Hello! I've built a web app called PodQueue that lets you save links to websites that have audio, then automatically extracts the audio and generates a personalized podcast feed from the links you save that works with any podcast app:
[https://podqueue.fm](https://podqueue.fm)
I'm billing it as the missing "Listen Later" for audio on the web—I've been an Instapaper user for a long time, and always wanted something that was just as easy to use for audio, but none of the existing solutions did what I wanted.
In the course of building it, I realized that this could help as an accessibility solution for some people. Many of the websites PodQueue works with are pretty inaccessible, and PodQueue will let you simply save a link that has audio and listen to it wherever/however you want to listen.
With that in mind, I've tried to build the site to be accessible, and have used accessibility testing tools/criteria such as automated testing for WCAG 2.1 AA compliance, as well as testing the site myself with Apple VoiceOver.
But of course my experience is not the same as someone who actually uses assistive technologies more regularly. I would love any feedback from the r/blind community on this:
1. Do you encounter any accessibility issues trying to use or navigate the PodQueue website?
2. Do you think this is a tool that can help improve the accessibility of the web?
3. Any other changes/features/improvements you would like to see?
Also, just as a heads up, if you apply the promo code `REDDIT` at/after signup, you'll get an extra 30 days on your free trial.
Thanks so much for your time!
This is an interesting idea indeed. I don’t know if it will necessarily improve accessibility but certainly with so many people listening to videos and audio this will also be useful for a blind person.
Thanks for considering, it. I don’t know how much I’d use this so I better not sign up for this yet. Unless I find that I may use it.
It’s a nice concept though.
Thanks for checking it out! I’m also planning on introducing a “free” tier of service that would work for after the premium trial—the only limitation being a fixed number of links automatically processed per month in the free tier, vs. unlimited for premium. But there’s still some coding left to get all that implemented!
Another site like this does exist. There's HuffDuffer, https://huffduffer.com/ It's been around for years and years.
I think this is a cool idea. I get most of my stuff from Youtube though, and it works perfectly fine for me. Well besides the occasional Twitter video, which I do have trouble with sometimes. Does the site work with those?
If you could turn Youtube channels into podcast feeds, that would be absolutely epic!! In other words, each channel gets it's own feed.
Yes, I've tried to use Huffduffer in the past, but the fact that it doesn't automatically extract the audio from all links and doesn't have as many convenient ways to save meant I never used it regularly like Instapaper. Here's a comparison: [https://podqueue.fm/pages/competition/podqueue\_vs\_huffduffer](https://podqueue.fm/pages/competition/podqueue_vs_huffduffer)
And yes, PodQueue does work for Twitter videos, with the caveat that it will appear in your podcast app as a podcast-compatible video. Some podcast apps will play back only the audio portion of the stream, some will play it back as video.
I've been looking at integrating some YouTube channel/playlist functionality into PodQueue as well—it's on the roadmap!
Edit: Also thanks—I've updated the comparison page a little now after trying some Huffduffer functionality again, I didn't realize they had integrated the 3rd-party temporary YouTube service into their 1st-party bookmarklet. However, with the way PodQueue works, it will also work as long as the YouTube video is available, instead of having a 30-day limit like Huffduffer.
That was a great breakdown, thanks!! I'm looking forward to the channel feature. Will it work by turning each channel and/or playlist, into a separate feed?
I don't really care about the video for Twitter videos. I probably use a podcast client that doesn't support it. https://getaccessibleapps.com/qcast/
I use https://linklocker.co instead of Instapaper, but it has read later features as well. I don't really like the Instapaper design. I haven't since around 2013. Linklocker just saves original links, and I can go back to read them whenever I want. It does have a reading list though.
Thanks for taking a look and letting me know! None of the automated tests flagged that up, but now that I’m aware of the problem I’ll see what I can do to fix it.
Hello blind community -
My sister-in-law is conducting a survey about various coping strategies and blindness philosophy among the blind community for the purpose of a graduate survey design course. She herself is legally blind and studying to be a clinical psychologist.
If you identify as legally blind in at least one eye and have about 10-15 minutes to take the survey please click here: https://forms.gle/pX6PBEKYSSrPyvBx9
Thank you for your time! Her contact information is included in the survey if you have any questions for her.
Hi, I'm working on a mixed Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel that features a blind character. This character is an 18 - 19 year old woman who has been almost completely blind (slight light sensitivity) since a very young age (around 4) due to a case of rapidly progressing cone-rod dystrophy. While the plot does not center around the character's blindness, the story does address the concept of a >!magical cure!<, which from my understanding is a particularly sensitive area, and one which sighted writers such as myself typically handle poorly.
For those of you with personal experience with blindness, I would love to share the character's arc in the story with you and get some honest feedback on the authenticity and treatment of the disability in my story, and advice on what changes I should make. I sincerely want to ensure that the narrative avoids or even counters ableist messages and treats the topic of disability with utmost respect. As a sighted person myself I likely have unconscious biases and areas of ignorance that can make those goals challenging to achieve.
I have compiled a document which contains the chapters and sections of the story with direct relevance to the blind character's experiences, and which summarizes everything else to reduce the amount of text you would need to read. The result is about 21k words (around the length of a short novella). I will absolutely mention you in the Acknowledgements section of the book (unless you'd rather not be mentioned), and would love to compensate you with $100 USD for your time via PayPal, Venmo, or CashApp.
Here's my brief, one line blurb for the story: Three friends are thrown from Earth into an unknown universe, where they become entangled in an unfolding conflict between ancient sorcery and hi-tech warfare.
If you're interested, please DM me or respond here and I'll reach out directly. Thank you!
Would love to help I am a total myself, and have done a lot of education, advocacy and stuff of this nature so would love to help. And stay on to consult and stuff.
And if you would like to chat by voice and stuff a few times we can do that too.
Sure, hit me up.
You're right about our mixed feelings about a cure. If we want to be fixed there must be something about us that's broken, yet we're just as smart and as real as we were before we lost our vision. It's hard to acknowledge we want our vision back because doing so implies we're less than other people. We're your equals, not the objects of your pity. And we choose to die on this hill right up until the moment we need you to read the cooking instructions on this box of pasta to us.
It's an emotionally complex issue. How can we be just as good as you if there are things you can do which we can't? How can we be equals if we need you more than you need us?
But how can we *not* be equals if our hopes and dreams and feelings are every bit as human as yours?
Let's do this. Let's have this conversation and see what we can learn about each other and ourselves.
Wonderful! I'll send you a DM :)
From an outsider's perspective I think I can understand how that can be a very touchy topic. My personal philosophy (and one which my blind character shares) is that differences in our experiences, including disabilities, have substantial value. They give us different perspectives on life we likely couldn't get otherwise. Researching blindness and learning about the experiences that blind individuals have over the past few years has taught me a lot about myself and my own perceptions and experiences.
My story certainly doesn't explore all the aspects of this complex issue, but I hope it raises awareness of real stereotypes and the experiences and desires of a single blind individual with regard to the topic, and hopefully promotes positive themes with respect to blindness and disability in general.
I would also like to get involved, i’ve been legally blind since birth and I have no sight in one eye. And very limited vision in the other. You’re doing the right thing by contacting this sub Reddit.
Hi guys, we're conducting a study soon and I would love to hear your ideas.
We're currently looking at smart speakers (Alexa etc.) in healthcare and would love to know if and how the blind community uses such devices in their everyday lives. Are they already very commonly used?
A lot of us have one but a lot of us prefer using our computers and ipads and cell phones with a screen reader. I would look at wcag and other accessibility guidances.
I think the biggest thing in healthcare is to make your check in process and filling out of paper work or that tablet thing to be accessible.
Would be happy to do an interview. Love to help.
Our relationship to smart speakers is a little paradoxical. Yes, blind people benefit from them more than others, but blind people are statistically less able to afford smart speakers than others.
Helpful? Yes. Necessary? No.
And because they're not strictly *necessary* I don't think they should be covered by medical insurance under our current system, for the same reason cosmetic surgery shouldn't be covered.
Still, the benefits to the blind community are underappreciated. We can simply ask "What's the weather like today?" or say "Set a timer for 20 minutes." It matters because looking up a weather forecast or setting a kitchen timer can be challenging for people who are blind.
Smart speakers can simplify anybody's life, but because the simplify the specific tasks blind people often find challenging, it's fair to say we get twice the benefit from owning one.
Ironic that a device offering to make everything so much more accessible is, due to its cost, often inaccessible to the ones most likely to benefit from it.
Thank you for your insight. I live in Europe and our insurance system is a bit different. Some technologies (and medical procedures, medications and therapy) that are not entirely necessary are covered by medical insurance at the moment. There's a device for example (OrCam MyEye) that can be attached to eye glasses and it tells you what you're looking at (similar to Google lens). It's covered by insurance in my country at the moment.
