PT launches Magic Contact app

Portugal Telecom, in partnership with MagicKey, a spin-off of the Guarda Polytechnic Institute, has launched PT MagicContact, a free application for Android smartphones and tablets designed specifically for people with motor impairments requiring the use of mobile technology. The PT MagicContact allows people with limited motor functions or without upper limb mobility to make calls, send text messages and access the internet. The latest application made available by the PT Foundation also provides an alternative way to communicate through voice synthesis, recorded sound and symbols, already programmed phrases and communication tables (grouping symbols or families of words).