The B&D messenger, designed by Okada Noriaki, bills itself as a way for both blind and deaf people to communicate via text message. Though there are several Braille phone products already in the market, Noriaki device is much smaller in size and pretty inexpensive. On one side of the gadget is twelve points that rise and fall in braille lettering; on the other side is a small LCD screen and a regular numerical touch pad. Users must connect the B&D messenger to a computer for it to receive and translate texts.

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The iPhone 3G's data plan for the deaf will be US$10 higher than the original, just like it is for everyone else. It comes with unlimited texting, email and web browsing for US$50 a month, or US$65 for the... Read More »

The "near future" for the impending iPhone data plan for the deaf was apparently four months. Dubbed the Text Accessibility Plan for iPhone, it comes with unlimited text messaging, browsing and email. It's now available for new and current iPhone users for US$40 a month, though you've gotta clear an eligibility application to get it. Full details below.

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