Nokia in collaboration with the Tampere University and the Finish Federation of Visually Impaired, just released a new Braille Reader application over on BetaLabs, that will of no doubt be really useful to the visually impaired.
Here’s what the Blog post had to say :
We here at Nokia, and our partners as well, have been thinking of how to do something concrete about accessibility for quite some while. And now, our new Nokia Braille Reader application gives SMS for the blind and visually impaired. It captures received SMS messages and brings them to the foreground for reading using Braille and tactile feedback. The application was concepted together with actual users and researchers focusing on the topic, and we are now happy to show the first experimental version of the concept. We hope to get your comments and feedback so this application could be truly optimized to your use. We also want to share our enthusiasm in creating innovations for you and with you.
Here’s a short video introducing the Nokia Braille Reader :
If you have a visually impaired friend, do check out the Nokia Braille Reader over on BetaLabs, and provide them with feedback on how to make it better.