You can manage your smartphone, without looking at the screen. To run the application using special gestures. For example, placing a finger on any part of the touch screen and the line up, the user will open the phone application, and to the right - a program for playing audio books.
Interacting with the device, called Ray, you receive voice prompts (note that this feature is also in non smartphones). The device is based on a modified operating system Android. Another feature is the contrasting Ray interface - white icons on a black background.
It is known that the device will be a phone application and an application to use SMS, e-mail program, audible book player, voice recorder, support for positioning and remote management. The smartphone will automatically back up data.
Qualcomm does not mention the price of the unit and the date of the sale, but the online Project RAY says that the online store where you can buy a device that will open on November 20. Engadget reports that Ray is now being tested, which is attended by about a hundred volunteers.
Mobile devices for the visually impaired offer several companies. Most of these devices are a "regular" phones with large characters on the screen. There are projects of devices with screens that support Braille's font.
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