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Assistive technology for blind and visually impaired cell phone users

Press release: Assistive technology for blind and visually impaired cell phone users

"Mar 13, 2009 (TELECOMWORLDWIRE via COMTEX) -- Verizon Wireless...announced on Thursday (12 March) the availability of TALKS for Verizon Wireless, a new assistive technology that converts displayed text into highly intelligible speech for the company's customers who are blind or visually impaired.The solution will be available initially on MOTO Q 9c smartphones from communications solutions provider Motorola Inc (NYSE:MOT) beginning 15 March 2009. According to the company, TALKS for Verizon Wireless is powered by Nuance Communications Inc (Nasdaq:NUAN), a supplier of speech and imaging solutions, and uses ETI-Eloquence text-to-speech software, similar to other screen-reading packages on Windows PC platforms, to offer visually impaired and blind customers familiarity and high intelligibility."

FYI: Nuance is the distributor of Dragon Naturally Speaking

Posted by Susanne Croasdaile on March 24, 2009 6:16 AM |

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