[CEUD-ICT] Adapted mobile phone services

[mmaguire at connect.ie]

Thanks TIm - and for the updated subject :-)

> 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.

Yep that could work..
....but not having seen one in "real life" how does it know where on 
the can to read.  Does it scan the entire label - revolving around can?
 
and of course I am looking for more examples!!

:-)

> Of course,  that has been somewhat  superceeded by  the k-nfb reader.  
 
> [1]  http://www.knfbreader.com/

Expensive - but all these devices appear to be.

> 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".

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