Georgie: Smartphone For the Blind and Visually Impaired

hypnosec writes "A specially designed smartphone for the visually impaired or partially sighted has been launched in the UK. The device, dubbed Georgie, has many special features including a voice-assisted touch screen and apps that will allow for easy completion of day-to-day tasks like catching a bus, reading printed text and pinpointing a location. Designed by a blind couple, Roger and Margaret Wilson-Hinds, and named after Mrs Wilson-Hind's guide dog, the smartphone is powered by the Android operating system and uses handsets like Samsung XCover and Galaxy Ace 2, notes the BBC. The main reason for developing such a phone, according to the couple, was that they wanted to get the technology across to people with very little or no sight. 'It's exactly the type of digital experience we want to make easily available to people with little or no sight,' said Roger."

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Geordi

[Anonymous Coward]

Helping blind people, it should be dubbed Geordi!

Re:Here's an Idea

[Anonymous Coward]

FarmVille is not real.

Red flag warning

[cvtan]

How many patents are these people violating!!!!!!!