Syllabuzz: Tactile Design Made Real
Last week, I wrote about an idea that let you know who was calling without having to look at your phone. It centered around having the phone “speak” the callers name through vibrations. The idea provoked a lot of interesting discussion: everything from how it might work in monosyllabic languages to guiding visually impaired people through urban environments.
As any silicon valley investor can tell you, ideas are cheap. Anyone can have an idea. It’s actualization which is valuable: that takes time, initiative, and know-how. Fellow Mozillian Dietrich Ayala has all of those.
Over the fourth of July weekend, when he should have been basking in the glow of falling phosphorescing chemicals, he spent some time turning the speak-through-vibration idea into a tangible thing.
Syllabuzz is an implementation of the tactile design that works on Android phones by Dietrich. You can get the source code on Github, or you can get it from the Android Market if you have an Android-based phone.
A huge thanks to Dietrich for making it all happen.
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