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    A Wheelchair Controlled By Man's Mighty Will

    Google Makes It Easy for Blind to Dial on Touchscreens

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    05/04/09

    In reply to A Wheelchair Controlled By Man's Mighty Will
    I always thought Mr. HWheaton is pretty scrawny.
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    05/04/09

    In reply to A Wheelchair Controlled By Man's Mighty Will
    Twir it to run off the power of my thoughts, I would continue a life of immobility.
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    04/03/09

    In reply to Google Makes It Easy for Blind to Dial on Touchscreens
    The stroke dialer could make for some interesting phone sex.


    "Oh yes! I love it when you type the number 2! Yes! Yes!"

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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    04/03/09

    In reply to Google Makes It Easy for Blind to Dial on Touchscreens
    Have these guys not heard of voice recognition? Do they really think blind people have to waste time in the future learning this?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/03/09

    @Noobs-R-Us: Do you wants some blind guy saying out your number in the open? I wouldn't mind really, b/c I like talking to people.
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    04/03/09

    In reply to Google Makes It Easy for Blind to Dial on Touchscreens
    Pretty cool, but I don't know if "Stroke Dialer" is the best name... but do people actually go blind from strokes? I don't know. Whatever. I know what they meant.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/03/09

    @Platypus Man: The blind guy I was dumped for got that way by being kicked by his sister in the head as a baby and having a mini stroke.
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    04/03/09

    @CargoHoldNap_GitEmSteveDave: That is a very depressing sentence.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/03/09

    @Platypus Man: I know. It's sad I engaged in discussions about the guy she was going to dump me for, while we were going out. I just thought he was a blind guy she was hanging with, not banging.
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    Image of aph3x aph3x
    04/03/09

    In reply to Google Makes It Easy for Blind to Dial on Touchscreens
    What the....


    Come on... lets see some high quality voice activated dialing vs this. This is like a step backward from my 2 year old blackberry 8800 (R.I.P.) with the Nuance Voice Dialing.

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    Image of borgseawolf borgseawolf
    04/03/09

    @aph3x: And what about blind-mutes then ?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/03/09

    @borgseawolf: What about deaf-blind-mutes?
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    Image of redkamel redkamel
    04/03/09

    In reply to Google Makes It Easy for Blind to Dial on Touchscreens
    thats pretty simple but wouldnt it be easier just to write the number with your finger?
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    04/03/09

    @redkamel: Yeah, it can't be that hard, right? I'm sure blind people have great hand-eye coordin-.......
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/03/09

    @OCEntertainment: Well, they usually master braile, so their sense of touch is pretty good. They can also figure out where they are on a page. I'm sorry, what was your point again?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/03/09

    In reply to Google Makes It Easy for Blind to Dial on Touchscreens
    Just have my Ex dial it for him.
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    Image of zunealltheway zunealltheway
    12/01/08

    In reply to InVision Case Makes the iPhone Blind-Friendly, Defiantly Screenless
    Or it has no screen at all, and the whole thing is voice command. You press a giant button on it and say something like "check weather" and the phone will read you the weather. Same with email or texts
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    12/01/08

    @zunealltheway: That will suck if you send the blind guy you dumped your boyfriend of three years for, as well as knock out his front teeth, a dirty text message.
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    Image of The Magnificen7 The Magnificen7
    12/01/08

    In reply to InVision Case Makes the iPhone Blind-Friendly, Defiantly Screenless
    Hey, I hate blind people too. They never get bugged about not reading, they get cool canes and super obedient dogs, they get to wear sunglasses ALL THE TIME, they don't have to look at Sarah Jessica Parker... EVER and they probably all shoot laser beams like Cyclops.


    I'm just saying, maybe we shouldn't be so quick to sympathize.


    They will destroy us all.


    They can HEAR our thoughts...
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    12/01/08

    @The Magnificen7: It really sucks when they steal your girlfriend, as well.
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    Image of sugardeath sugardeath
    12/01/08

    @Git Em SteveDave loves this guy->★:

    Someone's bitter =P
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    12/01/08

    @sugardeath: I like my coffee like I like my women. Bitter. :)
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    12/01/08

    In reply to InVision Case Makes the iPhone Blind-Friendly, Defiantly Screenless
    Why is there a camera?
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    Image of coiagp coiagp
    12/01/08

    @Git Em SteveDave loves this guy->★: I thought the exact same thing, surely cutting the hole for the camera is kind of redundant!
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    Image of SQLGuru SQLGuru
    12/01/08

    @coiagp: What about for those product code things? Use the camera to "read" the code and "tell" you whether it's Green Giant Nibblets or Generic canned Beets.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    12/01/08

    @SQLGuru: How do you know where/what it's pointing at. Besides, if they want to know, they can just ask my Ex.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/01/08

    @Git Em SteveDave loves this guy->★: It's so blind people can take lousy cell phone pics just like the rest of us...
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    12/01/08

    @Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude disguised as another dude: No, they actually take better pics then most of us.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/01/08

    @sos10: I'm sure they do but it doesn't make up for the fact that the iphone has a lousy camera to start with...
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    12/01/08

    @Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude disguised as another dude: never noticed. I take my pis with a real camera.. with a lens.
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