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Free app replaces cell phone keyboard
By Alicia Waters | February 23, 2012
Entering text on an accessible phone has become easier. Soon to be released, an app has been developed at Georgia Institute of Technology called Braille Touch. It speaks letters aloud. This touch-screen Braille keyboard allowed a visually impaired person to type at a rate of 32 words per minute. Virtual keyboards and soft keyboards such as Apple’s voice-over keyboard tend to be slow. Hardware to increase speed on these devices can be expensive. On Android phones, the BrailleTouch app can be programmed in as the phone’s standard keyboard. For more details, read the CNN article written by John D. Sutter. When you try the app text about the digital book you downloaded from Talking Books Plus.
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