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Mobile Phone for the Blind

Posted by michael on from the ringtone dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Owasys - a Spanish company - is launching a mobile phone for the blind next week. No visual display as a speech synthesiser reads everything that appears on the screen out loud. Also speaks the name and number of incoming callers."

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  1. I stand corrected. by Locky · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here I thought Mobile Phones couldn't get anymore annoying.

    1. Re:I stand corrected. by KarmaPolice · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's exactly what I was thinking. But just think: Now when you hear people's cell phones during a movie, [...]
      Blind people at the movies?? Are you drunk?