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A blind journalist on the floor of CES gives a demo of how he uses his iPhone. Tapping anywhere on the screen reads aloud what the tapped button does; double-tap to activate it.
This is really excellent stuff. I’ve long admired the touch interface introduced with the iPhone for its transformative nature, in which the phone becomes whatever app it’s running, and this is an extension.
Humans have excellent spatial memory and visualization skills, especially when they’re physically holding the object in question.
In the video he opens a folder of music-related apps, implying he organized the apps on his screen sightlessly.
I love technology when it makes life better.
Text-enabled cellphones let autistic kids hold conversations without the stress of verbal contact. Sonar glasses to help the blind map their environment. Translation apps that let deaf folks converse with foreigners. We live in a wicked cool age.
Source: Business Insider
