I have wondered how blind people would work with smartphones in the modern era because feature pones don't have many of the powerful functionality. This innovation will make a lot of people happy.
There are 285 Million visually impaired people in the world, of which 39 Million are blind. Alarmingly, 15 million of them are from India. Out of 39, about 19 million are under 15 years of age, and 1.4 million suffer from irreversible blindness. For a blind person, __about 10 productive years are lost due to adulthood blindness.__The average age of a child who goes blind is estimated to be 8 years in India, and the expected life expectancy is 42 years. 10% of the productive time is lost of a family member taking care of a blind person.
Those are some sad and horrific stats. A phone won't change much of that. But it is certain to help and I'm happy about it.