A smartphone completely designed for blind and visually challenged people has been launched in UK.
The app, known as Georgie, was created by the UK-based not-for-profit group Screenreader, led by husband-and-wife team Roger and Margaret Wilson-Hinds, reported BBC News.
The handset uses an Android operating system and phone options include Samsung Galaxy, Samsung XCover, Motrola Defy + JCB, LG Optimus P500 and others.
Sight And Sound Technology said a smartphone with the Georgie app tells blind users where they are, what’s around and which way they are traveling, when the next bus is coming and where to get off.
The application allows users dial numbers with a voice-assisted touchscreen and speech output on all functions to send text messages as well as receive text messages read to them.
Screenreader co-founder Roger Wilson-Hinds was reported by BBC News as saying its is exactly the type of digital experience we want to make easily available to people with little or no sight.
"It is also going to help solve everyday problems for blind people so they can be more confident about navigating the real world and become independent," he said.
Georgie programme also offers additional apps for download in three different bundles; travel, lifestyle and communicate at the Google Play Store, where these bundles will cost £24.99 each.
