How to turn Android into babushkofon

Reasons for a smartphone running Android can be in the hands of an old man, are very different. There are people who despite their age, are keenly interested in new technologies and become consciously imagine such a toy. There are not very savvy buyers who are amenable to the suggestion talkative and sellers simply buy their most expensive model. Or maybe the person got a used smartphone received a gift from the mobile to update its arsenal of offspring.

In any case there is a situation when an elderly person is left alone with the device is not very prepared for such use. Too fine print complex multi-level menu, a large number of functions, small controls - this must have something to do.

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The Android operating system includes a number of special features for people with visual and hearing disabilities. In particular, the most useful feature for those who are experiencing problems with small bukvochki hiding in the menu under settings Special abilities. Check the box here large text and everything will become much clearer.

Use voice assistant

Modern Android interface, which seems quite natural and logical you can become an insurmountable obstacle for an elderly person. You can at least ten times to explain how to open your address book and look at her phone number, how to send SMS or email message, how to launch applications and set an alarm, but it will to no avail.

Instead, try to establish a special program that will perform the main actions in obedience to the voice prompts. phone owner will just press one button and speak into the phone instructed to immediately get weather forecast, make a phone call from the address book, set an alarm, run a program, and more more. For more information, this review.

Install a custom launcher

Another way to facilitate the use of mobile devices for the elderly - is to install and set up a special shell. A good example of this approach is the Launcher 7 interface, which we wrote about in this article. Large buttons, tiles provide quick access to the most necessary functions of the phone, even for people with disabilities.

Even more interesting is the idea of ​​using a specially designed taking into account the needs of people older shell. BIG Launcher makes the smartphone suitable for seniors, children and people with eye diseases, motor problems or visually impaired. People with disabilities are free to use a simple and easy-to-read interface. Large and clear interface elements will not allow a person to make a mistake when performing the required operations. And yet there is an SOS button, which will help in the event of dangerous situations.

Install the appropriate keyboard

Has default Android keyboard makes even young people sometimes miss, that really there to talk about the pensioners, not differing visual acuity and clarity of movement. Output in this case may be the installation of the keyboard, which supports more customization options. I recommend to pay attention to MultiLing Keyboard, which supports the Russian language, has an excellent vocabulary and mechanism prediction, can operate in mode and T9 may be configured so as to display large and discernible keyboard buttons.

As you can see, to customize Android for their parents or grandparents did not difficult. Of course, in some cases, much more preferred specific device models the elderly, but even an ordinary Android may well be adapted to the needs of this category users. And if we go to establish special programs for health monitoring and medical care, the price of this mobile assistant will not.

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