Crane, Matthew wrote: > Seems to me OM would be a good platform to quickly implement something > like this on a working phone. > > http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20127015.700-vibrating-touch-scree > n-puts-braille-at-the-fingertips.html
There quite a few ways to help the blind using this phone: * Some aren't completely blind, and can be helped with an enormous font. Up to one character covering the display, if need be. * USB have some options. One can connect a keyboard or a smaller numerical keyboard. Of course these can have braille keys. * It is also possible to connect a braille output device "braille screen?". Such devices works well with the command-line interface. We already have a command-line app for sending SMS. Adding command-line apps for making calls and reading SMS isn't hard either. * speech synthesizers can read sms (and other stuff) over the speaker. Free ones exists, for quite a few languages. Being open, it isn't that hard to install alternative software. There are already linux software for the blind. Helge Hafting _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community