July 21, 2004
In a world of silence, SMS ring out loud and clear
A wonderful article from Pune News Online, on how SMS can make a real difference.
"Shivputra wants to sing me a song. First, he SMSes the lyrics and then he starts off with an animated but silent rendition of Oh happy life, oh happy life!. Shivputra is hearing impaired, but neither of us missed the music in those moments. Just compels one to wonder whether even the creators of this modern technology had anticipated such use.
For 25-year-old Shivputra, who works as an office-boy in Pune, Inda, the mobile phone has become his voice. Its vibrator mode lets him know if someone is calling for his attention. But most of all it is the SMS which has revolutionised the way he interacts with the world. It takes the Greek-to-others sign language out of the way.
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