Nokia has today launched their new Nokia Braille Reader in lab version. Nokia Braille Reader is an application developed specially for blind people using Nokia mobile phones. The application uses Braille and also a tactile feedback to enable blind people to read SMS messages.
This application is a team work between Nokia, Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired and the Tampere University.
This new application will make some of Nokia touch screen phones a much more on demand product among visually impaired users. The application in fact render the SMS messages received into Braille characters and then uses the phone’s vibration system to communicate the characters to the user to that he can read the message.
Here is what Nokia explains about the usage of this application:
The Vibrating motor in the phone reads the Braille character out dot by dot, you feel a sharp pulse when a raised dot is present and a soft one when the dot is not raised. There is a pause between letters and a longer one between words, a longer buzz indicates the end of the message. The speed of reading and the lengths of the pauses can be controlled from the settings menu.
The Nokia Braille Reader can be downloaded here at the Nokia Lab.
As for compatibility issues, here are some Nokia mobile phones which can be used with this new application:
- Nokia N97
- 5800 XpressMusic
- N97 mini
- 5530
- 5230
- X6
Further Stories For You:
Leave a comment via Facebook
Stories From Our Partners
| Feedbox |
Jay
Very cool application – technology is awesome. It’s hard to imagine what else is possible.
serdal
This will really help people with visual difficulties for sure. as always nokia has proposed that it is the best cell phone company ever.i
rick@ 5 dysfunction of a team
This will really help people with visual difficulties for sure. as always nokia has proposed that it is the best cell phone company ever.i have 5800 xpress music edition.But hope so i wont use it in future.
Gabby
This new application will make some of Nokia touch screen phones a much more on demand product among visually impaired users. What i like is the There is a pause between letters and a longer one between words, a longer buzz indicates the end of the message. The speed of reading and the lengths of the pauses can be controlled from the settings menu.
.-= Gabby´s last blog ..The Replacements Might Spell Disaster for Either Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather… Or Both =-.
Funny Atheist Videos
Wow – nice for blind people, but it must still be hard to use any of the other phone features. Voice recognition will be more useful.
.-= Funny Atheist Videos´s last blog ..House =-.
Capacitive Switches
this is a great and helpful app, apps like this are helpful giving a chance for those visually impaired people to get touches…