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B&D Messenger Helps the Blind Read SMS

The B&D messenger, designed by Okada Noriaki, bills itself as a way for both blind and deaf people to communicate via text message. Though there are several Braille phone products already in the market, Noriaki device is much smaller in size and pretty inexpensive. On one side of the gadget is twelve points that rise and fall in braille lettering; on the other side is a small LCD screen and a regular numerical touch pad. Users must connect the B&D messenger to a computer for it to receive and translate texts. More »

12:30 PM on Sat Aug 23 2008
By Elaine Chow
1,856 views, 14 comments

Latest by ViperBorg: If you are blind, how are you going to put that together? more »

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First Ever Closed-Captioned HD Radio for the Deaf Launched By NPR, Harris and Towson University

It sounds obvious, but for the first time, over-the-air HD Radio can carry talk radio with closed-captioned metadata, so that the hearing impaired can enjoy the same talk radio programming that others can. More »

8:52 PM on Sat Jan 5 2008
By Wilson Rothman
3,134 views, 23 comments

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AT&T Kills iPhone Plans For Deaf Thanks To Non-Deaf Douchebags

We wouldn't usually call people douchebags lightly (ok we would), but when you complain that deaf people are getting special treatment when they're offered a $27.99 non-voice, data-only plan for their iPhone, you're one huge douchebag. A Colorado AT&T store was offering said plan for the hearing-impaired—since they get very little use out of a voice plan—but got slapped down by AT&T Corporate Marketing because people were complaining. The upshot? No more data-only plan for the deaf community. If you think there's a problem here, call up AT&T tell them you really think there should be a data-only plan. [Deafmac via Deafmac via TUAW via Crunchgear] More »

12:13 PM on Fri Nov 30 2007
By Jason Chen
19,146 views, 68 comments

Latest by gizmrich: i want one iphone! deaf people get some buy iphone down to 27.99 sure this now... maybe ill buy it more »