Stevie Wonder goes to CES, appeals to electronics companies to consider the blind

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. wait, i’m not done quite yet. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

/endlol-o-rama

I do not see what is so funny.

Neither would Stevie JJLO.

hey mike what was it like being the kid that i use to kick the shit out of back in school.
DICK!

@Mike

Wow, your amazing lack of respect for the sight impaired is very concerning. I would stack my chips in Stevie’s favor that he would definitely be able to kick your geek ass for being so ignorant.

As for his plea, great job. Although this represents a small portion of the mobile community I can tell you that the blind deserve to have the same abilities as others.
This was a good start:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/12/iphone_skin_for_the_blind.html

and I think more should follow.

Mike, seriously, get a life. I am sure you went right back to your World of Warcraft game as soon as you were finished writing a two letter reptitive comment with one hand because your other hand was stuffed in a bag of cheetos.

With the iPhone it’s harder for him to call to say ‘I love you’

Anyway, all jokes aside, hope his efforts pay off.

I dont care if I get flamed….cause I know bad shit will happen to me, and I dont plan on living a perfect life.

FIRST off, Jitterbug – there is Stevies product for the vision impared. It has LARGE buttons for people who might fumble, and its super loud so he can HEAR IT rather then SEE IT!

Just because he cant use an iPhone he wants companies at CES to do something about it? DVDs are created with Vision Impared soundtracks, which I think is a step too. Hell, even computers are created to talk for you. So what exactly is he wanting?

Personally, and Im being very honest, I think he went to make a spectacle of himself because he hasnt had an album in years thats worth listening to, and he sees opportunity to capitalize on his own handicap…which is sick and sad.

–and if you flame me, then yes, I too hope I go blind–

And one more thing… If he was THAT serious and broken up about electronics companies NOT having more products for the blind, he would appeal to Congress to pass laws that state all new electronics must have capability or separate user modes for the blind.

I mean they did it for people in wheelchairs in public places, and even in our own home building – why not for electronics for the blind.

@ Roger A.

You are entitled to your opinion just as the blind are entitled to options for their communication needs.

Stevie is a classic so I hardly doubt that he was making a spectacle of himself to get attention he is simply using his celeb status to advocate for the common blind. You too are ignorant, but again, you are entitled to your opinions.

Ignorance is bliss I guess…Stevie had no reason to do this because he’s rich enough to have people do anything he needed done for him. That alone should let you know that it was out of sheer goodwill and common courtesy that he went to advocate for the blind. Out of all of those products you mentioned Roger, how many more products are out there that are not accesible to the blind? My guess is a lot more so he’s in the right any way you look at it.

Stevie is going to end up with the first *brail* iPhone. Apple is working on perfecting the bumps on Safari Mobile as we speak.

J/K

I think the topic is absurd.

I guess I don’t understand what Stevie wants. All phones pretty much have voice activated calling, which can be used by the visually impaired. Is he looking for a smart phone that visually impaired people can use to surf the web? Because that is a tall order. I guess you could have it read your email and websites to you.

He should take some of that music money and start a company to develop a phone. If it worked well, he’d definitely have a captive market for his product.

No BS, I once saw Stevie Wonder at Faskia’s on 18th street in Adams Morgan dancin’ to Lil’ Kim & Fiddy’s “Magic Stick”. He was doin’ a hula hoop-type dance and had a couple of pretty bangin’ Ethiopian chicks with him.

I was jealous/amused/OVERJOYED

Like I said….

If he was THAT serious and broken up about electronics companies NOT having more products for the blind, he would appeal to Congress to pass laws that state all new electronics must have capability or separate user modes for the blind.

I mean they did it for people in wheelchairs in public places, and even in our own home building – why not for electronics for the blind.

— Furthermore –

He also should have brought some people who WERENT celebrities that feel the way he does. Im tired of seeing “celebrities” use their “celebrity status” as a way to get people to listen. It only makes me want to do things LESS for people cause of celebrity endorsements.

@Roger A

Last thing we need is another law. Especially if u can make things happen by goin directly to the OEMs.

U may want celebs to sit on their hands amd not wield their rep, but @ least some try to do positve. No one got hurt by Stevie’s appeal.

Your rant is just for effect and ironic. Your opinion brought nothing to the table. Try harder.

Its simple economics, companies don’t make cell phones for the blind because there is no demand. How much does it cost a company to research a phone, test a phone, design it, produce it, ship it, etc. How many blind people would want this phone???? 10 thats how many, lets see millions to manufacture a phone, ten people wanna buy one (free on contract i might add). Good business sense stevo

stevie is legendary… give him whatever he asks for i didnt even read all of this but fuck it let him have it….

hahaha you people bashing me are wasting your time. I knew half the readers would talk crap about me laughing at this- if you can even consider this news- because it’s an absurd topic.

Basically what i’m trying to say here is IDC KTHNXBYE.

LMAO @ Tarek and Rhino. Thanks for that comment guys, it was hilarious lololololololol.

I work in a retail store, selling phones. Have had quite a few blind customers who would have definitely benefitted from a “niche” device.

why not make a phone for the blind with built in voice recognition. braille buttons. Clamshell. speech-to-text/text-to-speech messaging. Speaker button on the side that answers the phone call. Name announce in the ringtone ala nokia n75/6650. The damn thing could be the size of a ladies make-up compact. Put a simple screen and no-nonsense UI in it. (for the friends/family assisting the blind individual) and you’re good to go.

I agree that it doesn’t make sense for a major handset manufacturer to dump boatloads of money into a project like this, but hell, Samsung did it with the Jitterbug. The target audience is obviously greatly reduced from the jitterbug demographic vs. the blind demographic but people would still benefit from a device like this. While they’re at it, make one for the blind, make another for children (one braille/ one not). that opens up a wider market to sell the same phone with minor physical mods.

my two cents.

Well I am blind and gadgets certainly help me. The blind need people like Stevie to speak up for them because the majority of the general public don’t care or are to involved with their self absorbed lives to give a shit

There is software available for the blind to access nearly all functions of Windows Mobile devices. It’s called Mobile Speak by Code Factory. But, being stuck with Win-Mo should be reason enough to have developers create access tech for alternative products.
And it doesn’t matter what the V.I population percentage is, as if you were the one without vision, you’d be bitching just as much for equal access.