PhoneAnything wins Accessibility Award

PhoneAnything has won the 2005 “Accessibility Award” of New Statesman New Media Awards. The awards recognize those who have achieved something of benefit to others, whether in their community or in society at large.

PhoneAnything’s Web-over-Phone technology offers voice access to Web pages and PDFs through conventional telephones, providing a service to individuals who may lack normal Internet access.

The key themes of this year’s awards were “ingenuity, modernization and accessibility.” Since 1998, the awards have promoted projects that embrace new technology, fresh thinking and creative management in the UK. PhoneAnything was recognized by the judges as the “clear winner” in the accessibility category from a shortlist including BrowseAloud and ReadSpeaker.

PhoneAnything delivers voice access to Internet content through any telephone. It was the first company in the UK to launch a comprehensive phone information service (July 2001) in this market. PhoneAnything’s main phone service provides phone access to Web pages, PDFs, streaming audio and email and offers mobile access to the Internet from any phone. 
 
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