Pocket Hal For PDA's

For release: 17thNovember 2005
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Worcester, England Dolphin today announces the launch of Pocket Hal, a screen reader developed specifically for standard PDA's.

Imagine the scene. It's getting dark and you have spent far too long working on that important project - you don't fancy staying late at work to complete it and you know it won't get finished at home. How about finishing it whilst sitting in a local cafe or even on the train journey home? Your PDA is switched on it's in your shirt pocket, your portable keyboard is on your lap, your earpiece is in place oh and your PDA's got Pocket Hal on! Work has never been so much fun!

With massive investment programmes in mobile technology, PDA's are fast becoming the preferred IT solution for the mass market, with products becoming ever more affordable. Dolphin has developed the Pocket Hal screen reader so that blind and low vision computer users can have access to the same levels of technology, at the same regular prices, as that enjoyed by their sighted colleagues.

In a world where more and more people enjoy increased mobility, either through work, study or leisure, PDA solutions offer a state of the art pocket communications network when you're on the move. No longer do you need to be a slave to your computer, with an accessible PDA you're in control. Now you have the ability to choose a mobile solution that fits your life!

Pocket Hal provides users with access to everyday Windows® based desktop data and applications via a Windows Mobile based PDA.

Pocket Hal can be used with most of the popular PDA's found in retail stores, and offers users an effective alternative to the traditional handheld Braille devices. With the flexibility to choose a range of wireless input and output devices you can decide whether to use the Braille or keyboard options.

Steve Palmer, Dolphin CEO, comments; "Dolphin's philosophy is to develop solutions that enable blind and low vision computer users to access the same technology as that enjoyed by their sighted colleagues. Pocket Hal now offers unprecedented access to mainstream PDAs and provides new levels of mobility and portability for blind users."

Pocket Hal The Solution!
1 Offers maximum choice and flexibility of types of hardware support the choice is yours
2 Is extremely cost effective
3 Is discreet and portable
4 Is compatible with a range of portable input and output devices
5 Is compatible with Bluetooth and serial devices, such as keyboards, Braille notetakers, headsets, etc.
6 Has Multi-Lingual support for over 20 different languages using either Dolphin's own Pronouncer speech synthesiser or Text-To-Speech from Acapela Group
7 Gives access to a range of non standard software applications
What can you do with Pocket Hal?
You can
8 Check and send emails on the move
9 Read SMS text messages
10 Access to Calendar, Contacts and To-Do lists
11 Read, review and edit Word and Excel documents
12 Play MP3 files on the move
13 Synchronize files to your PC
What Pocket Hal users say:

"Since I have started using Pocket Hal, I have dramatically increased my ability to access information whenever and wherever I want to. Pocket Hal, combined with my Windows CE based PDA, allows me to access everything I need, on the move. Pocket Hal has given me access to an environment that until now was totally off limits to those of us who are blind or visually impaired, " Jim from the USA.

"Dolphin has created a screen reader that will work on my PDA and allows me to access all my popular PDA applications using the PDA buttons. There is no need to ever touch the screen and I only need to use my Bluetooth keyboard when I am inputting information," Gareth from the USA.
Press Contact:
Steve Hawkes, Dolphin Computer Access Ltd.
Technology House, Blackpole Estate West, Worcester WR3 8TJ, United Kingdom
steve.hawkes@dolphinuk.co.uk
Tel: +44(0)1905 754 577
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Updated on ... December 04, 2006