SMS for the blind and visually impaired

Nokia Labs is bringing SMS reception to the blind with a Braille-based text message reader compatible with the company's latest touch-screen phones. The Register reports.

Nokia has created an application that renders received messages as Braille characters and then uses vibrations to convey those characters to the user.

Several models of phone can read out text messages automatically, and Code Factory even makes screen-reading software to allow blind users to navigate the S60, Blackberry or Windows Mobile interface without needing to see the screen.

But the solution from Nokia Labs is also silent, which can be important on occasion.

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