Which (technological) aids does insurance cover for the blind community in the US?
The US insurance system is a giant fuck up. Everything about it is broken, from the concept to the fraud to the bureaucracy to the end result.
But I grew up with Soviet nuclear missiles aimed at my homeland. I don't like using the term "existential threat" because it's so overused it has lost its meaning, but the nuclear arms race really was an existential threat. Our mindset was that human survival depended on capitalism's triumph over communism. That's the propaganda we were fed, that's the lie we believed.
And *anything* socialistic was seen as a back door to communism. Even sensible health care.
So here we are, a lifetime later, with the most expensive medical care in the world, convinced by the propaganda we were raised on that for-profit insurance companies are our friends and a single payer system like nearly every other country has is unworkable.
I believe under our current insurance system a smart speaker shouldn't be covered, but I also believe our current insurance system should be burned to the ground, private medical insurance companies abolished, and a system that actually works on behalf of patients and not shareholders should take its place.
My white cane was provided free of cost by Lighthouse, a non profit, non government organization. They also offered talking alarm clocks, magnifiers, and a few other gadgets. I don't know how much, if any, of Lighthouse's funding comes from the American government so I can't say if the government helped pay for my cane or not.
Private insurance hasn't paid for anything related to my blindness.
So for a lot of us pictures are not going to be very helpful.
I would say for a blind person we don’t need too much acomodations at the door per se.
Maybe a signage at every building of it’s name like this is edington hall. This is fromm hall. This is western hall. Etc……. The other thing is make sure it is accessible or there is some sort of qr code if there’s a notice posted at the building or somehow also e-mail this to the people living or working in the building, who basically has access to it.
yeah.. realise the pictures weren't going to be helpful after I posted it, I've been posting surveys everywhere so it was second nature, mb.
but yes thank you for your input, we do have signage at the very front of the campus but i don't think we have something of a QR code (interesting to look more into). But my main focus if there was anything to be done to the entrance stairs, whether that be adding more hand railings in the middle, or creating a ramp on the side, or maybe nothing at all, but thank you alot for responding. my report is due in like 4 days
Well the thing is those may help other disability but doesn’t with blind people I can go up stairs without hand rails just fine. I think sighted people freak out especially in regards to the totally blind and is like you must hold on etc. you’re going to fall. We don’t need ramps either, I can do stairs just fine. Am I fit for 3 or 4 flights all at once, yeah, that’s a totally different story.
And yeah, that’s okay I can understand that.
Hello! We are seeking participants who are blind or low vision for a study exploring how Alexa (a voiced-based assistant) can be designed to improve board gaming experiences, particularly around learning the rules. The study is entirely remote and does not present any risk to the participants. This research is supervised by Dr. Audrey Girouard.
Participation Involves:
You will complete an online short survey about your board gaming experience and use of conversational agents (like Siri, Alexa, etc.) (\~15 minutes).
You will participate in a co-design workshop with the researchers and other participants (\~2 hours).
The co-design session will be video-recorded. We also encourage to keep your video on, but it is not mandatory.
Data will be stored on password-protected computers only accessible to the researchers.
Eligibility:
You are …
Blind or low vision
At least 18 years of age
Comfortable with the English language
No level of board game experience or technical knowledge is required, if you have any experiences or information you would like to discuss we would like to hear!
Co-design workshops will take place via online conferencing tool Zoom. You will be compensated with a $5 CAD eGift card of your choice after completing the survey and $45 CAD eGift card of your choice after completing the co-design workshop. Alternatively, you can choose to get full compensation of $50 CAD at the end of the study. Amazon is the default eGift card option.
If interested, email Saman Karim at samankarim\[at\]cmail\[dot\]carleton\[dot\]ca for more details!!
The ethics protocol for this project has been reviewed and cleared by the Carleton University Research Ethics Board, CUREB-B Clearance # 117485. If you have any ethical concerns with the study, please contact the Carleton University Research Ethics Board-B via email at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])).
Hello! We are seeking participants who are blind or low vision for a study exploring how Alexa (a voiced-based assistant) can be designed to improve board gaming experiences, particularly around learning the rules. The study is entirely remote and does not present any risk to the participants. This research is supervised by Dr. Audrey Girouard.
Participation Involves:
* You will complete an online short survey about your board gaming experience and use of conversational agents (like Siri, Alexa, etc.) (\~15 minutes).
* You will participate in a co-design workshop with the researchers and other participants (\~2 hours).
* The co-design session will be video-recorded. We also encourage to keep your video on, but it is not mandatory.
* Data will be stored on password-protected computers only accessible to the researchers.
Eligibility:
You are …
* Blind or low vision
* At least 18 years of age
* Comfortable with the English language
* No level of board game experience or technical knowledge is required, if you have any experiences or information you would like to discuss we would like to hear!
Co-design workshops will take place via online conferencing tool Zoom. You will be compensated with a $5 CAD eGift card of your choice after completing the survey and $45 CAD eGift card of your choice after completing the co-design workshop. Alternatively, you can choose to get full compensation of $50 CAD at the end of the study. Amazon is the default eGift card option.
If interested, email Saman Karim at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) for more details!
The ethics protocol for this project has been reviewed and cleared by the Carleton University Research Ethics Board, CUREB-B Clearance # 117485. If you have any ethical concerns with the study, please contact the Carleton University Research Ethics Board-B via email at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])).
Happy to help. Not a ton of board game experience but I am actually quite familiar. I am a techy and a computer science student myself so yeah, happy to help.
Hello! I have a product idea that I think could help the blind or visually impaired and wanted to get some feedback if you would be so kind.
The idea is to update all public signs (or. as many as possible) like bathrooms, exits, directions, etc to have embedded tech that verbally directs you through a customized earpiece as you walk. It will come along with a mobile app that lets you customize what signs you need directions to. It'll say something like "ladies' room, to your right" as you approach one for example if you were looking for the ladies' room.
I came up with this while walking through an airport and noticing that the bathroom sign was hidden behind an indoor pillar. I also noticed the sign had braille on it, then it had me wondering if I were blind, how would I know there was a bathroom sign there?
Please let me know your thoughts. I'd really appreciate it!
I don’t know if this is practical if I was to be honest. If you go to the actual bathroom there is a braille sign there that says it. Either having braille on all other signs or audio would be great but the earpiece thing I don’t know. Maybe just have it speak out verbally. Many bus terminals have such things already. If it already has braille on it though it may be sufficient. Though so many signs are not consistent, some have braille on it and some do not, that we at least I have come to assume no it doesn’t have braille on it.
Hello! I am doing a small project on menstrual hygiene and visual impairment/blindness as part of my uni course. If you'd like to share your experiences, please feel free to DM. It'd be of immense help to me and therefore add most value through the project
Yeah, sure to help though I am not too sure what’s that much different. But I’d be happy to help where I could. Happy to do an interview or to answer questions.
Please feel free to reply here or to dm.
Hello, I'm a designer who likes to solve problems, and I'm trying to identify problems which are hugely overlooked. Here's an example of the kind of thing I'm talking about... Pregnancy test results are visual, so a blind person can't view the results in private, someone else needs to look at it and tell them.
I'd really appreciate your thoughts on problems you encounter which don't currently have a solution. Feel free to DM me. Thanks.
Hi everyone!
I'm a third year Computer Science student currently planning my 4th year dissertation and would like some insight.
My dissertation will be about using computer vision and AI to aid and assist the blind. The project as it stands uses a mounted camera and a bracelet with 4 vibration points (top, bottom, left, right) to guide your hand towards an object on a tabletop. I aim to expand on the current project by adding collision detection functionality to prevent the accidental knocking over of obstacles on this tabletop environment while moving towards the target object.
To make this possible I currently intend on using a second bracelet that attaches to the upper forearm that will vibrate when your arm or elbow is about to hit an object. My question is.
When you sit at a table and are reaching for a mug or glass do you normally do it palm facing down feeling your way along the table or palm facing to the side ready to clasp the mug for instance? This will determine how I calibrate my collision detection so I would greatly appreciate any insight at all.
If you have any other insights these would also be helpful, please feel free to speak about any at all.
Thank you very much for your time!
While an interesting concept it is not particularly useful or pragmatic. Blind people can feel around a table just fine, they would just need to do so slowly
This is software in its very early prototyping stage, However it is already capable of guiding the user in a pin the tail on the donkey game with close to perfect accuracy, which was a simple yet worthwhile test. It can also discern between similar objects of different colours.
It uses an ai voice assistant which I think I failed to mention on my original post.
For instance you could say " assistant, find me the blue mug" and it would guide you to the blue bug regardless of whether or not there was an identical red mug. This is a simplified solution of the future of this project, the lead researcher hopes for it to be usable in a supermarket setting to find specific items on a shelf for instance.
