Samsung’s Braille Mobile
16 April 2007 by axxxr Samsung has a Braille mobile phone for the visually impaired by the model name: Touch Messenger. The “Touch Messenger” is a product designed by Samsung Design China based in Shanghai , China , a country with about 9 million visually impaired people. The product is assessed as a successful result of Samsung's global design strategy, That is, products suited for local needs and characteristics should be designed and planned by obtaining inspiration from local markets in countries around the world. The innovative Touch Messenger enables the visually impaired users to send and receive Braille text messages. The 3×4 button on the cell phone is used as two Braille keypads and text messages can be checked through the Braille display screen in the lower part. Once this product is commercialized, it is expected to dramatically boost the quality of life for visually impaired people, numbering as many as 180 million worldwide. Samsung's mobile phone for the visually impaired, “Touch Messenger,” is regarded as a demonstration of the company's future design direction, “human-oriented high-tech products.” www.samsung.com  Comments On 16 Apr 22:14 simon wrote i think it is alredy in use. it's called voice SMS or something. you can send sms somewhere and the recever gets a phone call, and the machine reads this sms to a blind person. or something like that. On 16 Apr 12:00 holland wrote i think this is realy good news. yet again a highly innovative product by samsung. i'm curious if it got a text to speech option? that would make the 'reading' of messages a lot easier. not very good at public places, but hey they make headsets aswell don't they |
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