Wireless RERC - Smartphones

Wireless RERC and AT&T Connecting People with Disabilities to their World Through Technology

mz22 — Tue, 31 May 2016 17:16:51 +0000

Read the full article on Global Accessibility News

AT&T’s Corporate Accessibility Technology Office and the Wireless Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center developed Wireless Independence Now (WIN) Workshops to teach people with disabilities how to use accessibility features installed on their phones and tablets.

Discover the Accessibility Features of Smartphone: Cognitive Focus

blippincott4 — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 18:37:55 +0000

Learn about the latest accessibility features found on Apple, Android, and Windows Phone smartphones!
Try the latest smartphones, “phablets” and tablets from AT&T!
Experts on hand to help you with your own devices!

Side By Side Clubhouse
1001 Main Street
Stone Mountain, GA 30083

ALL MEMBERS, FAMILY, CLINICIANS, AND CAREGIVERS WELCOME!
For more information and RSVP:
www.wirelessrerc.org/smartphone-events

Start Date:

Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

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Discover the Accessibility Features of Smartphones: Mobility and Dexterity Focus

blippincott4 — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 18:26:38 +0000

Learn about the latest accessibility features found on Apple, Android, and Windows Phone smartphones!
Try the latest smartphones, “phablets” and tablets from AT&T!
Experts on hand to help you with your own devices!

Shepherd Center

2020 Peachtree Road

Atlanta, GA 30309

7th Floor Auditorium

ALL PATIENTS, FAMILY, CLINICIANS, AND CAREGIVERS WELCOME!

For more information and RSVP:

www.wirelessrerc.org/smartphone-events

Start Date:

Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 10:00am to 11:30am

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Sprint Releases New Accessible Smartphone

mz22 — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:12:58 +0000

Sprint Launches Kyocera Kona

September 2013 — Sprint has announced the release of Kyocera Kona, a new smartphone with multiple accessibility features. The compact flip phone provides users with a tactile keyboard, verbal descriptions of on-screen menus, “high-contrast user interface options,” 911 shortcuts, and “verbal translation enabling internet browsing.” The phone is also being currently offered free of charge, following a $50 mail-in rebate. Of the service, David Owens, Vice President of Product Development at Sprint, stated, “Sprint has always been dedicated to ensuring accessibility – whether it’s our award winning accessibility Sprint ID application bundles or a device like Kona providing first–of-its-kind features for the visually impaired. We are providing the product free of charge because we want anyone who has a unique need to be able to take advantage of this great new offering.”

New Smartphone and Services for People who are Blind or have Low Vision

mz22 — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:48:42 +0000

Smartphones

Vision Loss

Project RAY News Release

June 6, 2013 — Project Ray, a smartphone developer, and Odin Mobile, a cellphone services provider, announced the release of the first smartphone and accompanying services specifically designed for people who are blind or have low vision. According to Project RAY, the phone, designed for eye-free operation, is affordable and offers built-in services such as “voice calls, email, messaging contact list services, calendar, GPS, advanced WEB remote assistance, voice recorder, panic and emergency services, color identification, pictures transcription and banknote recognition.” In addition, services provided by Odin Mobile include “voice, text and data, with customized eye-free setup and services.” Boaz Zilberman, CEO of Project RAY, notes that the “RAY smartphone in collaboration with Odin Mobile’s full-cellular services for the blind and visually impaired will finally bring to this important community the same services available to the mainstream full-sighted community.”