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Verizon Unveils Mobile Accessibility App’s For The Visually Impaired!
August 17, 2012 by Jacob Krol in Application, Mobile Phones
Today Verizon Wireless announced, a couple of applications for Android that will help visually impaired customers perform wireless tasks in a simple way. It is suite of 10 applications, that range from speech recognition to more complex text-to-speech technology. The Mobile Accessibility app suite harnesses the power of Verizon’s 4G LTE and 3G network. The application is powered by Nuance’s Vocalizer text-to-speech technology and Braille output. Some of the features are using the touch screen keyboard for voice synthesis and voice recognition to perform tasks like answering the phone, setting alarms, writing text messages, browsing the web, writing emails, change setting, add contacts, and much more! You can download the Mobile Accessibility Application Suite from the “Verizon App Store” under Productivity and Tools > Utilities. It will work on smartphones running Android 2.2 and higher. The Verizon Mobile Accessibility Application Suite is free to download, but you may incur Data charges when using the application.
Press Release
Verizon Wireless Introduces Mobile Accessibility App For Customers Who Are Visually Impaired
Intuitive User Interface Features Touch Screen Navigation, Speech Recognition and Nuance’s Vocalizer® Text-to-Speech Technology
August 17, 2012
BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Verizon Wireless today announced a suite of services for Verizon Wireless Android™ smartphones running Android 2.2 or higher to help customers who are blind or have low vision perform ordinary wireless tasks in a simple, intuitive way. Mobile Accessibility is a suite of 10 accessibility apps, from speech recognition to text-to-speech technology, and offers customers who are visually impaired an innovative way to use their smartphones.
The Mobile Accessibility suite, running on the nation’s largest 4G LTE network and largest, most reliable 3G network, features intuitive touch screen navigation, speech recognition and voice synthesis powered by Nuance’s Vocalizer® text-to-speech technology, as well as Braille output. Customers get automatic access to all of the features once the app is downloaded and do not have to launch each app individually from within the suite.
To experience the full functionality of their Android smartphones, customers can use the touch QWERTY keyboard with voice synthesis or the voice recognition technology to perform a variety of tasks, including:
- Phone: Make calls, answer calls, hear the caller ID and manage call log
- Contacts: Manage contacts, even those from social networks
- SMS: Compose and read text messages
- Alarms: Set alarms
- Web: Full Web-browsing experience with the ability to navigate faster to content of choice (links, paragraphs, headings, forms, etc.) and bookmark favorite webpages
- Calendar: Create, edit and delete a calendar entry
- Email: Compose and send emails
- Where am I?: GPS app that gives updates on current location
- Settings: Change ringtone; configure feedback and notifications (vibration or audio); configure keyboard echo, punctuation verbosity, speech pitch and rate, etc.
- Quick access: Locate date and time, phone status information such as battery level and network coverage, number of missed calls and unread messages, etc.
Customers can download Mobile Accessibility in Verizon Apps under Productivity and Tools > Utilities on Android smartphones with operating systems Android 2.2 or higher. There is no charge to download the app, but a Verizon Wireless data plan is required and usage may count towards a customer’s data allowance.
For more information about Mobile Accessibility, please visitwww.aboutus.verizonwireless.com/accessibility/index.html.
About the Author: Jacob Krol
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