[gui-talk] Mobile Speak on Nokia N75

[Ted Shelly]

Here is a progress report on installing Mobile Speak on my new Nokia N75.

I called the AT&T national Center for Customers with Disabilities a week ago
last Saturday and requested the license keys for Mobile Speak.  The
representative assured me I would get an e-mail in a few days.  When I had
received nothing by Friday, I called again and this time was informed that
the only person who deals with this was on vacation.  Seems I'll get the
keys by some time next week.

In the meantime I had spent some time reading the Mobile Speak manuals and
the manual for the phone.  I worked a bit with the PC Suite to get familiar
with it.  One thing I found is that you need to start PC suite first before
plugging the phone into the USB cable or things don't work right.  But the
PC suite was reasonable to use otherwise.

Then with some sighted assistance from my wife I installed the MS packages.
That was straight-forward, so long as you have someone to read the messages
that come up on the phone.  You just select the "Install Applications" item,
find where you downloaded the software, select it and click install.  On hte
phone you get some prompts asking if you are sure you want to install it.
After the install  Mobile Speak started right away in 10-minute demo mode.  

The annoying thing is that when it quits after the 10 minutes, it repeats
"Please register Mobile Speak" every time you do anything on the phone.  I
had to get my wife to turn off MS before it drove me crazy.

In the brief time I used it, the software seemed to work fine, but the voice
is not as responsive as I would like.  It just takes a while for it to start
to speak the screen contents. 

Hopefully AT&T will actually get me the keys this next week and I'll be set.

One question I have is whether I need to install the one-month demo license
or if I can just go ahead and install the permanent license.  Anyone know?

Ted

-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Shelly [mailto:tshelly at optonline.net] 
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 9:14 AM
To: 'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'
Subject: RE: [gui-talk] Mobile Speak on Nokia N75

Cindy,

Thanks.  I will give this a try.  I think Fonix is the voice synthesizer.

I have installed Nokia PC Suite and gotten it to talk to the phone via USB.
I'll use USB for now since it should be a bit faster and more reliable, and
Bluetooth will take some additional configuraton.  

I'll let you all know how it goes.

Ted 

-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces+tshelly=optonline.net at nfbnet.org
[mailto:gui-talk-bounces+tshelly=optonline.net at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
slery
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 8:22 AM
To: 'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Mobile Speak on Nokia N75

Please clarify if I am wrong.  Fonix (spelled with an F) "is" Mobile Speak.
It is not something that is separate.  I opted to install the Loquendo Susan
version of Mobile Speak and did it myself on the Pantech Duo.

Since the original asker stated that he would have his wife as sighted
assistance, it really is not that hard to setup.  The only part you actually
need help with might be connecting your phone to the computer.

Remember to install Nokia's PC Suite first.  I have seen comments that the
new version is more accessible.  Then connect your phone (bluetooth or USB,
I recommend bluetooth if your computer supports it).  Once you have the
phone and computer communicating, download the version of Mobile Speak that
you wish to try.  Unzip it and open/start the executable file.  It will tell
you exactly what to do from that point on.

One note, you will have to use the 30 day demo until AT&T gives you the
license (which is actually your User ID).  Once they provide you that
number, run the setup again and this time you choose the option to register
at the end instead of the demo.

It really is pretty easy.

Cindy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces+slerythema=insightbb.com at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:gui-talk-bounces+slerythema=insightbb.com at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Stephen Guerra
> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 6:53 AM
> To: 'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Mobile Speak on Nokia N75
> 
> 
> I would suggest you install the phonex version which is the text to 
> speech software, then the mobile speak software, and Ted, visit:
> 
> www.blindcooltech.com
> 
> There is in a most recent podcast, a tutorial how to install the 
> mobile speak, but if AT&T will do it let them
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces+stephen=independentliving.com at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:gui-talk-bounces+stephen=independentliving.com at nfbnet.
> org] On Behalf Of Ted Shelly
> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 8:30 PM
> To: 'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: [gui-talk] Mobile Speak on Nokia N75
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I joined this list to see if anyone out there has had experience 
> installing the Mobile Speak software on the Nokia
> N75 or other similar phone.  I have just switched to AT&T so I could 
> get the N75 for $99 and get the Mobile Speak software for free.  I was 
> told by the AT&T representative that many people send in there phones 
> for them to do the install, but I'm brave so I'm going to try it 
> myself with a little sighted help from my wife.
> 
> I've been reading the documentation for the software from Code Factory 
> and I must say it is rather confusing.  They say that it is important 
> that the 3 program components be installed in the correct order.  I 
> downloaded the zip package and saw the three files.  But which is 
> which?  Only the vaguest clue from the file names.  Maybe I'll just 
> try it and see if it works.
> 
> If anyone out there has done such an install, chime in.  
> Otherwise I'll go where angels fear to tread and see what happens.  
> I'll report my experiences here.
> 
> Wish me luck.
> 
> Ted
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