{"id":6092,"date":"2009-04-07T16:58:06","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T11:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=6092"},"modified":"2009-04-07T06:59:45","modified_gmt":"2009-04-07T11:59:45","slug":"special-phone-app-helps-visually-impaired-use-the-iphone-and-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2009\/04\/07\/special-phone-app-helps-visually-impaired-use-the-iphone-and-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Phone app helps visually-impaired use the iPhone and Android"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Special Phone app helps visually-impaired use the iPhone<\/p>\n

* By Dan Moren – Monday April 6, 2009<\/p>\n

Last week, we saw Google working on ways to make their Android OS
\nmore accessible to the visually-impaired. While Apple has yet to come
\nout with features that address the same challenges, third-party application
\ndevelopers are taking up the slack.<\/p>\n

Muhieddine El Kaissi’s recently released iPhone, A Special Phone
\n (iTunes link), which attempts to simplify the ability to dial
\nwithout looking at the iPhone\u2019s touchscreen. Instead, it relies on
\nother functionality of the phone, such as its accelerometer.<\/p>\n

A Special Phone lets you set up a list of up to six contacts and then
\nshake the phone a certain number of times to call that person. You
\nshake the phone once for the first contact, twice for the second, and
\nso on. The phone waits two seconds after the last detected shake and
\nthen automatically dials the specified contact.<\/p>\n

In addition, you can record yourself saying the name of the contact,
\nwhich will be played back to you before the number is dialed so you
\ncan be sure that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re calling the right person.<\/p>\n

For the visually-impaired, setting up the application will still
\nprobably require some help, since it requires using the iPhone\u2019s
\ntouchscreen interface. A Special Phone costs $3 from the App Store and
\nis compatible with any iPhone running iPhone 2.2 software or later.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/news\/macworld\/20090406\/tc_macworld\/aspecialphoneapphelpsvisuallyimpairedusetheiphone<\/a><\/p>\n

Also, check out related article, “Google shows off ‘eyes-free’
\ntouchscreen dialing”
\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/139832\/2009\/04\/android_accessibility.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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