Smartphones Assistive Technology for Learners with Visual Impairment

Abstract

Smartphone is a tools that can be considered as the assistive technology to facilitate the visually impaired learners and provided opportunity to access the information resources including various learning resources on the internet. Smartphone is considered as the audiovisual media which the visually impaired learners perceive through the sound of the smartphone. At present, Smartphones have the features for converting everything on the screen whether the texts or images into the sound with explication, moreover, the application is installed on the smartphone also helping in learning, searching Information, reading and applying to everyday life alike an ordinary people.