Telephones - What features do disabled people need?
Synthetic speech display.

 

• • Visual impairment - moderate.

• • Visual impairment - severe.

• • • Blindness.

• • Cognitive impairment.

Illustration of synthetic speech telephone with loudspeaker.

 


A more convenient way of presenting display messages for those people who have difficulty in reading them is to make use of synthetic speech. A means of adjusting volume, and of initiating or repeating the message, will be required.

Poor quality synthetic speech can be difficult to understand by those with a mild hearing impairment.

Additional cost - high.

 

 

 

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