ICS’s accessibility feature makes it work for the blind

Google has revoutionalized smartphone usage with the development of its accessibility feature. This feature makes it a breeze for those with impaired vision to use the ICS OS. A video doing the rounds on the internet demonstrates Google’s latest development.

The video that demos the working of the accessibility feature includes a tutorial by the system. The electronic tutor explains in clear tones how the feature works and then goes on to demonstrate it. Of course, this tutorial is very different from the informal user demos usually found online. 

With a user runs his finger over the screen of an ICS smartphone, an electronic voices tells him what lies under his finger. If his finger glides over an app, the system will tell him what it is and help him to activate it. This feature holds true for all the items on the phone’s menu. All the phone needs for this unique system to work is the ICS OS.

If the user’s finger lands between icons, the system urges him to keep scrolling till he reaches an icon. When the user reaches an icon, the system tells him to tap it once to activate it. One the user gets familiar with the main screen he will have no problem navigating the phone’s display with Google’s accessibility feature leading the way.

With the unveiling of ICS’s new capability, Google has scored over competitors like Apple and Microsoft, who would now be looking to introduce similar features in their operating systems. Nothing promotes innovation like some healthy competition and from Google’s latest invention it looks like the world is all set to be surprised with a number of user friendly systems in the future.