low Vision

[Bob Moore]

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Subject: Introducing AT&T Mobile Accessibility Lite, Free Application
ToEnhance Android Experience For People Who Are Blind Or Have Low Vision


   Introducing AT&T Mobile Accessibility Lite, Free Application To Enhance
Android Experience For People Who Are Blind Or Have Low Vision Provides
Audio Feedback So Customers Can Easily Navigate the Screen and Access Key
Device Features

*Dallas*, *Texas*, *October 03, 2011*

AT&T <http://www.att.com/gen/landing-pages?pid=3309>* customers who are
blind or have low vision can now access and enjoy their Android device in a
fully accessible way. Introducing AT&T Mobile Accessibility Lite, a custom
version of the screen-access application, Mobile
Accessibility<http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=2760>,
developed by Code Factory. The application features a suite of accessible
apps so customers can perform the most common
wireless<http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=1941>tasks enjoyed by
most Android users. The app was developed for customers
with visual disabilities and is available today as a free** download in
Android Market.

“AT&T has long been committed to offering wireless products and services
that are usable and beneficial to as many people as possible,” said Carlton
Hill, vice president, Consumer Devices, AT&T
Mobility<http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=9607>and Consumer
Markets. “As the first wireless carrier worldwide to offer
Mobile Accessibility Lite, we are thrilled to make Android accessible to all
of our customers.”

AT&T Mobile Accessibility Lite features a suite of 11 accessible
apps--Phone, Contacts, SMS, Alarm, Calendar, Email, Web, Where Am I, Apps,
Music Player and Settings. Each is designed to be intuitive and easy to use
for the blind and visually impaired customer.

Once a customer downloads Mobile Accessibility Lite to their Android
smartphone <http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=1841>, they have the
option of making the suite the device’s home screen. From within the suite,
they can then easily navigate among any of the 11 featured apps just by
moving their finger across the screen. The Nuance Vocalizer® voice
 synthesis then reads the text under their finger, allowing customers to
perform any number of tasks, such as answering a call, managing their
contacts, writing an SMS, editing a calendar entry, sending an email, or
accessing GPS to get an update on their current location.

Other features include speech recognition, allowing customers to use their
voice to write text and email messages quickly and easily. The Music Player
app, unique to AT&T Mobile Accessibility Lite, automatically lists all the
music files that are installed on the memory card of the phone and sorts
them by Artists and Albums.

Mitch Pomerantz, President of the American Council of the Blind commented,
“I am pleased that AT&T will be offering AT&T Mobile Accessibility Lite to
AT&T Android users who are blind or have low vision. Increasingly, providers
of cell phones and other portable devices are recognizing that blind and
visually impaired persons will purchase off-the-shelf technology if it is
fully accessible to us.  AT&T's announcement is encouraging and a
recognition of our status as consumers."

Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB),
said: "To remain competitive in the workforce, the National Federation of
the Blind believes that blind people must have equal access to the same
products and services as the sighted.  Smartphone technology is increasingly
critical to full participation in modern life. For that reason, this
collaboration between AT&T and Code Factory is a positive development.  The
NFB is carefully monitoring new and emerging technologies and hopes that
more companies will voluntarily take the necessary steps to ensure that the
products and services they offer are accessible to all."

AT&T Mobile Accessibility Lite supports all Android phones version 2.1 and
above***.  Customers who are blind or have low vision are invited to
download the free app in Android Market or from the web at
http://bit.ly/okQVzk*.  *

For more information on AT&T Mobile Accessibility Lite or other AT&T
resources or products for people with disabilities, please visit
http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=424* *or contact AT&T’s
National Center for Customers with Disabilities at 1-866-241-6568.

 **AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and
affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.*

***AT&T Mobile Accessibility Lite will be available for free for a limited
time.  *

**** Speech recognition is only supported with version 2.2 and above. *

*About AT&T*
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high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile
broadband and emerging 4G capabilities, AT&T also offers the best wireless
coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones
that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under
the AT&T U-verse® and AT&T | DIRECTV brands. The company’s suite of IP-based
business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world.
In domestic markets, AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive are
known for their leadership in local search and advertising.

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