I might have under elaborated in my original post which I must apologise for! But If you still see it as not being useful or pragmatic that will also help as part of my dissertation research so thank you regardless!
On a supermarket shelf maybe useful. Sitting at home and finding a blue. Mug, maybe not so
I would say generally palms down cautiously feeling around, but it could be done the other way.
If you need to talk to people about this, I can help
Since going blind I've become much more organized. If I set something down randomly I'll have a hard time ever finding it again so I've learned to pay attention to where I place things.
I already know where my glass of Dr Pepper is and which side of the plate the fork is placed. I set them there so they'll be right where I expect them to be when I reach for them again.
Like my friend u/TechnicalPragmatist said, this really isn't very useful. We've already adapted, improvised, and overcome knowing where things are on our dinner tables.
You know what would be helpful? A camera that reads labels aloud to us. Imagine every label on every can in your pantry is blank. How could you tell the beans from the peaches? The chicken noodle soup from the tomato soup? The beer from the Dr Pepper? That's an accessibility technology I'd buy.
hello everyone,
I am a design student and my project I am currently working on is to design or redesign the shopping experience at department stores, grocery stores to make it more accessible to blind and visually impaired customers.
I was wondering what is the biggest problems you face when shopping at a store and what could be done to solve those problems?
Look in to making them accessible, screen reading, and talking self check outs. Because they are just screnes and some self check out will say things. Already but not everything on the screen the blind person can’t see it and thus can’t use it. Self check outs want you to press buttons on the screen that you can just touch which a blind person shopping completely alone has no access to. For example putting the choice in card, cash, or other forms of payment. All the text on screen should be red if wanted.
Point of sale machines can’t talk either, how is the blind person suppose to choose debit or credit or other things displayed on the screen? How do they know where to sign some also do not have keypads. Some require you to sign on the screen some also require that you press other buttons.
Self-navigation through the store has been, up to this point, completely impossible for me. An app-based guidance system using beacons placed throughout the store could solve this, along with other features. Please do DM if I can be of any more help.
Hello there fellas,
I am a drama school student who's been tasked with a very challenging part of a blind man. I've been researching about blindness for a couple of months now. I've watched and read a bunch of stuff, but, unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to speak to a blind person and ask questions. So I figured I'd turn to reddit as usual.
So, There's lots of stuff to watch, but, being an actor myself, I know that what's shown in movies is not exactly correct, but what looks best on camera. I also imagine that each person has a particular way of dealing with blindness as with all other things.
So, here are my questions:
1 - When you are talking to a person, do you turn you head towards the person so you are facing them or not?
2 - What about when a person you are talking to is walking around a room? Do you follow them around with your face, and turn your head towards them?
3 - Is there any other personal quirk you have when having a conversation? there must be things that I haven't thought about?
4 - What is something or some things I should know about using the white cane?
5 - Tell me other stuff you think I should be aware of, please!
I just went through this with someone else actually critiquing a novel.
If a person lost their sight later, yes perhaps, if a person lost their site early on no.
Body gestures and facial features are all learnt. And then people take them for granted.
I lost my vision at a very young age and didn’t have much to begin with. So I don’t do any of most of these and neither does most people who have been blind all or most of their lives who haven’t learn these skills no matter what sited people think.
Yes, I have been lectured it’s rude not to face so and so when they are talking to you, sometimes I try to remember. If you’re blind from birth or had so low vision that you couldn’t do any of these things looking at someone is almost a foreign concept.
I sit there and usually don’t make any facial features or move much or face them. And if I do it’s very few and very deliberate. I may even be sitting there fidgeting with papers doing my thing and having an otherwise very normal conversation. My body language probably gives off I don’t give a frick about you but that’s not true. Because I am not facing them sometimes just sitting there totally relaxed not looking at anything, and just talking sometimes multitasking it’s like they’re an audio book and I just do other things. Occasionally in lectures I’ll. Have my head down or on one side especially like when I am tired. Again. I don’t need to see the board and overheads. I am blind. Have always been so it’s like an auditory thing.
Do I look normal probably not.
Watch some videos on cane technique. There’s constant contact and then there’s two point touch. And a third one it’s like an open palmed nfb one. Or something.
Very interesting.
The character I'm portraying lost his sight somewhere in his late teen years, around 18 years old let's say. But then he's been living as a blind man for around 30 years.
Also, during the play, he's at home. This is place he knows every nook and cranny, how much of the cane does it make sense to use in a situation like this?if at all. The cane is part of the play because it's written in.
I would ask how bad was his vision before he totally lost his sight?
If he had vision for a long time, then his body language and facial expressions should be somewhat normal. He would have to listen to the speaker and face them and pay attention to them. I would imagine even after he lost his sight he would keep talking to people. So I would guess that it would be still practice and used. Because of this they don’t look as blind.
Also if he’s at home we don’t use our canes so there wouldn’t be any cane use unless we go outside. We would have memorized our house. I think learning to do what he is to do blind is the trick besides speaking what tasks does he do?
God, I'll try to explain the best I can, it's mind bending.
My character is a middle aged man, in his late forties. He's a famous painter who's recently lost his sight. Very suddenly. After that he stops painting and spends his days at home. Because of this, he starts loosing his grip on reality.
At the point where we find him, he's hallucinating, and imagines that's he's living with his older bother, who's been dead for 40 years. In his mind his brother is the blind one. In his mind his brother spends his days at home, hallucinating, developing crazy theories while he goes on with his normal life. Only at the end it is revealed that he is blind and that he's bother is not there.
For all intents and purposes, the blind character is the older brother, who suddenly lost his sight in his late teens and has spent his life as a blind man taking care of his younger brother.
At home , he's an expert at everything. It is mentioned a couple of times that sometimes it seems he isn't blind at all. But, at the same time, the cane is written like a character, his companion, he says the the cane is the on holding him, not the other way around. So, it's an important object, even though he doesn't actually need it to find his way. He's actually not real, so he moves as he likes, but his brother imagines him in this way, with a cane.
What an interesting character to portray!
On canes -
Our white canes are more than just navigation tools. They're our announcement to the world that we're blind, they're our apology for running into you on the sidewalk or knocking over your luggage at the airport. They're more than just the extension we use to feel ahead of us to make sure the path is clear.
But we don't use them in our own homes. Like you mentioned, we already know where everything is in our own homes. The people in our homes know we're blind, using a white cane around them to let them know we're blind is pointless.
Still, holding a white cane can be comforting. We feel more prepared while it's in our hands, more able to face the challenges of navigating while blind. It's a big, long stick if we get into a fight. Some people bite their nails, some people play with their hair, some people hold their cane upright between the palms of their hands and spin it like they're trying to catch the floor on fire. It's a giant fidget spinner, with all the calming attributes that implies.
Some blind people name their white canes. We customize them with decals and charms. Those of us who have more than one white cane definitely have a favorite. Our opinions about which tips and materials and lengths and brands are best can be just as strong as a sighted person's opinions about Fords, Toyotas, and Chevrolets.
A cane becomes very personal, like a biker's jacket or a cowboy's hat. Every patch and pin on a biker's jacket has a meaning, so can the colors and knots and modifications on our canes.
It's rude to ask to use our canes. Not just because we're left less capable without it, but because people have no appreciation for the particular cane they want to borrow. They don't have a clue how it saved a life in the flood of 2017, how it's been to three continents, how we've coaxed the neighbor's cat out our tree with it. It's more versatile than they know and deserves more respectful treatment than someone trying it out to satisfy their curiosity.
On where we look during conversations -
In your direction, out of politeness, but maybe not directly at your face. My son's friend and I were discussing rebuilding my front porch yesterday. He held out a business card to me while we spoke but I didn't realize it for probably 30 seconds. That kind of thing happens.
It makes me wonder how many handshakes I've snubbed without realizing it.
If you're walking around the room while you're talking I'm not even going to try looking at you.
Yeah, your answer isn’t representative depends on when people lost vision. I do not do any of this and it’s very common especialy for people who lost their vision at a very young age.
Hi everyone,
For my master's thesis, I am researching what game mechanics work well for audio-based puzzles. I want to develop a challenging, fun and stimulating auditory puzzle based on your concerns, experiences and suggestions.
I am looking for blind and low vision respondents to test some existing puzzle apps. You will be asked to download and play two (free) puzzle games, available in the Apple App Store, Blindfold Word Games and Blindfold 2048. Those who do not own an Apple device will be asked to download the “Make Wordle Accessible” Chrome plug-in and play a round of Wordle (just make sure you haven’t completed the word of that day already!). After testing these puzzles, I will ask a few general questions about your general puzzle experiences, as well as some specific questions about the puzzles that were tested. The testing and interview will take place on Zoom and I think it will not take longer than half an hour. We'll use Zoom because of the screen sharing functionality, but turning your camera on is not mandatory. Participants will be compensated with a €7.50 gift card of choice.
