i don't find anything new here by the given description. anyway its just my opinion. thanks wahid for posting this and letting us know of this.
On 7/16/12, Sagar Sodah <saga...@gmail.com> wrote: > and you guys still think Android is cheap?? > > Apple iphone 4s has most of these features with apps costing single digits > in $ > > navigation related apps in iPhone are going to explode with iOS 6 which has > app support AND voice assistant too! > > Sagar > +1.905.929.4414 > intouchid: 2010-SAGAR007 <http://intch.me/2010-SAGAR007> > > "The evil of the world is made possible only by the sanction you give it." > - John Galt in Atlas Shrugged (book by Ayn Rand) > > > > On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Wahid Raza <wahid...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> hope all are doing fine >> pasting below article, which get from another site. >> Regards >> Wahid >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> >> Georgie, a smartphone app for the visually impaired, now available >> Applications, >> News, >> By Chris Parsons | Jul 13 2012 | 2:44 pm | 3 Comments >> >> Addressing the smartphone market for the visually impaired is an ongoing >> task. >> >> Over the years, there have been plenty of advancements in this area with >> the >> introduction of numerous applications, voice technology and on screen >> accessibility features but now a new entrant into the market is seeking >> to >> help >> folks as well. Screenreader, a not-for-profit company, has now introduced >> the >> Android based Georgie app in the U.K where there 1 in every 30 people >> suffer >> from some sort of visual impairment. >> Using existing Samsung phones like the Samsung XCover and Galaxy Ace 2, >> picked >> specifically to be easy to use for blind users, Georgie offers a whole >> new >> experience by allowing for such things as managing contacts, using speech >> input >> to send text messages and tag previous routes or hazards (like potholes >> or >> low >> hanging branches) using navigation apps. >> Georgie is available for purchase on the Google Play Store in a number of >> different packages. The base package with all features is available for >> £299 >> with additional feature sets available for £149. You can look at the full >> press >> release below or check out the source link for video on how Georgie works >> on >> devices. >> Source: ScreenReader >> World's first smartphone for blind people available today >> >> Georgie, a smartphone designed for blind people, by blind people, is >> launching >> today to transform the lives of the almost 2 million people in the UK >> living >> with sight loss. Developed by not-for-profit social enterprise >> Screenreader and >> available through exclusive partners Sight and Sound Technology, the new >> smartphone includes apps built specifically to help blind users navigate >> day-to-day obstacles like catching a bus, reading printed text and >> knowing their >> exact whereabouts in unfamiliar areas. Tasks more commonly associated >> with >> smartphones like using Twitter, reading text messages and taking a >> picture >> have >> also been updated to be much easier to use and accessible to visually >> impaired >> people for the first time. Georgie is available from £299, or the unique >> features are available to download as an app for anyone with an >> existing Android >> smartphone from £149. >> >> Founded by blind husband and wife team Roger and Margaret Wilson-Hinds, >> Screenreader had a clear idea about how a smartphone should be for >> visually >> impaired users, so enlisted Alan Kemp as Chief Technical Officer to bring >> the >> idea to fruition. Georgie, named after Margaret's first Golden Labrador >> guide >> dog, is the work of 18 months of development and testing, working closely >> with >> the blind community for their feedback. >> >> Georgie makes use of Google's Android operating system and existing >> Samsung >> phones like the Samsung XCover and Galaxy Ace 2, picked specifically to >> be >> easy >> to use for blind users. The large buttons on an uncluttered screen, voice >> feedback whenever the screen's touched and an innovative way to select >> the >> desired option also make the basic functions of the phone easier to use >> for >> visually impaired people, as well as those unfamiliar with modern >> technology. >> >> "I was able to send my very first text just earlier this year thanks >> to Georgie" >> said Screenreader co-founder Roger Wilson-Hinds. "It's exactly that type >> of >> digital experience we want to make easily available to people with little >> or no >> sight. More than that though, it's also going to help solve every day >> problems >> for blind people so they can be more confident about navigating the real >> world >> and become independent." >> >> Glenn Tookey, CEO of Sight and Sound Technology added "Companies like >> Apple and >> Google have done a good job of adding accessibility tools to smartphones, >> but >> Georgie is the first smartphone solution developed with the visually >> impaired in >> mind. For that reason Georgie offers relevant features which, coupled >> with >> our >> expertise in offering customer support to the blind community, makes for >> a >> really exciting, well supported product that we're proud to exclusively >> distribute." >> >> Out of the box Georgie comes with features to let users dial a number >> with >> the >> voice assisted touchscreen, manage contacts, use speech input to send >> text >> messages and tag previous routes or hazards (like potholes or low hanging >> branches) using the navigation apps. A variety of additional apps are >> also >> available for purchase and bundled into three different packages, Travel, >> Lifestyle or Communicate, to add more functions to support different >> aspects of >> daily life that blind people may currently find challenging. These >> bundles >> are >> available for £24.99 each and include the following extra features: >> · Travel >> o Near me - find places of interest - everything from bus stops and >> cafes to >> the local zoo >> o Buses - know when the next bus is arriving and when to get off >> o Weather - forecasts for any area >> · Lifestyle >> o Audio Player - listen to audio books, talking newspapers and podcasts >> o Voice Assistant - ask almost any question and an answer is >> returned in audio >> format >> o Colour - find the colour of an object or garment >> · Communicate >> o Assistance - call a helper who can tell you exactly where you are >> o Audio Tagging - add a sound clip to images so they can easily be >> found >> later >> o OCR - turn a photo into a text document that can be listened to and >> saved >> o Camera Assistant - take a photo and be told what it is (rice pudding >> or a >> tin of beans) >> o Twitter - send and receive tweets >> o Blogs - record and broadcast audio blogs >> >> In the UK there are roughly 360,000 registered blind people. 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