We have heard about screens that have the ability to rise and form shapes and palpable surfaces or even physical buttons. This gets an entirely fresh meaning, once you see the concept below. It’s called Entouch and it’s a Braille technology touchscreen phone. A group of designers, Won-kyoung Seo, Lee
Making a mobile device for visually impaired users is a challenge, but making one that can be used by both people with sight and without it sounds almost impossible. Well, Leo Marzolf achieved that through the CAE Blind Smartphone concept, shown below. This square phone for the blind uses an
Meet the Floating Phone, a piece of work that exploits the idea of a 3D cellphone in the real sense of the word. Many designers were involved in this idea and they include the following names: Messizon Li, Yang Fan, Linghan Liu, Li Ke, Pengcheng An, Yunlong Zhu & Zhangxia
We’re back with a smartphone concept for the blind, dubbed the Voim, which means seeing in Korean. The device includes word recognition features, object identifications and route navigation. These are displayed as Braille language on the silicon screen of the handset. Audio cues are transmitted via Bluetooth headset and it
As part of the LG Design the Future Competition, an honourable mention was also awarded to the LG Surface concept phone. This is in fact a watch phone for the blind, featuring a Braille keypad and an unique shape, allowing the user to sense the orientation of the device by
Designer Han-na Lee has had the brilliant idea of developing a concept communication device, that helps both the deaf and blind users communicate. Dubbed the Sign Voice Language Translator, this device helps a blind and deaf person interact, by acting as a translator and converting gestures to voice and audio
We have previously shown you quite a bunch of handsets for the visually impaired, either based on Braille keypads, voice recognition and voice command or even air chambers that change the shape of the phone’s keys. This time we’re having a look at the Tactility concept phone, designed by Siwei
Did you know that almost all mobile phones included a dot on the “5” numeric key, so that blind users can feel it and press the other keys accordingly? However, one has to wonder how will these people be able to read text messages… Designer Seunghan Song has the solution
Sometimes concept phones look nice, other times they protect the environment, but there also designs meant to make the life of people with impairments easier. This is also the case of the B-Touch phone, created by Zhenwei You and destined to reach the hands of visually impaired persons. This is
We’ve seen a couple of handsets for blind people till now, but this one is surely a looker. The Make Sens phone was designed by Takumi Yoshida and uses colour patterns and curves instead of the classic Braille keypad. Seems that the Make Sens concept is also designed for people
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