Here is a link on how difficult if not impossible it is for the blind to write. The test study used an advanced haptic force feedback device, and special paper for tactile feedback of what is writtten. http://www.slideshare.net/crossana/mcsig-chi-2008
The other methods for data input are 1) Braille keyboards 2) Chorded keyboards 3) Touch typing on a PC keyboard 1) and 2) and 3) all have steep learning curves 1) and 2) exist as standalone handheld devices in one embodiment but cannot be integrated as intuitive methods into existing cell phones I have offered a system that allows blind users to actually stroke characters on a cell phone. Note that this was extremenly difficult for them to do as stated above even with a complicated PC setup. My score on ORIGINALITY: In the lower 25% On May 19, 12:34 pm, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Six years of research and incubation. Countless iterations. Exhaustive > testing. Breakthrough algorithms. All down the drain. > I'm finding it extremely difficult to come to terms with that. > > On May 19, 12:30 pm, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The reason I made this post is because in the past 24 hours I have > > actually begun believing that the judges might be right and that my > > application is truely worthless. > > > Maybe I should change my profession or something. :-) > > > On May 19, 11:32 am, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I stand corrected, > > > "Marketing would probably laugh at me" :-) > > > > On May 19, 11:30 am, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Having said all that, Marketing would problem laugh at me. :-) > > > > Where in heaven's name did this idealist come from? > > > > Just had to express my thoughts. That's all. :-) > > > > Marketing reality, truly, is so far removed from idealistic notions! > > > > I rest my case. > > > > > On May 19, 11:23 am, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > To put it another way, > > > > > If you want to be a true champion, you have to rush to the net even > > > > > when it is break-point, set-point, match-point, championship-point. > > > > > If you play percentage tennis you can never be a true champion. Take > > > > > the risks and reap the rewards. Or be relegated to mediocrity forever. > > > > > > On May 19, 11:01 am, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > The biggest problem, as I see it, is the irreparable psychological > > > > > > damage that might have been done. > > > > > > Truly gifted developers, people with true creativity, the lateral > > > > > > thought process, all have to be nurtured, if techonlogical progress > > > > > > is > > > > > > to move in leaps and bounds. > > > > > > Mediocre applications will not make a platform great. > > > > > > Suppressing genius will only leave a long-term negative effect in > > > > > > the > > > > > > minds of those who felt that they could make a difference. Those > > > > > > very > > > > > > same people will have no more reason to contribute, to create > > > > > > something out of nothing, to do the impossible, to make the platform > > > > > > greater than ever imaginable. > > > > > > The scenario at present is similar to the one Hank Rearden faced in > > > > > > the novel "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. > > > > > > Who will hold up the World if Atlas shrugs?- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to android-challenge@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
