LookTel, a mobile solution enhancing life for people with disabilities

Here is another example where digital mobile technology is creating real-world solutions for people with disabilities. LookTel is an innovative mobile solution that, according to the website:

"... provides a full suite of accessibility and assistance solutions for visually impaired users. LookTel combines real-time object recognition that lets users identify specific objects."

It can, in real-time (no need to take a picture and process it) read the object and read it to users. The first application reads money denominations, future applications will read packaged goods, medication labels, and the like. Super awesome.

This is the type of thing that I believe will allow digital mobile technology make a difference in people's lives. It also shows why I'm so frustrated when I hear the argument that mobile technology will create a widening gap for disabled populations. That view is just so vary narrow on what technology can be applied to solve.

Think bigger people, there is a world of needs we can be addressing if we look beyond the "mobile campaign" and game apps.