Mobile Phone Can Read Books > > By Kim Tae-gyu, Staff Reporter > Korea Times, South Korea, September 19, 2006 > > LG Electronics, the world's fourth-largest cell phone vendor, has added > another compelling feature to the mobile handset - reading books for the > visually impaired. > > The Seoul-based company yesterday started marketing the model, the LF1300, > through LG Telecom, the country's smallest wireless operator, at around > 400,000 won. > > Only the blind, visually-impaired and dyslexic can buy the talking phone > after presenting a government certificate at sales outlets of LG Telecom. > > ``The LF1300 is the world's first mobile handset that is capable of > reading > books for the print-disabled, who otherwise could not enjoy them," LG Vice > President Cho Sung-ha said. > > ``This is not about making money at all but about contributing to society. > We will continue to put forth efforts to bridge the digital divide for the > disabled," Cho said. > > Users of the gadget can download approximately 300 audio books from the > Internet site of LG Sangam Library to their handsets in two ways. > > One is to access the digital library's Web site ( www.lg.or.kr
) on a > computer > specially designed for the blind to get the audio books and transfer them > to > cell phones. > > The other is to download the digital books directly with cell phones > through > the wireless network by touching a hot key on the LF1300 handset. Both > methods are free of charge. > > On top of its unique feature of reading books, the LF1300 is not inferior > to > the contemporary top-line phones in both outlooks and functionalities. > > The sleek 16-millimeter-thick gizmo is armed with an MP3 player and a > Bluetooth headset, which enables users to listen to the music or talks > without a cord. > > The user interface of the LF1300 is also customized for the blind, > enabling > handset users to control it through a voice guidance system. > > However, there is a hitch because the phone's internal memory of 17 > megabytes is small even for a single audio book file, which takes up 80 MB > on average. > > As a result, a high-volume external memory, which is available at > electronics shops, is a must for the talking book services. **********----------**********----------**********----------********** Have A Nice Day, cause somebody should! >From Jim eMail = [EMAIL PROTECTED] **********----------**********----------**********----------********** _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
