He learned how to use text-to-speech software through training at the Washington State School for the Blind.
According to mobile research firm M:Metrics, 49% of American mobile phone users actively use text messaging, which explains marketers' interest in text-based campaigns.
The introduction of Me2U, a service that allows callers to use text-messaging to send airtime credit to other mobiles, provided a further boost.
According to the Mobile Data Association, 95% of 16 to 24-year-olds use text messaging regularly, each sending an average of 100 texts per month.
About 10 million people use online text chatting and 1 million use video chatting in Korea, says Chun Doo Bae, president of CXP, Korea's largest video chat service.
Through some clever use of text messaging, a very basic phone can provide most basic banking services.
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The opposition had made wide use of text messages to rally crowds in the run-up to election day.
The use of text language "was actually driving the development of phonological awareness and reading skill in children", said Dr Wood.
Meanwhile companies are reporting a huge growth in the use of text messaging - 200 million messages were sent on the Orange network alone in March.
"The use of text-mining algorithms was critical in this endeavor and helped secure a complete picture that would not have been available using traditional market research, " says Michael Cavaretta, Ford's technical leader for predictive analytics and data mining.
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The rules state that only official sponsors are allowed to use logos and text defined in the organisation's 2012 UK statutory marketing rights.
There are no exact figures on how many of the 8.7 million deaf or hard of hearing people in the UK use mobiles and text messaging, but their increasing adoption of this technology is certainly contributing to the more than one billion text messages a month now being sent in Britain.
Muslims use their gadgets in much the same way as everyone else: they text, they use social networks, they buy online.
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They use literacy and numeracy text- and workbooks, as well as materials such as dictionaries and stationery which are provided by the government.
All things considered, however, the ScanJet 6200C is a reasonable choice for the low-volume corporate user who needs an easy-to-use scanner primarily for text documents.
Google TV is adding a new feature that could make it easier for users to search and navigate all the different content on various video applications, without having to use keypads or clunky text interfaces.
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Like the overall U.S. figures, that number represents a big contrast with the previous quarter (4Q 2010), when Verizon posted 9% growth in text messaging use, as well as the year-ago quarter (1Q 2010), when Verizon saw a 34% increase in text messaging.
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Envision an environment in the future where we would have the ability to enhance data further by adding analytic capabilities on top of an idea repository and use handwriting recognition and text mining to find, correlate and combine good ideas, making innovation integrated and efficient.
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When they can't be near a PC, kids use their phones to trade text.
Europe also has controller-pilot text messaging in use at two air-traffic control centers, and should have its system fully implemented by 2015.
However, users will now be able to use BBM's popular text tool at the same time as they are having a free phone conversation.
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Charities often use message texts as a way to raise money by allowing consumers to use their mobile device to text a donation for storm relief, vaccinating children or other causes.
When the young members of Generation-i use their phones to send text messages, the small keyboards make typing awkward and abbreviations even more important: "b4n" (bye for now), "cu" (see you).
With the Eyes Free feature, ask Siri to call people, select and play music, hear and compose text messages, use Maps and get directions, read your notifications, find calendar information, add reminders, and more.
Millions of people now use their mobile phones to send text messages, take pictures and play games.
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