Two Matamata women have launched a simplified tablet for seniors that requires no typing or wifi to keep elderly relatives “in the loop” each day.
Julie Caldwell and her colleague Julie Blackwell, accountants, have devised the tablet after Caldwell’s mother Lois found that as she approached her 90s she was no longer able to keep up with all the changes in her iPad and phone which she had been using for years.
There was nothing on the market that offered the simplicity they were looking for, so they decided to develop their own, researching and using experts, and so began a project that has now produced Kitcal, a personalised tablet built specifically for seniors.
Read more here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/prosper/123697121/new-no-typing-tablet-to-keep-senior-family-members-in-the-loop-every-day