Android App with Voice Synthesis & Touch Navigation for Blind Users

The assistive technology for helping the blind persons is increasing with the passage of every single day. Technologies like magnifiers, screen readers and narrators have enabled the blind persons to use and enjoy the computer appliances.  Now the innovation has reached the android world. Let us have a look over its features.“Mobile Accessibility” is a fantastic application, which is developed for helping the blind people. This android application is basically a reader, which allows them to get out of the native interface of the phone and makes it easy for the blind person to understand.  This application costs around $30 i.e. not a free application. The free trial version gets expired after 30 days and after that period, a purchase is required.

Mobile Accessibility reads the content and menu options making it easier for blind-people to understand the various entities like contacts, SMS, Calendar, Alarm, email, web, Apps and Settings etc. For some people it is nothing less than a boon. It makes them self-sufficient.

The app has the following advantages

• You can answer calls, make call and manage call logs over the android Smartphone.
• Capable to bookmark favorite webpages.
• You can easily manage the calendar on your Android device.  Allows people to create, edit and delete calendar entries.
• Also helps in managing your contacts from social networks.
• It also works fine with GPS applications.
• Capable to access the list of applications on your Android Smartphone phone.
• Includes option to change the ringtone and profile.
• Easy configuring of keyboard echo, speech pitch and rate.
• This application is also helpful in context of date and time, battery level and network coverage, unread messages and missed calls etc.
•  Allow easy Setup of an alarm over the phone.
• Helpful in reading SMS, their composing and managing the conversations.
• The person gets enhanced web browser experience, which is faster and easy to navigate. Moreover, this application is in full support with email client like Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail.

This application is like a ray of hope in the dark life of blind people.