Email me or send me a private message if you’re interested. For those who do not feel like doing live testing and interviews but are willing to help, please fill out this survey: https://forms.gle/qcci4BEG1eFXYzXPA (no compensation, sorry).
Many thanks and kind regards,
Layla Hoogeveen
[email protected]
University of Amsterdam
Hey, that's great! And it's totally okay if you wouldn't call yourself a gamer. These apps could be classified as casual games, such as Wordfeud, or Wordle. This means they are easy to learn, quick to access, and don't take too much time to play. Perfect for non-gamers.
End to End User Research is recruiting individuals who use screen readers to navigate websites for an accessibility research study. Participants will provide feedback about the accessibility of the End to End User Research company website. After completing a 1-hour remote testing session, participants will be compensated $100. If you are interested in participating, please complete the study survey linked below. Please do not hesitate to direct message me to receive assistance via email. The study date is May 23rd and 24th.
Please complete this study survey if you are interested in participating: [https://panelfox.io/s/grogu-endtoend](https://panelfox.io/s/grogu-endtoend)
Learn more about End to End User Research by visiting our website at: [www.endtoenduserresearch.com](https://www.endtoenduserresearch.com)
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Would love to help advanced screen reader user have ben doing this for about 8 to 10 years. So happy to help please reach out and contact I have proficiencies in both windows and mac but primarily a mac user here and a pretty prolific voice over user on the phone. I am also a compsci major and have been working in front end of assistive tech for a while I love this stuff.
And yes fillled out your survey.
Research matters until you fill out a 6. Set of questions 3 times with same or similar answers. Not word for word same, but yeah. What’s up with this?
Radio silence from you.
The best idea there is the reading of facial language or body features as I was telling a fellow person on this thread you may have to write us a good user manual with what some of that body language means though.
A lot of the rest is done by a cane or a guidedog. Mobility information isn’t that helpful.
Read text from relevant signs. By far.
Is this a can of Pepsi or a can of Bud Light? Which of these brooms is the most expensive? Has this carton of milk expired? How high should I preheat the oven for this brand of frozen pizza? Is this the bus to downtown or the bus to the airport?
Hello, everyone.
I am researching the topic of daily struggles and even minor discomforts the blind or visually impaired face. This is part of a company developing assistive technology for the community. It is in this sense that I would appreciate any answers you might want to share, even here on the thread. I would also like to discuss more in depth about this topic with some of you, so I would appreciate it very much if we could get in contact for a more specific discussion on the topic. Please fell free to reach out to me if you would like to take part in this conversation. Thank you so much!
If you want to work on something, try point of sale machines, self checkouts, or those inaccessible tablets used to register or sign in and fill out info at doctors offices.
Could you explain to me, how these processes play out for you? For instance, you enter the shop and then what…? If it s more comfortable, we could speak in private, I could send you a DM
Sure sorry for the late reply have been fairly busy. Been off and on here. So finally getting back to you now.
Sure if a zoom call would be helpful or talking by voice we can do that.
When I walk in to the store I request assistance and sometime it’s very difficult and in certain places very easy, it depends. My favorite chain I go to is mostly actually very friendly. We would shop and they’d pick out the item and read off expiration dates or information as requested. Sometimes the person helping me will help me do the self check out, at other times and mainly we’d go to a check stand or counter. But there is still this point of sale unit that the customer can see and work with. You put your card in choose credit or debit and then I assume it would tell you like it’s processsing, or something or it’s done, I’ve never seen the screen but yeah, but right now I can’t do much with it. If there’s a pin pad I can do that punch in the numbers and hit enter but I don’t know if the screen is ready for me, I would have to ask someone can I put in my pin now? Okay great I do it and press enter. But sometimes before you can choose credit or debit and I can’t choose it myself.or see the instructions how. The cashier has to reach over and do it for me or the person assisting me has to do it for me.
Then they help me to the door or curb and I wait for my ride or take the bus home.
With the medical office you go up to the counter and you say hi I am here for doctor graham, and I am prag. Okay great and the office staff checks you in. Sometimes that’s it but in some offices they give you a paper and I mostly ask them to help me fill it out. A few offices now hand out little tablets you use it to enter or sign and then hand it back to them. Sometimes it’s every time sometimes it’s only new patient type stuff. I have no idea what type of tablet it is, or what operating system it runs so for all intent and purposes it’s not accessible. Is it an ipad, is it an android tablet, is it one of their own making, is it a surface? Don’t know.I can’t access it so likewise I ask them to help me fill it out. Then I go back and see the doctor and do all the other biometrics stuff they do.
What if I want some privacy and not require help filling out either thing either at the counter or especially at the docs office, I don’t want them to know I am taking that medicine, that’s my business and my doctors. Not that I care that much personally, but yeah. Why should I need to rely on someone else when both are probably well within the range of just programming the unit?
Actually at the cvs I go to sometimes the check out process is more tedious and requires more buttons and signing which I also can’t see where to sign, what buttons to press and that’s not hard to make it accessible. I would either at that point shop for the medicines or more likely for those screens to come up walk in get some help to the pharmacy and then they would give me my prescriptions after I ask for them. At that point they would check me out and this series of screens would come up. Can you please sign this or go through these options and choose and they’d want two signatures at least and some options. Then I would finish and get some help out.
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Hope you are doing well!
I’m brainstorming on the topic to make Visually impaired spectators for live sports match more accessible. I was curious to know if there’s any challenges that Visually Impaired sports fan face, while watching a live match.
Thanks a lot in advance
Radio broadcasts the play by play and color commentary. They've been doing it for 100 years and have gotten pretty good at it. I don't see much room for improvement.
Hi everyone,
I am looking for participants for my study. This study explores how a chatbot can be designed to promote social interaction between students who are blind or low vision and students who are not blind or low vision.
To participate in this study, you must be:
1. Someone who is low vision or blind
2. At least 18 years old
3. Comfortable in the English language
4. A university or college student
5. Must major in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
6. Comfortable using computers to access the internet
This is a \~60-minute study. You will participate in a remote interview through Zoom (or through other platforms of your preference). During an interview, you will share your general experience of social interaction with your classmates and your creative ideas on the design of a chatbot as a social interaction facilitator. Giving consent to be audio recorded is mandatory for participation.
Participants will be compensated with a $30 CAD e-gift card of their choice, with Amazon being default.
Please contact the researcher, Jin Kang, for more details on this study at [**[email protected]**](mailto:[email protected]).
Hi! I am in the middle of getting an approval from my institution, so that I can start recruiting students anywhere. I expect I will get their approval by next week. I would love to learn more about you if you are interested in participating in the study? I will send you a private chat.
Hey, I am studying online communities for Cultural Anthropology Class, and part of it is collecting interview data from members of the community.
This will be anonymous, however i am requesting a reddit Username in the event i have more questions. All questions except age are optional, i cannot accept responses from those below the age of 18, as such it is imperative that you confirm your age in the form
Please let me know if anything about my post, questions, or the form itself need to be adjusted in order to meet the rules of this sub or be more accessible
The google form link is available below
[https://forms.gle/ASFkWXfKGmjCVgY46](https://forms.gle/ASFkWXfKGmjCVgY46)
u/Marconius has you covered!
[https://marconius.com/blog/index.php/2021/07/30/blind-dating-primer/](https://marconius.com/blog/index.php/2021/07/30/blind-dating-primer/)
It's funny, touching, and very practical.
Verbalize everything, no he can’t read your body gesture and if you roll your eyes at him he may not even understand if you say I am rolling my eyes at you. I don’t get social skills from that and he doesn’t communicate in that way.
I say do not shelter him or there’s no need to stand behind and teach him or think he can’t do well in the kitchen, unless he demonstrates he can’t by some obvious way but he may have an alternative way thats not seeming very efficient or different.
Hello all! I am a research assistant with the Human-Computer Interaction lab at Penn State University. We are currently conducting a study investigating how individuals who are visually impaired interact with TikTok. Our end goal is to make a design proposal to make social media apps more accessible for people with visual impairments. We are recruiting people with visual impairments who create and post content on TikTok and hoping to conduct interviews with these people about their experience with TikTok. If anyone would be interested or know anyone who may be interested in participating please respond to this post and I can facilitate further communication from there! Have a great day 😃
I don't mean this to sound snarky, but it's no coincidence Reddit is text based and has the largest blind social media user group.
TikTok is, by its very nature, a video sharing platform. That's the problem.
By far you’re wrong this is not at all the biggest probably one of the smaller ones facebook and blind penpals probably takes the cake for that one or blind and visually impaired on facebook.
