Text messages developed for blind people in Italy 

Blind mobile phone users in Italy will soon be able to 'read' text messages. 

The Italian mobile phone company TIM say they have come up with a system to
develop software that can translate text messages into spoken voice mails. 

It was created in conjunction with the National Association for the Blind. 

The service will be free and the chip will also work to translate voice mail
from a blind person into text messages 

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