Mar 102011
A few days ago, I wrote a post critical of the iPad’s–and, by extension, the iPhone’s–continued inaccessibility. That’s not to say that these devices don’t have any applications for people with disabilities. Here’s a video of an iPhone app that can help people with visual disabilities identify different denominations of paper currency. In this age of debit cards and electronic payments, I’m not sure how useful this app really is, but the concept could be applied to any number of other uses, like reading street signs or restaurant menus.
The devices themselves are still grossly inaccessible, but perhaps the growing popularity of apps like this will persuade Apple to make improvements.
