Zoom Plus Video Magnifier

Personal innovation project to produce a mobile assistive technology app for people with vision impairments or dyslexia, developed in conjunction with 232 studios and the Digital Accessibility Centre. Winner of the Europe-wide Vodafone Smart Accessibility Awards 2011 (Independent living category).

Small printed text zoomed in and inverted using the Zoom Plus Video Magnifier app

Sketches of Zoom Plus interface concepts

  • Client: Self initiated
  • Date: December, 2011
  • Services: Concept development, accessibility consultancy, visual & interaction design

We need relevant smartphone apps for all our communities. I congratulate the winners of the Smart Accessibility Awards and the Vodafone Foundation for helping bring the benefits of smartphones to all Europeans. Everyone can gain from the digital revolution.

Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Digital Agenda