Safaricom and DOT incorporation have unveiled the DOT Braille Watch that will allow visually impaired person to use MPesa. With DOT Braille Watch, they can access M-PESA messages on their own and conduct financial transactions in braille format.
The Dot Watch brings all the notifications from any app on a user’s smartphone directly to their wrist. It provides direct access to all the practical features a user needs such as Time and Date, Alarm Clock, Timer and Stopwatch and who is calling without seeing it. Every text message you receive on the smartphone is instantly translated to Braille and forwarded to a user’s Dot Watch.
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“We are committed to the empowerment of persons with disability by facilitating the availability and affordability of assistive devices and technologies in line with our mission to transform lives. This partnership with DOT incorporation will make life easier for our visually impaired and blind customers through innovation,” said Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, Chief Officer, Financial Services at Safaricom.
The Dot Watch’s Tactile Mode works completely without knowing Braille and users can use it normally like any other smartwatch. The watch is made from super light Aluminium and weighs only 60 grams.
Safaricom has doubled its efforts in creating an enabling environment for the Blind and visually impaired, through call optimization where the special trained call agents can directly receive call queries from this group of people.
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