Nokia Test Labs Offers Text Braille Reader for Blind and Visually-Impaired

Nokia, Tampere University and the Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired have created the Nokia Braille Reader. The Nokia Braille Reader offers the visually-impaired and blind a way to read SMS text messages via Braille.

The app captures received SMS messages and brings them to the foreground for reading using Braille and tactile feedback.
The app beeps when an SMS message is received. The software opens up. The message is displayed in Braille one letter a time.  The Braille is felt via haptic feedback. There is pause button if the reader needs to stop.
It works on Nokia touchscreen phones. Nokia would like feedback from users.
The comments are interesting, suggesting that mobile phone could also be used as a Braille writer. Others request voice reading. A video follows with a demonstration.