[CEUD-ICT] Adapted mobile phone services

[Tim Culhane]

Hi,

Changing subject line.

I've heard of  blind people  taking pictures of  things  like cans of beans
and sending them to a sighted person  to confirm  that  it is  indeed beans
and not tinned tomatoes.

Of course,  that has been somewhat  superceeded by  the k-nfb reader.  This
is a scanning package  developed in conjunction with Kurzweil Technologies
and the National Federation of the Blind in the US.  It takes a photo  of a
document  and converts it into speech.  Documents can be saved  and copied
to other devices if necessary.

Tim


[1]  http://www.knfbreader.com/
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mmaguire at connect.ie
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Hi All:

I am looking for examples of any mobile phone service being used or 
adapted by pwd's in ways that were unexpected (not thought of as 
considered in the original design) to help them improve their level of 
independent living or mobility.

Not the best example - 

An intellectually disabled person taking their photo in a mirror and 
forwarding to a carer for their "confirmation that they are suitably 
dressed".

Thanks
Martin Maguire
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