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The Wiki Man

Design everything for the disabled and you can’t go wrong

16 December 2017

9:00 AM

16 December 2017

9:00 AM

About 30 years ago, BT introduced a telephone handset with enormous keys. It was intended for people with serious visual impairment. Unexpectedly, it became their bestselling phone.

There is a reason for this. The millions of people who wear spectacles or contact lenses typically remove them at night, making the normal tiny keys impossible to read on a bedside phone.

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