Inventor Service Company Pitches Smartphone Design for Blind Users

InventHelp is promoting a smartphone design for the visually impaired for license or sale to manufacturers or marketers, it said Friday. The design was developed by an inventor moved by a story about a blind individual who was robbed by someone claiming to be a police officer. "I wanted to use GPS technology to help people who are blind or visually impaired stay safe by keeping them oriented to their surroundings and enabling them to communicate easily via cell phone," said the inventor. The design is said to prevent visually impaired people from stumbling over obstacles, includes voice activation and features a tracking device if the phone is lost.