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Smartphones Flunk for Blind Users
Smartphones can be pretty clueless when it comes to blind or visually impaired users.
For millions of consumers with normal vision, smartphones offer almost effortless conference calling, e-mailing and Internet browsing. They make it easy
to find a gas station, a rental car or a recipe. Vast music libraries and video games are expected features for a device with a $200 to $600 price tag.
But for many in the blind and visually impaired community, the absence of physical buttons on most smartphones makes interactions with some devices virtually
impossible.
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