App Enables Two-Way Communication Between Deafblind People via Morse Code:

eHam.net News – A marketing company has launched a mobile app which enables two-way communication between deafblind people. Cheil India created the Good Vibes app, which works by using the vibration capability of a smartphone combined with Morse Code to “represent the alphabet in a binary fashion”. The developers say the app goes one step further than other methods of deafblind communication such as Braille and pro-tactile sign language, which depends on physical contact. Users can tap a smartphone screen in varying ways to activate different Morse code symbols. For example, a “short tap” translates as the Morse code “dot” while a “long tap” on the app is translated as a “dash”. The app uses haptic feedback and does not have a visible user interface. Developers say this is the “first time in history” that an effective tool has been created for two-way communication between those who are visually and hearing impaired.

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