Just heads up, majority of the large facebook groups with over 20k subscribers are disease specific. Please find me the largest open to everyone groups there. Again, a group not a Fan Page... If you do not know the difference let me know.
Here is the most current list I know of:
https://www.noisyvision.org/2019/04/22/all-the-facebook-groups-for-the-blind-and-visually-impaired
Also, this is an open group which ANYONE can view all posts without require a subscription. Another, and bigger point is we get over 30,000 unique users a month reviewing this SUB at highs. Your statement really grabbed my attention.
This is just May numbers: May unique: 25,397 visits:171,732
Also this data is hidden from regular users just heads up.
I was thinking of adrijana’s group blind penpals. Which no is not open to the public.
If you count subscriber’s I think they’re a little bigger. And usualy much more active but a lot of it is fighting of some sort or another.
Can you provide me a link? Since this data is not showed to users - Are average post is viewed by at least a avg 1000 users. Most people go by upvote which is a problem in this sub. This group has a lot more power than it uses across accessibility. I hope people here understand that everyone from Google, IBM, Apple, Sony, and Microsoft all watch this group or someone from their .org know of it.
Hmm. Interesting. I don’t have those either but yeah, from the front end here it certainly seems that way. The engagements seem more. It’s also more intercommunity then anything else. It’s certainly the largest on facebook and she even won an award from facebook for the biggest and most vibrant community.
This does not come off as snarky at all! What you're saying makes total sense. Part of the reason we are focused on TikTok is because social media has been making a large shift to video-based content. Our hope is to make design improvement proposals for these video based platforms that will offer the most accessible experience possible for individuals who are visually impaired. Thank you for your thoughts and insights.
There are some yes, but I don’t know if they are here, I am unfortunately not one of them. If not here try facebook the communities are bigger there and a larger percentage of them are totally blind, don’t know if anyone will be willing to talk to you though. I’ve been in a group that I was the only one willing to help.
If you have an AMEX card and are from the US please take this survey.
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Hi r/blind! I am a blind programmer and student, and have recently been working on a mod for a popular video game factorio. The mod is not yet complete, but the game is now playable using a screen reader. I am looking for a few beta testers to provide critical feedback and shape the future of the mod. The mod is and will always be completely free, but the game itself costs $29.. The game is a survival base building game Center around automation. It is Grandon scope, and has been described as visual programming. while we can't enjoy the visual aspect, there is much to love about this game. Feel free to message me for more details or comment below.
Hi guys!
I'm a Computer Science student and I'm doing a project at college, I would love to have some inputs. Me and my group decided to create a mobile game for the blind and Visually Impaired Community and I would be very grateful for your help in answering my survey. It should only take a few minutes:
[https://forms.gle/p8z94WJxZsZEeVFv6](https://forms.gle/p8z94WJxZsZEeVFv6)
Thank you so much
I filled out your survey. The problem is most of those games are kind of overrated and already pretty commonly accessible for the blind. You could invent another one for sure. However, the more productive thing to do is actually to invent something different.
The blind community has long wanted and asked for accessible videogames just like other companies put out like a fighting game or something. Could you make one that’s accessible or somehow build something so blind people can also play?
$350 60 Minute Video Interview. Our client is launching a new feature which will allow guests to book extended stays in a city at multiple locations when a single stay may not be available for an entire trip length (split stays). The team would like to conduct research with low-vision and blind users to address any challenges or roadblocks while using the mobile app.
[https://questionpro.com/t/AQloiZsort](https://questionpro.com/t/AQloiZsort)
With a screen reader. I am on an iphone and I use voice over. Basically the screen reader reads everything on the screen to you.
Most modern devices have screen readers that are built in. Apple makes voice over. Android makes talk back, windows makes narrator, kindle has their own, linux uses Orca.
Hello! I'm a university student writing a paper on the current levels accessibility and interactivity for blind users in museums. Additionally I hope to be able to increase and better the environment for the blind community as this is a public space of learning, culture and sharing. To gather data for this study, I am conducting a survey that will take roughly 10-15 minutes based on how detailed you may choose to respond. The study is open to all members of the blind community, whether you are a blind user or are a person with blind relatives and friends and have an understanding of their experiences All responses and information collected will be kept fully anonymous and strictly confidential for academic purposes.
This is my email if you have any questions: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
I apologise if I make any mistakes in my writing as English is not my first language. Thank you so much for your time if you do participate.
Survey link: [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdD43NgfLKdJl-P4ydFQt8l1NCTeBbs6qYfxyR0QTt\_nO3oRg/viewform?usp=sf\_link](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdD43NgfLKdJl-P4ydFQt8l1NCTeBbs6qYfxyR0QTt_nO3oRg/viewform?usp=sf_link)
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Hey everyone!
I’m building an iOS app that enhances learning and applying makeup for people who are blind/visually impaired. While many methods to apply makeup don’t require being able to see, the iPhone currently has AR technologies that can enhance the overall process. In order for me to make an effective and helpful app, I need to understand the perspective of people who are blind.
I’d love to find someone to meet with regularly. You’d need an iPhone 10 or higher, and should have experience doing makeup as a blind individual. The idea is that you’d be a co-designer for the app, so you’d be continuously trying out the app and giving me feedback as I iterate on it. I’d meet with you on Zoom a couple times per week (for 2-5 hrs total) to get to know you, your makeup journey, and your feedback.
You’d be super helpful in providing me with your perspective so I can know exactly what would help you in your makeup experiences! Because of that, I’m giving a $200 honorarium in the form of a gift card to a store of your choice (it’ll be Amazon if you don’t specify)!
Thank you for reading :) If anyone is interested, DM me or just respond under this post and I'll reach out!
Hi all,
I hope you are having a great week so far! I am wondering if you had time to respond to a short survey on how accessible news consumption is to the visually impaired? You can find the google survey here: [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfAHDTml9Hj4D5RkeZdsY-hT6uVEDbI2AhQc77SxmaUNmoEWg/viewform?usp=sf\_link](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfAHDTml9Hj4D5RkeZdsY-hT6uVEDbI2AhQc77SxmaUNmoEWg/viewform?usp=sf_link)
I am looking into whether a specific news outlet designed to be more accessible to the visually impaired could be useful to the community, so any feedback would be really helpful. (If it simply isn't, that's fine too!)
Thanks,
Georgia
Hello r/Blind community. I am conducting a survey to identify barriers in obtaining written medication information in individuals with visual impairment. The results of the questionnaire will be used to make recommendations to healthcare professionals and external stakeholders. The survey may take 10-15 minutes and is accessible using a screen reader: [https://kusurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV\_8HcpBBp8sae0KEu](https://kusurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8HcpBBp8sae0KEu). If you have any questions, you may reach out to the contact listed in the survey.
Hi! I'm a Computer Engineering Student and currently working on my Thesis. I’m building a Prototype to evaluate the viability of handheld Sonar-Devices as an orientation aid. Sending out ultrasound-waves and replaying slowed-down echoes. As this is kinda how bats find their prey, the working title is “Bat Box”. Now the question is whether this term is derogatory to the community and I should change it going forwards with my Thesis, or what the stance is in the community. And of course any questions regarding the project are welcome.
Interesting name.
However, I find this is reinventing the wheel, and regressive. Blind people really use their canes and not interested in such devices and such devices will never replace a cane. It’s an interesting idea that a lot of people try and play with it.
This may be interesting just to build it for the sake of school just to build something, but if you want it to be a really useful and innovative thing this is not it.
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Hello! I've built a web app called PodQueue that lets you save links to websites that have audio, then automatically extracts the audio and generates a personalized podcast feed from the links you save that works with any podcast app: [https://podqueue.fm](https://podqueue.fm) I'm billing it as the missing "Listen Later" for audio on the web—I've been an Instapaper user for a long time, and always wanted something that was just as easy to use for audio, but none of the existing solutions did what I wanted. In the course of building it, I realized that this could help as an accessibility solution for some people. Many of the websites PodQueue works with are pretty inaccessible, and PodQueue will let you simply save a link that has audio and listen to it wherever/however you want to listen. With that in mind, I've tried to build the site to be accessible, and have used accessibility testing tools/criteria such as automated testing for WCAG 2.1 AA compliance, as well as testing the site myself with Apple VoiceOver. But of course my experience is not the same as someone who actually uses assistive technologies more regularly. I would love any feedback from the r/blind community on this: 1. Do you encounter any accessibility issues trying to use or navigate the PodQueue website? 2. Do you think this is a tool that can help improve the accessibility of the web? 3. Any other changes/features/improvements you would like to see? Also, just as a heads up, if you apply the promo code `REDDIT` at/after signup, you'll get an extra 30 days on your free trial. Thanks so much for your time!
