[Electronics-talk] Georgia Tech iPhone App CouldHelpBlindUsersText

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

I don't have an accent. My voice is different because of medical stuff.

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> Maybe it's your accent.
>
> Fred Olver
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> From: "Nicole B. Torcolini at Home" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
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>> Also, diction does not work for everyone. Every diction system that I 
>> have ever used has had a hard time understanding me.
>>
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>> From: "Beverly Hunter" <bhunter at nfbga.org>
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>> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 10:08 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Georgia Tech iPhone App Could 
>> HelpBlindUsers Text
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>>> Yes that is true, if you have the 4S.
>>>
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>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Steve Deeley" <stevep.deeley at insightbb.com>
>>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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>>> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 12:58 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Georgia Tech iPhone App Could Help 
>>> BlindUsers Text
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>>>
>>> That is a very interesting article, however, at this time you can use 
>>> the dictation feature Siri on the iPhone 4S to actually text.
>>>
>>> Sent from Steve Deeley's iPhone
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 23, 2012, at 10:59 AM, "Beverly Hunter" <bhunter at nfbga.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Georgia Tech iPhone App Could Help Blind Users Text
>>>> February 20th, 2012, 20:53 Posted By: wraggster
>>>>
>>>> "Researchers at Georgia Tech university have built a prototype app for 
>>>> touch-screen mobile devices that is vying to be a complete solution for 
>>>> texting without the need to look at a mobile gadget's screen. In 
>>>> theory, it should greatly help the blind interact with mobile phones, 
>>>> but it could help just about anyone looking for a more efficient way to 
>>>> interact. Research has shown that gesture-based texting is a viable 
>>>> solution for eyes-free written communication in the future, making 
>>>> obsolete the need for users to look at their devices while inputting 
>>>> text. The free open-source app, called BrailleTouch, incorporates the 
>>>> Braille writing system used by the visually impaired. Early studies 
>>>> with visually impaired participants proficient in Braille typing have 
>>>> demonstrated that users can input up to 32 words per minute with 92 
>>>> percent accuracy with the prototype app for the iPhone.
>>>>
>>>> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/02...ind-users-text
>>>>
>>>>
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