SMS Messaging Transforms Mobile Communications For The Blind
February 18, 2010 by TextMagicPR
For the last decade, the mobile revolution has been transforming communication and bringing people around the world together in ways they never could have imagined. However, while the world has been moving at an "Internet minute" for most of us, the visually impaired have been left fumbling around on their mobile keypads. Yes, mobile keypads are nifty and compact, but trying to create text messages on them when you are visually challenged can be both pain staking and time consuming.
Up until recently, this was the case for Barry Dickinson, who is visually impaired and who stumbled upon Textmagic's Email to SMS service while searching the Internet for ways to embrace this mobile technology that seemed out of his realm.
What made you choose Textmagic?
"I browsed the web looking for a way to send and receive SMS texts from the computer, which was compatible with the talking screen reading software I use. I found other ways of sending texts, but not receiving them.Tetxmagic is very easy to use by blind people with screen reading software."
How has SMS messaging improved your communication?
"Initially, I started using Textmagic to keep in touch with my children while they where out and about and I have since extended the service to include friends who don't check their emails on a regular basis. Before Textmagic, blind people were excluded from the SMS text revolution. Textmagic now allows us to communicate with friends and family on equal terms and in their preferred format. Our kids can text home, just like their friends, rather than having to talk in from of their friends which isn't COOL!"
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