28-09-2013, 12:21 PM
Smartphone for Blind People
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INTRODUCTION
SMARTPHONES
Smartphones is to integrate the telephone system with the processing power of a computer system and to be able to run various applications that optimise communication within the home or office.
According to Apple:
63% of all students enrolled in colleges and universities own Smartphones
College students are the fastest growing sector of the market
Expected growth for 2011 is almost 50%
According to Epocrates:
After its introduction in April of 2010, 20% of doctors planned on purchasing an iPad
Features
LCD to email and web browsing
Advanced call management (call waiting, caller id, hands-free)
Digital answering machine
Least call cost routing
Connectivity (USB, Infra Red, Ethernet, Wireless)
The Age Of The Smarter Phone Use:
SMARTPHONE FOR BLIND PEOPLE
For a blind or visually-impaired person, getting around a large building like a hospital or lab may involve a lot of guesswork and asking for directions.
A new system called Navatar created by engineers at the University of Nevada, Reno, uses the sensors in a smartphone to detect progress along a map of a building, allowing for natural navigation that's cheap to boot.
OTHER SMARTPHONES
Like a lot of smartphone users, Rolando Terrazas, 19, uses his iPhone for email, text messages and finding a decent coffee shop. But Terrazas' phone also sometimes serves as his eyes: When he waves a bill under its camera, for instance, the phone tells him how much it's worth.
Terrazas is blind, and having an app to tell bills apart can be a big help. For one thing, it means he doesn't have to trust clerks to give him correct change. Terrazas' daily life is full of useful technology like this, but it also has a downside: The more he uses technology, the less he uses Braille, the alphabet of raised dots that the blind read with their fingers.
Conclusion
Keeping you organised - smartphone handsets can function as personal organisers, with electronic diaries, contact lists, and automatic reminders.
Flexible working - as with a PDA, you can use your smartphone to take notes, review and edit your appointments, contacts and documents, all while you're on the move.
Information at your fingertips - more and more services are being made available on smartphones, from access to maps, satnav and directions to television transmissions with news coverage or weather reports to traffic information and scheduling alerts - which means your business can always stay one step ahead of what's going on.
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INTRODUCTION
SMARTPHONES
Smartphones is to integrate the telephone system with the processing power of a computer system and to be able to run various applications that optimise communication within the home or office.
According to Apple:
63% of all students enrolled in colleges and universities own Smartphones
College students are the fastest growing sector of the market
Expected growth for 2011 is almost 50%
According to Epocrates:
After its introduction in April of 2010, 20% of doctors planned on purchasing an iPad
Features
LCD to email and web browsing
Advanced call management (call waiting, caller id, hands-free)
Digital answering machine
Least call cost routing
Connectivity (USB, Infra Red, Ethernet, Wireless)
The Age Of The Smarter Phone Use:
SMARTPHONE FOR BLIND PEOPLE
For a blind or visually-impaired person, getting around a large building like a hospital or lab may involve a lot of guesswork and asking for directions.
A new system called Navatar created by engineers at the University of Nevada, Reno, uses the sensors in a smartphone to detect progress along a map of a building, allowing for natural navigation that's cheap to boot.
OTHER SMARTPHONES
Like a lot of smartphone users, Rolando Terrazas, 19, uses his iPhone for email, text messages and finding a decent coffee shop. But Terrazas' phone also sometimes serves as his eyes: When he waves a bill under its camera, for instance, the phone tells him how much it's worth.
Terrazas is blind, and having an app to tell bills apart can be a big help. For one thing, it means he doesn't have to trust clerks to give him correct change. Terrazas' daily life is full of useful technology like this, but it also has a downside: The more he uses technology, the less he uses Braille, the alphabet of raised dots that the blind read with their fingers.
Conclusion
Keeping you organised - smartphone handsets can function as personal organisers, with electronic diaries, contact lists, and automatic reminders.
Flexible working - as with a PDA, you can use your smartphone to take notes, review and edit your appointments, contacts and documents, all while you're on the move.
Information at your fingertips - more and more services are being made available on smartphones, from access to maps, satnav and directions to television transmissions with news coverage or weather reports to traffic information and scheduling alerts - which means your business can always stay one step ahead of what's going on.