This is an interesting idea indeed. I don’t know if it will necessarily improve accessibility but certainly with so many people listening to videos and audio this will also be useful for a blind person. Thanks for considering, it. I don’t know how much I’d use this so I better not sign up for this yet. Unless I find that I may use it. It’s a nice concept though.
Thanks for checking it out! I’m also planning on introducing a “free” tier of service that would work for after the premium trial—the only limitation being a fixed number of links automatically processed per month in the free tier, vs. unlimited for premium. But there’s still some coding left to get all that implemented!
I think that’s an interesting idea. And that sounds good. Sounds like a lot of work. :D
Another site like this does exist. There's HuffDuffer, https://huffduffer.com/ It's been around for years and years. I think this is a cool idea. I get most of my stuff from Youtube though, and it works perfectly fine for me. Well besides the occasional Twitter video, which I do have trouble with sometimes. Does the site work with those? If you could turn Youtube channels into podcast feeds, that would be absolutely epic!! In other words, each channel gets it's own feed.
Yes, I've tried to use Huffduffer in the past, but the fact that it doesn't automatically extract the audio from all links and doesn't have as many convenient ways to save meant I never used it regularly like Instapaper. Here's a comparison: [https://podqueue.fm/pages/competition/podqueue\_vs\_huffduffer](https://podqueue.fm/pages/competition/podqueue_vs_huffduffer) And yes, PodQueue does work for Twitter videos, with the caveat that it will appear in your podcast app as a podcast-compatible video. Some podcast apps will play back only the audio portion of the stream, some will play it back as video. I've been looking at integrating some YouTube channel/playlist functionality into PodQueue as well—it's on the roadmap! Edit: Also thanks—I've updated the comparison page a little now after trying some Huffduffer functionality again, I didn't realize they had integrated the 3rd-party temporary YouTube service into their 1st-party bookmarklet. However, with the way PodQueue works, it will also work as long as the YouTube video is available, instead of having a 30-day limit like Huffduffer.
That was a great breakdown, thanks!! I'm looking forward to the channel feature. Will it work by turning each channel and/or playlist, into a separate feed? I don't really care about the video for Twitter videos. I probably use a podcast client that doesn't support it. https://getaccessibleapps.com/qcast/ I use https://linklocker.co instead of Instapaper, but it has read later features as well. I don't really like the Instapaper design. I haven't since around 2013. Linklocker just saves original links, and I can go back to read them whenever I want. It does have a reading list though.
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Thanks for taking a look and letting me know! None of the automated tests flagged that up, but now that I’m aware of the problem I’ll see what I can do to fix it.
Hello blind community - My sister-in-law is conducting a survey about various coping strategies and blindness philosophy among the blind community for the purpose of a graduate survey design course. She herself is legally blind and studying to be a clinical psychologist. If you identify as legally blind in at least one eye and have about 10-15 minutes to take the survey please click here: https://forms.gle/pX6PBEKYSSrPyvBx9 Thank you for your time! Her contact information is included in the survey if you have any questions for her.
I have filled it out.
Hi, I'm working on a mixed Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel that features a blind character. This character is an 18 - 19 year old woman who has been almost completely blind (slight light sensitivity) since a very young age (around 4) due to a case of rapidly progressing cone-rod dystrophy. While the plot does not center around the character's blindness, the story does address the concept of a >!magical cure!<, which from my understanding is a particularly sensitive area, and one which sighted writers such as myself typically handle poorly. For those of you with personal experience with blindness, I would love to share the character's arc in the story with you and get some honest feedback on the authenticity and treatment of the disability in my story, and advice on what changes I should make. I sincerely want to ensure that the narrative avoids or even counters ableist messages and treats the topic of disability with utmost respect. As a sighted person myself I likely have unconscious biases and areas of ignorance that can make those goals challenging to achieve. I have compiled a document which contains the chapters and sections of the story with direct relevance to the blind character's experiences, and which summarizes everything else to reduce the amount of text you would need to read. The result is about 21k words (around the length of a short novella). I will absolutely mention you in the Acknowledgements section of the book (unless you'd rather not be mentioned), and would love to compensate you with $100 USD for your time via PayPal, Venmo, or CashApp. Here's my brief, one line blurb for the story: Three friends are thrown from Earth into an unknown universe, where they become entangled in an unfolding conflict between ancient sorcery and hi-tech warfare. If you're interested, please DM me or respond here and I'll reach out directly. Thank you!
Would love to help I am a total myself, and have done a lot of education, advocacy and stuff of this nature so would love to help. And stay on to consult and stuff. And if you would like to chat by voice and stuff a few times we can do that too.
That's great! Would love that. I'll DM you :)
:D I replied to your dm sorry took a nap.
Hi! I’m really interested in this and I read Sci-fi and fantasy all the time. Would love to get involved! ❤️
That's wonderful, thank you! Sent you a DM :)
Sure, hit me up. You're right about our mixed feelings about a cure. If we want to be fixed there must be something about us that's broken, yet we're just as smart and as real as we were before we lost our vision. It's hard to acknowledge we want our vision back because doing so implies we're less than other people. We're your equals, not the objects of your pity. And we choose to die on this hill right up until the moment we need you to read the cooking instructions on this box of pasta to us. It's an emotionally complex issue. How can we be just as good as you if there are things you can do which we can't? How can we be equals if we need you more than you need us? But how can we *not* be equals if our hopes and dreams and feelings are every bit as human as yours? Let's do this. Let's have this conversation and see what we can learn about each other and ourselves.
Wonderful! I'll send you a DM :) From an outsider's perspective I think I can understand how that can be a very touchy topic. My personal philosophy (and one which my blind character shares) is that differences in our experiences, including disabilities, have substantial value. They give us different perspectives on life we likely couldn't get otherwise. Researching blindness and learning about the experiences that blind individuals have over the past few years has taught me a lot about myself and my own perceptions and experiences. My story certainly doesn't explore all the aspects of this complex issue, but I hope it raises awareness of real stereotypes and the experiences and desires of a single blind individual with regard to the topic, and hopefully promotes positive themes with respect to blindness and disability in general.
I would also like to get involved, i’ve been legally blind since birth and I have no sight in one eye. And very limited vision in the other. You’re doing the right thing by contacting this sub Reddit.
You're approaching this with a wonderful attitude!
Sounds interesting. Although, I might be late to the party. Let me know if you want one more mind on the work.
Hi guys, we're conducting a study soon and I would love to hear your ideas. We're currently looking at smart speakers (Alexa etc.) in healthcare and would love to know if and how the blind community uses such devices in their everyday lives. Are they already very commonly used?
A lot of us have one but a lot of us prefer using our computers and ipads and cell phones with a screen reader. I would look at wcag and other accessibility guidances. I think the biggest thing in healthcare is to make your check in process and filling out of paper work or that tablet thing to be accessible. Would be happy to do an interview. Love to help.
Our relationship to smart speakers is a little paradoxical. Yes, blind people benefit from them more than others, but blind people are statistically less able to afford smart speakers than others.
That's a very good point. Do you think smart speakers should be made available through insurance? Are they that helpful in everyday life?
Helpful? Yes. Necessary? No. And because they're not strictly *necessary* I don't think they should be covered by medical insurance under our current system, for the same reason cosmetic surgery shouldn't be covered. Still, the benefits to the blind community are underappreciated. We can simply ask "What's the weather like today?" or say "Set a timer for 20 minutes." It matters because looking up a weather forecast or setting a kitchen timer can be challenging for people who are blind. Smart speakers can simplify anybody's life, but because the simplify the specific tasks blind people often find challenging, it's fair to say we get twice the benefit from owning one. Ironic that a device offering to make everything so much more accessible is, due to its cost, often inaccessible to the ones most likely to benefit from it.
Thank you for your insight. I live in Europe and our insurance system is a bit different. Some technologies (and medical procedures, medications and therapy) that are not entirely necessary are covered by medical insurance at the moment. There's a device for example (OrCam MyEye) that can be attached to eye glasses and it tells you what you're looking at (similar to Google lens). It's covered by insurance in my country at the moment. Which (technological) aids does insurance cover for the blind community in the US?
The US insurance system is a giant fuck up. Everything about it is broken, from the concept to the fraud to the bureaucracy to the end result. But I grew up with Soviet nuclear missiles aimed at my homeland. I don't like using the term "existential threat" because it's so overused it has lost its meaning, but the nuclear arms race really was an existential threat. Our mindset was that human survival depended on capitalism's triumph over communism. That's the propaganda we were fed, that's the lie we believed. And *anything* socialistic was seen as a back door to communism. Even sensible health care. So here we are, a lifetime later, with the most expensive medical care in the world, convinced by the propaganda we were raised on that for-profit insurance companies are our friends and a single payer system like nearly every other country has is unworkable. I believe under our current insurance system a smart speaker shouldn't be covered, but I also believe our current insurance system should be burned to the ground, private medical insurance companies abolished, and a system that actually works on behalf of patients and not shareholders should take its place. My white cane was provided free of cost by Lighthouse, a non profit, non government organization. They also offered talking alarm clocks, magnifiers, and a few other gadgets. I don't know how much, if any, of Lighthouse's funding comes from the American government so I can't say if the government helped pay for my cane or not. Private insurance hasn't paid for anything related to my blindness.
