Techno News Present: A free app to help blind people use different functions on smartphones has been launched this week, allowing tapping gestures to be translated into text. The Simpleye app will initially be available for free for Android smartphones. “It should be available to everyone who needs it,” says the app’s Indian designer Sumit Dagar, who is also working on developing one of the world’s first Braille smartphones. Dagar is looking into how to charge users in developed countries a small amount to recover start-up costs, although he hopes to keep the app free in the developing world where most blind or visually impaired people live Touching the screen using different tapping or swiping gestures work as imitations of Braille, says Dagar. The app also gives audio feedback, reading out words created by the gestures, and even points out words that do not make sense.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 06:57:17 +0000
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