{"id":7969,"date":"2017-05-30T17:21:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T21:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/changingpaces.com\/?p=7969"},"modified":"2020-03-24T15:14:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T19:14:37","slug":"open-sesame-nominated-best-accessibility-app-google-play-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/changingpaces.com\/open-sesame-nominated-best-accessibility-app-google-play-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Sesame! Nominated for Best Accessibility App for the Google Play Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO, April 26, 2017 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7971 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/changingpaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sesame-Phone-worlds-first-touch-free-smartphone-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sesame Phone - world's first touch-free smartphone\" width=\"786\" height=\"537\" \/>Open Sesame! provides a Touch-Free interface for complete control of an Android device through mere head movements<\/p>\n<p>Open Sesame! by Sesame Enable was recently selected as a nominee for the annual Google Play Awards in the Best Accessibility App category. Sesame&#8217;s technology has truly opened new worlds to an entire population that has been left out of the smart phone revolution &#8211; People who cannot use their hands to control a touch-screen can now control the device via head movements alone. This year, Sesame released a new app, available in the Google Play Store to anyone with Android 7 or later, making this much-needed technology accessible worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The Google Play Awards celebrate achievements of the developer community over the past year, by recognizing the best apps and games across twelve categories. Nominees were selected by a panel of experts throughout Google Play and platform teams based on a criteria set emphasizing app quality, innovation, and having a launch or major update in the last 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Winners will be announced during a special session at Google&#8217;s annual developer conference (Google I\/O) on Thursday, May 18th at 6:30pm (Pacific Time). You can also catch the ceremony on the live stream.<\/p>\n<p>You can find Sesame&#8217;s app on this new awards page on Google Play that celebrates all of this year&#8217;s nominees.<\/p>\n<h2>About Sesame Enable<\/h2>\n<p>Sesame Enable developed the first completely touch-free smartphone, created for people with disabilities by people with disabilities. Sesame&#8217;s co-founders are Giora Livne, a quadriplegic veteran and former engineer, and Oded Ben Dov, a talented young app developer who left the gaming world to create the Sesame phone. Powered by voice control and cutting-edge head-tracking technology, the Sesame Phone opens a new world of communication and independence to a population that needs it most: quadriplegics, people suffering from ALS, Parkinson&#8217;s disease, spinal cord injuries, Multiple Sclerosis, severe arthritis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and others who have limited to no use of their hands.<\/p>\n<p>Link to media kit: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1xfdJC0<\/p>\n<p>Media Contact:<br \/>\nOded Ben Dov, Sesame&#8217;s Co-Founder &amp; CEO<br \/>\noded@sesame-enable.com<br \/>\n+972-52-4773373<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/open-sesame-nominated-for-best-accessibility-app-for-the-google-play-awards-620484173.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SOURCE Sesame Enable<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Sesame! provides a Touch-Free interface for complete control of an Android device through mere head movements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18,100],"tags":[531,532,533,534,535,536],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Open Sesame! 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