Mobile technologies change our behaviour fundamentally. Numerous smartphone options that offer more functionalities than mere access to the Internet are transforming more the way we socialise. Certainly the smartphone surpasses the function of a communication device. People virtually carry their lives on it.
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Android and iPhone apps for hard of hearing
Smartphones are playing an important role within the health sector. Mobile applications that could be used to help fight hearing impairment are already widely available. Video conferencing and free chat services such as Skype and ooVoo allow sign language users to use video communication and storage text.
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iPhones also support hard of hearing and deaf people.
iPhone apps
FaceTime is a video calling app, which makes it possible for people to witness the caller on their screen in real-time. Alternative Alerts provide vibrating and visual alerts for new text messages; incoming calls, sent as well as received email, and more.
Android apps
Google Voice is an app for making calls, sending messages, listening to voicemail and having it transformed into text for free. Handcent SMS is an app for handling text messages, which offers a variety of options such as changing fonts, background colours, etc. It can be launched on both Android and iPhone. Both OS support tools allow people to tag places. These tools are direction apps which improve communications for hard of hearing people when they enter locations, including railway stations and airports. One such is Assist-Mi, which notifies participants about the user's location, while transmitting their access needs so they can be correctly accommodated by members of the staff. Another example is GoGenie which assists the deaf in finding access information for various locations based on the comments of others.
