Samsung Good Vibes

[About the app]

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Samsung Good Vibes is a two-way communication app for the deafblind. It converts text or voice into vibrations & vibrations into text or voice.

[How it works]

Using Morse Code, a language almost as old as Braille, Samsung Good Vibes breaks down the barrier of communication for the deafblind. The app interprets every letter of the english alphabets & numbers into Morse Code and Morse Code into english alphabets & numbers.

[An App with 2 interfaces]

There are two types of interfaces of Samsung Good Vibes app-

a. A deafblind person - The deafblind can’t see, hear or speak, but they have a heightened sense of touch. The deafblind can touch and feel the vibrations of the smartphone. The deafblind person can send a message from this app through pressing the screen and sending message through morse code. In Morse Code all alphabets and letters are a combination of a dot & dash. The alphabets can be entered on the screen through vibration where dot is a entered as a small tap and dash is entered as a long tap. Likewise the message can be read through vibrations by the deafblind where small vibration means dot and long vibration means dash.

b. A person with normal vision - anyone can send a message, by typing or speaking. It is a standard chat/voice interface that is delivered to the deafblind person as vibrations.

Always on - The app can be always on, which allows the deafblind to start using Samsung Good Vibes without the need to power on the app.

The following permissions are required for the app service. You can still use the app's basic functions without allowing the optional permissions.

[Required permissions]
None

[Optional permissions]

Phone : To directly call the Phone numbers.
Microphone : To record audio for speech to text.
Files and Media(Android 12 or lower) : For chat/ user data
Music and audio(Android 13 or higher): For speech to text and text to speech (App Functionality)
Photos and Videos(Android 13 or higher) : Optional (App functionality, Analytics, Developer communications)
Notifications(Android 13 or higher) : For sending chat notifications (App Functionality)
Nearby devices(Android 12 or higher) : For Wi Fi Access