Hable focuses on creating accessibility products for the blind and visually impaired. Their current project is creating a braille interface aimed at smartphones.
For the blind and visually impaired, the smartphone has become an important means of getting in touch with the world. For this group, the smartphone is essential for communication, entertainment and navigation. Unfortunately, using the smartphone without sight is a lot trickier. The reading, in this case, of the information on the screen is worked out excellently by screen readers such as Apple Voiceover and Google talk back. However, what many are troubled with is the operation of the smartphone itself. Because a normal onscreen keyboard is inaccurate, uncontrollable and slow working, the solution is now often searched for in speech control. Unfortunately, speech control is inaccurate and makes privacy impossible. This makes everyday actions as a message send time-consuming and tedious.