Dr. Z has been on the road and while on the road he picks up interesting stories on how people use mobile devices such as the Apple iPhone or the iPod Touch.

One story he picked up the other day is as follows:

A deaf couple went on vacation and asked their oldest daughter to house sit and dog sit their dog.

One night, the daughter came home and found out that she misplaced the key to the house and she called her parents via video (she had an iPhone 4.)

The parents explained where the key was hidden but the daughter couldn’t locate the key so the parents asked the daughter to use her phone to show the parents where she was in the garage and with more guidance and the daughter moving the camera phone all over the garage and that led her to a drawer. The parents then told her to have the camera view the drawer and they explained where the key was hidden.

Lo and behold–the key was found and the daughter went in the house and the dog, the parents and the daughter lived happily ever after.

Thanks to a mobile phone!

Dr. Z cares about your communication access.

Disclosure: Dr. Z is a contractor working with CSDVRS on several projects.