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. In addition, > there > are almost 2 million people in the UK living with sight loss, which > equates to 1 > in 30. > > For more information please visit www.sightandsound.co.uk > > ------ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Youth of Retina India" group. > To post to this group, send email to yout...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > youthri+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/youthRI?hl=en. > > Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