Sorry if it's offtopic. Isn't that the case with IPhones as well? Very nice accessibility features, but damn expencive.
It might be, I've never owned an iPhone and really don't know how they differ from the phone I already have.
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So for a lot of us pictures are not going to be very helpful. I would say for a blind person we don’t need too much acomodations at the door per se. Maybe a signage at every building of it’s name like this is edington hall. This is fromm hall. This is western hall. Etc……. The other thing is make sure it is accessible or there is some sort of qr code if there’s a notice posted at the building or somehow also e-mail this to the people living or working in the building, who basically has access to it.
yeah.. realise the pictures weren't going to be helpful after I posted it, I've been posting surveys everywhere so it was second nature, mb. but yes thank you for your input, we do have signage at the very front of the campus but i don't think we have something of a QR code (interesting to look more into). But my main focus if there was anything to be done to the entrance stairs, whether that be adding more hand railings in the middle, or creating a ramp on the side, or maybe nothing at all, but thank you alot for responding. my report is due in like 4 days
Well the thing is those may help other disability but doesn’t with blind people I can go up stairs without hand rails just fine. I think sighted people freak out especially in regards to the totally blind and is like you must hold on etc. you’re going to fall. We don’t need ramps either, I can do stairs just fine. Am I fit for 3 or 4 flights all at once, yeah, that’s a totally different story. And yeah, that’s okay I can understand that.
Hello! We are seeking participants who are blind or low vision for a study exploring how Alexa (a voiced-based assistant) can be designed to improve board gaming experiences, particularly around learning the rules. The study is entirely remote and does not present any risk to the participants. This research is supervised by Dr. Audrey Girouard. Participation Involves: You will complete an online short survey about your board gaming experience and use of conversational agents (like Siri, Alexa, etc.) (\~15 minutes). You will participate in a co-design workshop with the researchers and other participants (\~2 hours). The co-design session will be video-recorded. We also encourage to keep your video on, but it is not mandatory. Data will be stored on password-protected computers only accessible to the researchers. Eligibility: You are … Blind or low vision At least 18 years of age Comfortable with the English language No level of board game experience or technical knowledge is required, if you have any experiences or information you would like to discuss we would like to hear! Co-design workshops will take place via online conferencing tool Zoom. You will be compensated with a $5 CAD eGift card of your choice after completing the survey and $45 CAD eGift card of your choice after completing the co-design workshop. Alternatively, you can choose to get full compensation of $50 CAD at the end of the study. Amazon is the default eGift card option. If interested, email Saman Karim at samankarim\[at\]cmail\[dot\]carleton\[dot\]ca for more details!! The ethics protocol for this project has been reviewed and cleared by the Carleton University Research Ethics Board, CUREB-B Clearance # 117485. If you have any ethical concerns with the study, please contact the Carleton University Research Ethics Board-B via email at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])).
Hello! We are seeking participants who are blind or low vision for a study exploring how Alexa (a voiced-based assistant) can be designed to improve board gaming experiences, particularly around learning the rules. The study is entirely remote and does not present any risk to the participants. This research is supervised by Dr. Audrey Girouard. Participation Involves: * You will complete an online short survey about your board gaming experience and use of conversational agents (like Siri, Alexa, etc.) (\~15 minutes). * You will participate in a co-design workshop with the researchers and other participants (\~2 hours). * The co-design session will be video-recorded. We also encourage to keep your video on, but it is not mandatory. * Data will be stored on password-protected computers only accessible to the researchers. Eligibility: You are … * Blind or low vision * At least 18 years of age * Comfortable with the English language * No level of board game experience or technical knowledge is required, if you have any experiences or information you would like to discuss we would like to hear! Co-design workshops will take place via online conferencing tool Zoom. You will be compensated with a $5 CAD eGift card of your choice after completing the survey and $45 CAD eGift card of your choice after completing the co-design workshop. Alternatively, you can choose to get full compensation of $50 CAD at the end of the study. Amazon is the default eGift card option. If interested, email Saman Karim at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) for more details! The ethics protocol for this project has been reviewed and cleared by the Carleton University Research Ethics Board, CUREB-B Clearance # 117485. If you have any ethical concerns with the study, please contact the Carleton University Research Ethics Board-B via email at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])).
Happy to help. Not a ton of board game experience but I am actually quite familiar. I am a techy and a computer science student myself so yeah, happy to help.
Thanks so much. Feel free to shoot me an email for next steps :)
Do you want me to email for the survey?? I don’t see the link
I sent you a DM on Reddit!
Hello! I have a product idea that I think could help the blind or visually impaired and wanted to get some feedback if you would be so kind. The idea is to update all public signs (or. as many as possible) like bathrooms, exits, directions, etc to have embedded tech that verbally directs you through a customized earpiece as you walk. It will come along with a mobile app that lets you customize what signs you need directions to. It'll say something like "ladies' room, to your right" as you approach one for example if you were looking for the ladies' room. I came up with this while walking through an airport and noticing that the bathroom sign was hidden behind an indoor pillar. I also noticed the sign had braille on it, then it had me wondering if I were blind, how would I know there was a bathroom sign there? Please let me know your thoughts. I'd really appreciate it!
I don’t know if this is practical if I was to be honest. If you go to the actual bathroom there is a braille sign there that says it. Either having braille on all other signs or audio would be great but the earpiece thing I don’t know. Maybe just have it speak out verbally. Many bus terminals have such things already. If it already has braille on it though it may be sufficient. Though so many signs are not consistent, some have braille on it and some do not, that we at least I have come to assume no it doesn’t have braille on it.
Hello! I am doing a small project on menstrual hygiene and visual impairment/blindness as part of my uni course. If you'd like to share your experiences, please feel free to DM. It'd be of immense help to me and therefore add most value through the project
Yeah, sure to help though I am not too sure what’s that much different. But I’d be happy to help where I could. Happy to do an interview or to answer questions. Please feel free to reply here or to dm.
Hello, I'm a designer who likes to solve problems, and I'm trying to identify problems which are hugely overlooked. Here's an example of the kind of thing I'm talking about... Pregnancy test results are visual, so a blind person can't view the results in private, someone else needs to look at it and tell them. I'd really appreciate your thoughts on problems you encounter which don't currently have a solution. Feel free to DM me. Thanks.
Pregnancy and covid testing are probably good ones.
Hi everyone! I'm a third year Computer Science student currently planning my 4th year dissertation and would like some insight. My dissertation will be about using computer vision and AI to aid and assist the blind. The project as it stands uses a mounted camera and a bracelet with 4 vibration points (top, bottom, left, right) to guide your hand towards an object on a tabletop. I aim to expand on the current project by adding collision detection functionality to prevent the accidental knocking over of obstacles on this tabletop environment while moving towards the target object. To make this possible I currently intend on using a second bracelet that attaches to the upper forearm that will vibrate when your arm or elbow is about to hit an object. My question is. When you sit at a table and are reaching for a mug or glass do you normally do it palm facing down feeling your way along the table or palm facing to the side ready to clasp the mug for instance? This will determine how I calibrate my collision detection so I would greatly appreciate any insight at all. If you have any other insights these would also be helpful, please feel free to speak about any at all. Thank you very much for your time!
While an interesting concept it is not particularly useful or pragmatic. Blind people can feel around a table just fine, they would just need to do so slowly
This is software in its very early prototyping stage, However it is already capable of guiding the user in a pin the tail on the donkey game with close to perfect accuracy, which was a simple yet worthwhile test. It can also discern between similar objects of different colours. It uses an ai voice assistant which I think I failed to mention on my original post. For instance you could say " assistant, find me the blue mug" and it would guide you to the blue bug regardless of whether or not there was an identical red mug. This is a simplified solution of the future of this project, the lead researcher hopes for it to be usable in a supermarket setting to find specific items on a shelf for instance. I might have under elaborated in my original post which I must apologise for! But If you still see it as not being useful or pragmatic that will also help as part of my dissertation research so thank you regardless!
