Hi, I doubt it very much. They would just be duplicating the efforts of Talkback already found in Android.
Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Feb 23, 2013, at 3:29 PM, Philip S <philso1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just curious, is it possible that Samsung is thinking about capturing > some of the blind/visually impaired consumer smartphone market from > Apple, albeit in a very nasty and unwise way? > Does anyone know if Samsung is working on some major smartphone > accessibility project? > > > On 2/23/13, Aman Singer <aman.sin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi. >> The patent does not simply apply to the home button, at least as >> originally submitted. Despite that, I would say that any reaction at >> the moment is a bit overblown, after all, the court did stay the >> action on this patent for now with a plain hint that the ruling in the >> federal court was likely to turn out badly for Samsung. In any case, >> from reading the patent >> (the US version of the patent, anyway, I don't read German, the patent >> seems to have other issues, it is very wide and I know of two products >> which did this even before the Korean patent which the American and >> German patents are based on was issued back in 1999. Samsung has >> already narrowed the patent significantly, but according to the judge, >> eeven the narrowed patent is unlikely to succeed. I haven't seen the >> narrowed patent description, and don't know where it can be found >> online if it can be found at all. The US patent is at >> http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6937700.PN.&OS=PN/6937700&RS=PN/6937700 >> The german patent, for those of us who know that language, is at >> http://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/pat/PatSchrifteneinsicht?docId=DE000010040386B4&page=1&dpi=150&lang=de >> and a blogger's description of the stay and reasons for it is at >> http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/02/german-court-stays-samsungs-voiceover.html >> The blogger, Florian Mueller, has a bunch of interesting links with >> his own views about the case and seems to link to source documents >> when he can, which is great. I got the links I pasted in above from >> his site. Personally, I suspect this is unimportant, I would be >> surprised if Samsung's patent was upheld, if Apple were found to have >> infringed it and, even if those two astonishing things come to pass, >> if Samsung and Apple don't work something out as a licensing >> arrangement. Remember that this is all part of a much larger situation >> which is worldwide and which is about many other patents/issues. >> Aman >> >> >> >> >> On 2/23/13, Robert Fenton <robert.fen...@samobile.net> wrote: >>> The article that was quoted here was originally published by the BBC. >>> However, several of the financial and technology publications have also >>> picked this up. There's no question that the thoughts behind the article >>> are >>> legitimate. >>> >>> Bob Fenton >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 2013-02-23, at 12:51 PM, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I do not know. I received the message from another list. I'm sure if you >>>> do a google search, you will be able to find the publication. >>>> >>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>>> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On 24/02/2013, at 2:30, Craig Werner <coffeeb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> David, what is the source of this article? For whom does Leo Kelion >>>>> write? >>>>> >>>>> Craig >>>>> >>>>> On 2/23/13, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Subject: VoiceOver threatened by Samsung >>>>>>> Reply-To: Blind Democracy Discussion List >>>>>>> <blind-democr...@octothorp.org> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Even if Samsung does not succeed in their action, the very fact >>>>>>> they've >>>>>>> even tried it guarantees I will never buy a Samsung product. >>>>>>> And to think Samsung was instrumental in establishing the guide dog >>>>>>> school >>>>>>> in Korea. >>>>>>> Unconscionable. >>>>>>> Alice >>>>>>> Samsun g struggles to block iPhone function for the blindBy Leo >>>>>>> Kelion >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Technology reporter >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The VoiceOver function is designed to help >>>>>>> blind and partially sighted consumers use the >>>>>>> iPhone Samsung has suffered a setback in its >>>>>>> effort to win an iPhone ban based on a function >>>>>>> making its software accessible to blind people. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The South Korean firm had sought an injunction in >>>>>>> a German court arguing Apple's VoiceOver >>>>>>> screen-access facility infringed one of its patents. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> However, the judge has ordered the case to be >>>>>>> suspended pending another ruling that could invalidate Samsung's >>>>>>> claim. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Disability campaigners had expressed concern about the case. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Apple's VoiceOver function is used by blind and >>>>>>> partially-sighted people to hear a description of >>>>>>> what the iPhone is showing by touching its screen. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The software covers text and icons including >>>>>>> audio descriptions of the battery level and >>>>>>> network signal. It also allows the phones to be >>>>>>> operated via Braille-based add-ons. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Samsung had argued that Apple had failed to >>>>>>> licence a patent it owned which describes >>>>>>> pressing a button to make a handset describe its >>>>>>> display. The basis for this was that VoiceOver >>>>>>> could be switched on by triple-clicking the iPhone's home button. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Apple declined to comment. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> A statement from Samsung said: "For decades, we >>>>>>> have heavily invested in pioneering the >>>>>>> development of technological innovations in the >>>>>>> mobile industry, which have been constantly reflected in our >>>>>>> products. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "We continue to believe that Apple has infringed >>>>>>> our patented mobile technologies, and we will >>>>>>> continue to take the measures necessary to >>>>>>> protect our intellectual property rights." >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 'Regrettable in the extreme' >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Patent consultant Florian Muller, who was first >>>>>>> to report the Mannheim Court's decision, questioned Samsung's >>>>>>> tactics. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "If Samsung had only requested monetary >>>>>>> compensation in this action, it would have made a >>>>>>> much better choice than by trying to achieve, >>>>>>> through the pursuit of an injunction, the >>>>>>> deactivation or (more realistically) degradation >>>>>>> of the voiceover functionality Apple provides to >>>>>>> its German customers," he wrote on his blog. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The British Computer Association of the Blind >>>>>>> said it was worried such an important feature might be threatened. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "A lack of access to information is arguably the >>>>>>> biggest potential barrier to inclusion in society >>>>>>> for blind and partially-sighted people," a spokesman told the BBC. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "If something as important as access to telephone >>>>>>> technology had been blocked by the actions of one >>>>>>> company over another the consequences for blind >>>>>>> people everywhere would be regrettable in the extreme." >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The Wall Street Journal's AllThingsD tech site was more damning. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "Leaving aside the ethics of asserting a patent >>>>>>> against a feature designed to help the blind, >>>>>>> this is unwise," wrote John Paczkowski. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "It's the PR equivalent of punching yourself in >>>>>>> the face. 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