Android Smartphones are the latest trend in India and all around the world. With people using these android phones day after day, the android applications are being developed in bulk to fulfill the user's needs. Were these applications help all the people? Well, the answer is a big no! Why because, we should also keep the disabled people in mind while answering this question.
What everyone haven't noticed is that Android does provide support for disabled or physically challenged people and this article covers several useful android apps meant for physically challenged people.
- Voice Search from Google: Allows you to control your android smartphone using the voice commands. You can even browse the web. Call your contacts, get directions, and control your phone with Voice Actions.
- Vlingo Virtual Assistant: It is specially designed for people for disabilities and of-course everyone can make use of it. It takes your voice as the input or command and do whatever you say to it. Vlingo virtual assistant definitely an iPhone Siri alternative.
- WalkyTalky: A pretty useful app for physically challenged people to get the information about where they are & where they are about to move without others support. GPS should be enabled when running this app.
- Eyes-Free Shell: With this app installed, you can move your finger over the screen to explore all the applications and lift your finger up to run what you stopped on.
- Text to speech Extended: An useful android app for all those other than hearing impaired people. It allows you to listen the text messages on your inbox.
- Gesture Search: A supportive app for those that suffer with paralysis and lost their partial limbs. Simply & quickly find a contact, a bookmark, a music track or an application on your device by just drawing the starting letter of it on the screen. Results are updated simultaneously as you add each letter to your gesture board.
- Talking Dialer: A very special app for physically disabled people. This allows you to make calls using the easy to see large icons which gets even bigger on a mild touch on it. Just slide your finger in the direction of the number you want.
- Hands-Free Voice Dialer (CD+): It is a faster voice dialer with voice confirmations and commands. Works using a Bluetooth too. This application allows you to dictate emails, texts, Facebook status by using your voice as commands. Use the trial version first and I'm sure you'll definitely buy it.
- eSpeak for android: Yet another app that reads your documents and files.
- Drivesafe.ly: If you spend most of your time in driving, then this app is for you. People with disabilities people will have this very handy. This app reads your messages, mails, and even responds by voice making use of the per-recorded templates.
- mem: It is a simple android game designed specially for physically challenged people to train their mind thereby sharpening their intellect. It's definitely a time-killing game.
thanks a lot for this useful article. My father is suffering with paralysis and he'll benefit from these apps on his mobile. Keep posting more stuff like these.
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