Once Touch Communicator
Technology is useful for everyone, regardless of visual and hearing problems. And there are applications for all areas and types of user, trying to make their lives easier and more comfortable. Now the deafblind people have a new accessibility tool to establish contact with other people and be able to consult any doubt or maintain a more or less fluid conversation.This is Once Touch Communicator, an application of the ONCE
This tool is developed for deaf people who may or may not have residual vision. With it, it is possible to write answers to any question raised by a person deafblind, and establish a communication that allows interaction, although not as fluently as a interpreter. However, it is a simple and useful option for anyone, without the need for specialized devices. Something to be thankful for is the Tiflotécnica Research, Development and Application Center (CIDAT) and the Deafblindness Technical Unit(UTS), responsible for the development of this application.
The idea is simple. It is enough for the person with deafblindness to ask a question by writing on the screen with their finger or using the keyboard and hand over the mobile phone with this application to the user who must issue the answer A touch launches the compose screen, where you type your message as usual, or even dictate it to avoid typing. The application then takes care of displaying the letters in capital letters with a large size, making it easier for those who have vision to read.
In case the person is totally blind, the application allows to connect with the braille display of the user to transmit the message. In this case, all you have to do is keep the connection active via Bluetooth so that the device and the braille display are linked and you can show the result to the deafblind person, who will read the answer through your fingertips.
The application Once Tactile Communicator or CTO has the possibility of launching quick responses, for questions that can be answered with a yes or a noAnd even more, it also allows you to store previously stored queries to start communication more quickly or, simply, to make things easier in tasks such as asking if it is the correct bus line to get to a certain place, or any other need that may be in mind. a certain time.
The good thing is that CTO, it can also be used as an accessible text editor for others applications Something that would facilitate communication with other tools installed on the mobile, in addition to functioning as an interpreter itself. Really interesting qualities to help people with hearing and visual disabilities.
In short, an application that can facilitate the lives and interactions of people deafblind on a day-to-day basis. A kind of translator so that anyone can answer questions or help people with disabilities.The CTO or ONCE Touch Communicator application is available for both Android and devices iOS Can be downloaded free via Google Play Storeand App Store
