Grandson wins the internet by building his grandma a Telegram texting machine

bgrpro65 avril 27, 2021

Smartphones are ubiquitous, but not everybody feels at ease operating one. iPhones and Androids feel natural to younger users and tech-savvy individuals, while older generations might have a harder time adjusting to all the intricacies of these portable computers. When I switched my dad from a flip phone to an iPhone years ago, I told him to go to a different room, and find a way to call and text me. These are the most basic features of any phone, and the first ones you need to learn how to use on a touchscreen device, I told him. We’d build from there. Only come to me for help if you can’t do any of them, I said, fully convinced that the phone’s intuitive menu would be enough for him to get both tasks done. A few minutes later he called and texted me, a sign that he was on the right path. His smartphone experience has only grown since then.

My initiation in smartphone use operation pales in comparison to what Manuel Lucio Dallo did for his grandmother. Rather than teach the 96-year-old woman to deal with the complexities of smartphone apps, he built her a texting machine that sends Telegram messages to all her loved ones. And when they answer, she gets texts that are printed on paper just like old-fashioned telegrams.