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<p style="margin:0in;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="en-US">Hi all,</p>

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<p style="margin:0in;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="en-US">I'm proud
to announce the eighth version (0.8) of Sugarizer, a taste of Sugar for any
device. </p>

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<p style="margin:0in;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="en-US"><a href="http://sugarizer.org">http://sugarizer.org</a></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="en-US">Main
features in this new version:</p>

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 <li style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="en-US">Speak
     activity:</span><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="en-US"> The famous Sugar Speak activity: </span><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="fr-FR">anything you type
     will be spoken aloud using the speech synthesizer</span><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="en-US">.</span></li>
 <li style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="en-US">Moon
     activity:</span><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="en-US"> Another famous Sugar activity. A Moon phase </span><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="fr-FR">viewer, includes
     Lunar phase information and eclipse data</span><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="en-US">.</span></li>
 <li style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;vertical-align:middle" lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">Video Viewer
     activity</span><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">: A
     generic video viewer, explore a predefined libraries (Khan Academy,
     Canopé) or import your own library and share it with others in the
     Journal.</span></li>
 <li style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;vertical-align:middle" lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">Shared Notes
     activity:</span><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt"> A
     shared board where you could stick Post-It notes and share it in real time
     with others using presence.</span></li>
 <li style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;vertical-align:middle" lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">Updated
     Etoys activity</span><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">:
     Latest version of Etoys is now included in the Sugarizer package.</span></li>
 <li style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;vertical-align:middle" lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">Windows 10</span><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">:  Sugarizer is now available in the
     Windows Store [1]. So if you've got a PC on Windows, Sugarizer is one
     click long from you.</span></li>
 <li style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;vertical-align:middle" lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">Performance
     improvement:</span><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">
     script optimization and lazy loading of data had dramatically improve
     performance in all activities.</span></li>
 <li style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;vertical-align:middle" lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">Better touch
     support</span><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">: a new
     scrollable home view and a better handling of long touch on touch screens
     of any size.</span></li>
 <li style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;vertical-align:middle" lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">Application
     size reduction:</span><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">
     Sugarizer application size is now under 50Mb.</span></li>
 <li style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;vertical-align:middle" lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">Portuguese
     localization</span><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">: a
     new language support for our friends from Portugal and Brazil,</span></li>
 <li style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="fr-FR">SugarLabs
     inside</span><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="fr-FR">: Sugarizer source code is now in SugarLabs repository [8]</span><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="en-US">.</span></li>
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<p style="margin:0in;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="en-US">New in
Sugarizer 0.8 for Android is "<span style="font-weight:bold">Sugarizer OS</span>".
Sugarizer OS is a way to use Sugarizer as your Android Launcher on the device.
So you could have the same experience with Sugarizer on your tablet/smartphone
that you've got with Sugar on the XO laptop. More specifically, Sugarizer OS
features are:</p>

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 <li style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;vertical-align:middle" lang="en-US"><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">Directly boot the device on
     Sugarizer home view (no more Android stuff)</span></li>
 <li style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;vertical-align:middle" lang="en-US"><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">Full features and activities
     of Sugarizer (Sugarizer and Sugarizer OS share the same code)</span></li>
 <li style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;vertical-align:middle" lang="en-US"><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">Include both Sugarizer
     activities and Android applications in your home view using favorites
     feature</span></li>
 <li style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;vertical-align:middle" lang="en-US"><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">Launch Android applications
     from Sugarizer home view</span></li>
 <li style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;vertical-align:middle" lang="en-US"><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">Journal will trace both
     Sugarizer and Android application launch</span></li>
 <li style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;vertical-align:middle" lang="en-US"><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">Launch Android settings from
     the Sugarizer settings dialog</span></li>
 <li style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;vertical-align:middle" lang="en-US"><span style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">Manage WiFi connection from
     the Sugarizer neighborhood view (like in Sugar)</span></li>
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<p style="margin:0in;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="en-US">With
Sugarizer OS, Sugar on Android is now a reality: enjoy the experience and
spread the world with Sugarizer !</p>

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<p style="margin:0in;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="en-US">Sugarizer
0.8 is available on: Windows Store [1], Google Play [2], Amazon Store [3],
Apple Store [4], Chrome Web Store [5] and F-droid [6].</p>

<p style="margin:0in;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="en-US">Sugarizer
OS for Android is available in beta here [7].</p>

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<p style="margin:0in;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt" lang="en-US">               Lionel.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">P.S.:
Special thanks for their contribution on this version to </span><span lang="fr-FR">Vishal Batchu (Speak activity), Shirsh Zibbu (Moon activity), Bert
Freudenberg (Etoys activity), Jeremie Amsellem (Sugarizer OS), Michaël Ohayon
(Sugarizer OS), Afmachado (Portugueuse Translation), Naofum (Japanese
Translation), Christoph Derndorfer (German Translation),  Piotr Antosz (Polish Translation), Shubham
Jaiswal (Arabic Translation), Samson Goddy (Igbo Yoruba Translation), Tymon
P.Radzik (TankOp localization), Matías Martínez (Get Things Done, Chat Prototype
and Markdown activity localization) - 4 students from Google Summer of Code and
5 students from Google Code In !</span></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">[1] <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nblggh4r782">https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nblggh4r782</a></p>

<p style="margin:0in;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">[2]
</span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizer"><span lang="fr-FR">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizer</span></a></p>

<p style="margin:0in;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">[3]
</span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NKK7PZA"><span lang="fr-FR">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NKK7PZA</span></a></p>

<p style="margin:0in;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">[4]
</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sugarizer/id978495303"><span lang="fr-FR">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sugarizer/id978495303</span></a></p>

<p style="margin:0in;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">[5]
</span><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sugarizer/omfgclgehghdlloggibhgicnlldjiboo"><span lang="fr-FR">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sugarizer/omfgclgehghdlloggibhgicnlldjiboo</span></a></p>

<p style="margin:0in;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">[6]
</span><a href="https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.olpc_france.sugarizer"><span lang="fr-FR">https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.olpc_france.sugarizer</span></a></p>

<p style="margin:0in;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">[7] <a href="http://sugarizer.org/sugarizeros-beta.apk">http://sugarizer.org/sugarizeros-beta.apk</a></p>

<p style="margin:0in;font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt">[8] <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugarizer">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugarizer</a></p>

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