Mobile phone help guide blind people in Sweden
By Dusan Belic on Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007 at 3:15 PM PST In Accessibility, Technologies
Don’t you just love watching technology being used for the good cause? One such case can be found in Stockholm, where modern technology helps blind people navigate independently, thanks to voice advisories from their mobile phones.
The prototype system uses the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) smartphone paired with a Bluetooth GPS unit, and has been tested by about a dozen sight-impaired and blind people in Sweden’s capital in late 2006. The voice guide alerts the user to upcoming turns and obstacles through early warnings, rather than instructing every move — the voice alerts include phrases like “left turn in 10 meters” or “low wall on the right”… (via: textually)
