NTT Docomo released a cell phone called F671iS which is developed with more consideration to universal design than its former model. A manufacturer,Fujitsu,conducted many interviews on diverse users and improved its design the cell phone has accessibility features such as larger fonts or screen reading. Its advertisement gives an impression that it was "cool",not "for senior". Toshiba,Matsushita and Hitachi conduct usability testing even for IT devices with diverse users.
| Carrier | Name | Number of Selling | Release date | Mfr | Model Name | Function for People with disabilities |
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| DoCoMo | Raku Raku Phone III | After September, 2003 Sales goals: 160,000/m |
September, 2003 | FUJITSU | F672i | "Accessible goods Voice-Recognition Capabilities-You can use by vioce: e-mail, SMS, i-mode web sites, telephone, calculator, etc... Text-to-Speech reading bottun-Text-to-speech Reading operation?change the voices, change the speed of reading Hakkiri Voice: Clear Vioce-emphasis intended party's voice Rotary volume bottun -volume control One touch dial bottun/3dial 2.1inch liquid crystal display, 20dot characters torong vibration alert passometer *The menu notation is more explanatory than others. Not only a word is written, functional name is written. For example, ""To use a message memorandum"". It is intelligible. When you receive e-mail, other model will usually display only ""received mail"", but it displays to the operation method which keys you should put to read it. *I asked the employee of DOCOMO about speech output. She said that it reads SMS. I think people usually use E-mail more than SMS, so DOCOMO does not mentioned so much about speach output for SMS." |
| Raku Raku Phone II S | total number of shipments until August, 2003: 2.4million total number of shipments until September, 2002: 1million number of selling in September,2001: 84,000 |
September, 2002 | F671iS | Accessible goods Auto Speaker Phone-You can talk over the telephone, without having a telephone in a hand. Audio support function-Text-to-speech Reading: menu, un-transmitted e-mail, received e-mail, date and time/ address call, menu call Rotary volume bottun-volume control One touch dial bottun/3dial 2.1inch liquid crystal display, 20dot characters |
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| Raku Raku Phone II | September, 2001 | F671i | Accessible goods Auto Speaker Phone-You can talk over the telephone, without having a telephone in a hand. Text-to-Speech reading function-menu, un-transmitted e-mail, received e-mail, date and time, etc... Rotary volume bottun-volume control One touch dial bottun/3dial 2inch liquid crystal display, 20dot characters |
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| Raku Raku Phone | September, 1999 | Panasonic | P601es | |||
| KDDI(AU) | Smart Mode | Unknown | August, 2003 | TOSHIBA | A1304T | One Touch Dial Larger Button-double height and width size |
| vodafone | Simple Mode II | Unknown | March, 2003 | TOSHIBA | J-T09 | One Touch Dial/2dial Big size character display on every screen |
| Tu-Ka | Kantan Tsukaeru Shinsetsu Ketai: Easy Useful Kind Mobile Phone | Unknown | October, 2002 | TOSHIBA | TT22 | Big size character mode-double height and width size, You can use this mode when you search address, call, checkincoming and outgoing calls and mails. Larger Button |
