The program aims to assist in the use of smartphones by people with vision disorders. TouchOver technology is used to solve this task. The essence of the technology is in the use of the smartphone’s vibrating motor capabilities for generating predefined vibration patterns and text2voice technology for transferring graphic information. The program provides the use of a virtual Braille's line to read texts.
Purpose: assistance in the use of mobile phones by visually impaired people
Specification
Client: | GleemLabs, Spain |
Area of use: | adding visual information on the smartphone’s screen with the sound and tactile images |
Type (platform): | Android |
Technologies and algorithms in use: | Android, Java, work with sensors, TouchOver, text2voice |