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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 have never seen... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    a more poorly worlded sentence!

  2. Yes, but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    does it run linux ?

    The intended consumer targets are not truly blind, they've just never opened their eyes. Imagine a beowulf cluster of blind cell phone users, that'd generate some serious recursion power.

  3. Re:Deaf enabled phone by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're dating a deaf girl? I knew Slashdotters had trouble getting quality females, but this is rediculous.

  4. Re:Deaf enabled phone by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Actually, my girlfriend is deaf and carries a cell phone. It works pretty well.

    As what? A vibrator?