Monday, October 22, 2012

Qualcomm Is Making It Easier For Blind People to Use Touchscreens

Qualcomm Is Making It Easier For Blind People to Use Touchscreens

. Smartphones are changing the world and making it easier for all kinds of people to access information. Except for blind people, who miss out on several of the aspects of smartphones and touchscreens that make them so cool. Qualcomm, which produces the Snapdragon SoC that powers many Android phones, has built features for blind people that could make life significantly easier for the 285 million visually impaired people worldwide. Qualcomm is calling the software  ”Project Ray,”  and it features a user interface that's completely reconsidered from the point of view of a blind person.

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