Designing for Touch by Josh Clark

Author:Josh Clark
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: A Book Apart
Published: 2015-10-28T19:35:39+00:00

FIG 3.23: Google Translate’s “word lens” provides live translation using the camera and old-school optical character recognition. It saves the effort of typing (and mistyping) an unfamiliar language into a form. Video image from Google (http://bkaprt.com/dft/03-16/).

Layar is a web service and mobile app that enables editors to embed digital multimedia in printed pages. Snap a photo of a magazine layout, and the page springs to life with video and related links.

People with no or low vision can use the LookTel Money Reader app to identify the denomination of currency. In the US, it’s impossible to differentiate between bills without sight; phones now provide vision for those who don’t have it. When sensors supplement a touchscreen, devices can provide astonishingly good interfaces for people with poor sight or other disabilities. For more examples, see “Visually Impaired Turn to Smartphones to See Their World” (http://bkaprt.com/dft/03-15/).

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