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US 2006/0234768 A1Published application
System and method for providing access to SMS messages for blind people and mobile communication device employing the same
AssigneeAgere Systems Inc.
InventorsNorman Goris, Wolfgang Scheit
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Abstract
Mobile communication devices and methods relating to information output to a user of a mobile communication device, and especially to output for disabled users. To enable blind users to gain access to information, in particular text information, one method includes converting digital text information into electrical signals and employing the electrical signals to drive tactile output device in the mobile communication device.
Claims15
A method for information output in a mobile communication device, comprising:
- converting digital text information into electrical signals;
- and
- employing said electrical signals to drive tactile output device in said mobile communication device.
A mobile communication device, comprising:
- a converter configured to convert digital text information into electrical signals;
- and
- a tactile output device coupled to said converter and configured to provide said digital text information to a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.