Mar 21 2007

GPS Mobile Phone For Blind People

Posted by: Vlad Balan in Accesories, Special


GPS Bluetooth Blinds


If you're blind, we have some great news for you. Il Village, an Italian company developed a GPS satellite application that will help you get anywhere you want. I don't know how you are reading this article, but I hope someone is reading it to you.

The main idea is that you can have two dedicated keys on your mobile, one for telling you your exact location and one for calling a 24/7 emergency call center that will localize you and give you instructions. You will hear everything with the help of a Bluetooth headset. The Italians that tested this device were very pleased with the results and said that this device made their life easier. I don't want to be mean, buut, if you're a blind person, why would you want to go wandering around all day, because there's nothing to see.

Via BBC.


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5 Comment(s) on “GPS Mobile Phone For Blind People”

  • jennifer urbach said on Oct 04 07 at 3:11 am:

    I am a grade 6 resource teacher and I have a blind student on my caseload. I would like more information on ordering this GPS navigator and blue tooth for her phone. Please send me info! I think it would help her w/ her orientation & mobility in our big school!

  • Sierra said on Oct 04 07 at 10:32 am:

    Hi, Jennifer!
    I have called IL Village and they told me these:
    Easy Contact incorporates a few services for people with disabilities: blindness,mute people and others.
    The service for blind people is called Easy Walk and its availability will start in the next week/weeks in Italy, and will continue in Spain.
    The person with this kind of disability needs to have his/her own mobile phone and GPS system, but if the service will prove efficiency, then is possible that the government in each country to provide the necessary devices for free.
    At this moment, they don't know when will it extend to other countries, but Europe is their priority.

  • thumati ravi said on Oct 10 07 at 7:34 am:

    i want mobile for blindpeople

  • John Kingsley said on Dec 28 07 at 9:57 am:

    I have a blind friend, and he needs my help as i live here in Italy. He told about your handset for the blind people.Please i need to know the following, the price list of your various blind mobile phone,the necessary services it will give,your location in Italy and how to deliver the phone if i purchase it online.
    Thanks
    John Kingsley

  • Sierra said on Dec 28 07 at 10:47 am:

    Mr. Kingsley, please write a message with all your queries to this e-mail address: easywalk@ilvillage.it
    It is exactly the address of this service.
    From the information we have, this service is available only in Italy, in a limited region, as the company is searching for sponsorship to be able to extend.
    They will tell you all that you need about how Easy Walk works.
    They also have 2 major centers, one in Rome and another one in Torino, and here are the phone numbers and addresses:
    Sede di Torino
    Corso Re Umberto I, 57
    10128 Torino
    Tel +39 011 2303023
    Fax +39 011 2303021

    Sede di Roma
    Via della Conciliazione, 22
    00165 Roma
    Tel +39 06 68309503
    Fax +39 06 68309499

    After you contact them, you may come back and leave a comment here telling us if you were well informed.