[Athen] iPhone accessible to visually impaired users? Maybe...

[Shelley Haven]

Cool!  I hope it moves beyond the idea stage.  The approach seems 
conceptually similar to the VisuAide Maestro, which is essentially a 
tactile-button sleeve that slips over a touchscreen PDA, plus 
accompanying software.

http://www.humanware.com/en-international/products/braille_and_speech/handheld_computers/_details/id_28/maestro.html

- Shelley Haven



At 3:27 PM -0800 12/2/08, Sean J Keegan wrote:

>Hello all,

>

>Saw this on Engadget.com last night and thought it was interesting. 

>Basically, it is a sleeve that fits over the iPhone and has tactile 

>buttons for controlling custom iPhone applications.  While totally 

>conceptual right now and extremely limited in its actual 

>functionality (i.e., apps would need to be customized), it would be 

>interesting if the basic interface could change by enabling an 

>"access mode" such that the tactile sleeve could be functional.

>

>A similar concept was presented in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager 

>for a computer terminal that adapted to a visually impaired crew 

>member....not that I ever WATCHED the show.

>

>Anyway, check out the link for some additional information:

>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/silicon-touch-an-iphone-case-for-the-visually-impaired/

>

>or

>

>http://tinyurl.com/6oefsg

>

>Take care,

>Sean

>

>Sean Keegan

>Associate Director, Assistive Technology

>Office of Accessible Education

>Stanford University

>

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