Application to help blind people type messages

Researchers are developing a new application that runs on touchscreen smartphones to help blind people type in messages.

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology (UDA) are developing a new application that runs on Android and iPhone smartphones, allowing people with visual impairments to type their messages with touch screens. Braille. The new application is said to run six times faster than existing non-visual messaging methods.

Brailletouch application

This new application is called Brailletouch . The research team hopes to release it in a few weeks. Visually impaired people simply type the message with their fingers, without moving their hands.

Touch screens are becoming more and more popular to help visually impaired people access technology more easily. Apple also has a Voiceover application, voice operation. But it works slow and not very effective.

Brailletouch application is free to use and open source. The manufacturer hopes it will become the 'eyes' of the blind.