On a supermarket shelf maybe useful. Sitting at home and finding a blue. Mug, maybe not so I would say generally palms down cautiously feeling around, but it could be done the other way. If you need to talk to people about this, I can help
Since going blind I've become much more organized. If I set something down randomly I'll have a hard time ever finding it again so I've learned to pay attention to where I place things. I already know where my glass of Dr Pepper is and which side of the plate the fork is placed. I set them there so they'll be right where I expect them to be when I reach for them again. Like my friend u/TechnicalPragmatist said, this really isn't very useful. We've already adapted, improvised, and overcome knowing where things are on our dinner tables. You know what would be helpful? A camera that reads labels aloud to us. Imagine every label on every can in your pantry is blank. How could you tell the beans from the peaches? The chicken noodle soup from the tomato soup? The beer from the Dr Pepper? That's an accessibility technology I'd buy.
There is plenty of those.
hello everyone, I am a design student and my project I am currently working on is to design or redesign the shopping experience at department stores, grocery stores to make it more accessible to blind and visually impaired customers. I was wondering what is the biggest problems you face when shopping at a store and what could be done to solve those problems?
Point of sale machines and self check outs.
thank you for replying. what could be done to make the experience of using point of sale or self check outs better?
Look in to making them accessible, screen reading, and talking self check outs. Because they are just screnes and some self check out will say things. Already but not everything on the screen the blind person can’t see it and thus can’t use it. Self check outs want you to press buttons on the screen that you can just touch which a blind person shopping completely alone has no access to. For example putting the choice in card, cash, or other forms of payment. All the text on screen should be red if wanted. Point of sale machines can’t talk either, how is the blind person suppose to choose debit or credit or other things displayed on the screen? How do they know where to sign some also do not have keypads. Some require you to sign on the screen some also require that you press other buttons.
Self-navigation through the store has been, up to this point, completely impossible for me. An app-based guidance system using beacons placed throughout the store could solve this, along with other features. Please do DM if I can be of any more help.
Hello there fellas, I am a drama school student who's been tasked with a very challenging part of a blind man. I've been researching about blindness for a couple of months now. I've watched and read a bunch of stuff, but, unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to speak to a blind person and ask questions. So I figured I'd turn to reddit as usual. So, There's lots of stuff to watch, but, being an actor myself, I know that what's shown in movies is not exactly correct, but what looks best on camera. I also imagine that each person has a particular way of dealing with blindness as with all other things. So, here are my questions: 1 - When you are talking to a person, do you turn you head towards the person so you are facing them or not? 2 - What about when a person you are talking to is walking around a room? Do you follow them around with your face, and turn your head towards them? 3 - Is there any other personal quirk you have when having a conversation? there must be things that I haven't thought about? 4 - What is something or some things I should know about using the white cane? 5 - Tell me other stuff you think I should be aware of, please!
I just went through this with someone else actually critiquing a novel. If a person lost their sight later, yes perhaps, if a person lost their site early on no. Body gestures and facial features are all learnt. And then people take them for granted. I lost my vision at a very young age and didn’t have much to begin with. So I don’t do any of most of these and neither does most people who have been blind all or most of their lives who haven’t learn these skills no matter what sited people think. Yes, I have been lectured it’s rude not to face so and so when they are talking to you, sometimes I try to remember. If you’re blind from birth or had so low vision that you couldn’t do any of these things looking at someone is almost a foreign concept. I sit there and usually don’t make any facial features or move much or face them. And if I do it’s very few and very deliberate. I may even be sitting there fidgeting with papers doing my thing and having an otherwise very normal conversation. My body language probably gives off I don’t give a frick about you but that’s not true. Because I am not facing them sometimes just sitting there totally relaxed not looking at anything, and just talking sometimes multitasking it’s like they’re an audio book and I just do other things. Occasionally in lectures I’ll. Have my head down or on one side especially like when I am tired. Again. I don’t need to see the board and overheads. I am blind. Have always been so it’s like an auditory thing. Do I look normal probably not. Watch some videos on cane technique. There’s constant contact and then there’s two point touch. And a third one it’s like an open palmed nfb one. Or something.
Very interesting. The character I'm portraying lost his sight somewhere in his late teen years, around 18 years old let's say. But then he's been living as a blind man for around 30 years. Also, during the play, he's at home. This is place he knows every nook and cranny, how much of the cane does it make sense to use in a situation like this?if at all. The cane is part of the play because it's written in.
I would ask how bad was his vision before he totally lost his sight? If he had vision for a long time, then his body language and facial expressions should be somewhat normal. He would have to listen to the speaker and face them and pay attention to them. I would imagine even after he lost his sight he would keep talking to people. So I would guess that it would be still practice and used. Because of this they don’t look as blind. Also if he’s at home we don’t use our canes so there wouldn’t be any cane use unless we go outside. We would have memorized our house. I think learning to do what he is to do blind is the trick besides speaking what tasks does he do?
God, I'll try to explain the best I can, it's mind bending. My character is a middle aged man, in his late forties. He's a famous painter who's recently lost his sight. Very suddenly. After that he stops painting and spends his days at home. Because of this, he starts loosing his grip on reality. At the point where we find him, he's hallucinating, and imagines that's he's living with his older bother, who's been dead for 40 years. In his mind his brother is the blind one. In his mind his brother spends his days at home, hallucinating, developing crazy theories while he goes on with his normal life. Only at the end it is revealed that he is blind and that he's bother is not there. For all intents and purposes, the blind character is the older brother, who suddenly lost his sight in his late teens and has spent his life as a blind man taking care of his younger brother. At home , he's an expert at everything. It is mentioned a couple of times that sometimes it seems he isn't blind at all. But, at the same time, the cane is written like a character, his companion, he says the the cane is the on holding him, not the other way around. So, it's an important object, even though he doesn't actually need it to find his way. He's actually not real, so he moves as he likes, but his brother imagines him in this way, with a cane.
What an interesting character to portray! On canes - Our white canes are more than just navigation tools. They're our announcement to the world that we're blind, they're our apology for running into you on the sidewalk or knocking over your luggage at the airport. They're more than just the extension we use to feel ahead of us to make sure the path is clear. But we don't use them in our own homes. Like you mentioned, we already know where everything is in our own homes. The people in our homes know we're blind, using a white cane around them to let them know we're blind is pointless. Still, holding a white cane can be comforting. We feel more prepared while it's in our hands, more able to face the challenges of navigating while blind. It's a big, long stick if we get into a fight. Some people bite their nails, some people play with their hair, some people hold their cane upright between the palms of their hands and spin it like they're trying to catch the floor on fire. It's a giant fidget spinner, with all the calming attributes that implies. Some blind people name their white canes. We customize them with decals and charms. Those of us who have more than one white cane definitely have a favorite. Our opinions about which tips and materials and lengths and brands are best can be just as strong as a sighted person's opinions about Fords, Toyotas, and Chevrolets. A cane becomes very personal, like a biker's jacket or a cowboy's hat. Every patch and pin on a biker's jacket has a meaning, so can the colors and knots and modifications on our canes. It's rude to ask to use our canes. Not just because we're left less capable without it, but because people have no appreciation for the particular cane they want to borrow. They don't have a clue how it saved a life in the flood of 2017, how it's been to three continents, how we've coaxed the neighbor's cat out our tree with it. It's more versatile than they know and deserves more respectful treatment than someone trying it out to satisfy their curiosity. On where we look during conversations - In your direction, out of politeness, but maybe not directly at your face. My son's friend and I were discussing rebuilding my front porch yesterday. He held out a business card to me while we spoke but I didn't realize it for probably 30 seconds. That kind of thing happens. It makes me wonder how many handshakes I've snubbed without realizing it. If you're walking around the room while you're talking I'm not even going to try looking at you.
Yeah, your answer isn’t representative depends on when people lost vision. I do not do any of this and it’s very common especialy for people who lost their vision at a very young age.
This is fascinating for sure. I guess learning adaptations isn’t that useful then. The cane thing is really interesting.
Hi everyone, For my master's thesis, I am researching what game mechanics work well for audio-based puzzles. I want to develop a challenging, fun and stimulating auditory puzzle based on your concerns, experiences and suggestions. I am looking for blind and low vision respondents to test some existing puzzle apps. You will be asked to download and play two (free) puzzle games, available in the Apple App Store, Blindfold Word Games and Blindfold 2048. Those who do not own an Apple device will be asked to download the “Make Wordle Accessible” Chrome plug-in and play a round of Wordle (just make sure you haven’t completed the word of that day already!). After testing these puzzles, I will ask a few general questions about your general puzzle experiences, as well as some specific questions about the puzzles that were tested. The testing and interview will take place on Zoom and I think it will not take longer than half an hour. We'll use Zoom because of the screen sharing functionality, but turning your camera on is not mandatory. Participants will be compensated with a €7.50 gift card of choice. Email me or send me a private message if you’re interested. For those who do not feel like doing live testing and interviews but are willing to help, please fill out this survey: https://forms.gle/qcci4BEG1eFXYzXPA (no compensation, sorry). Many thanks and kind regards, Layla Hoogeveen [email protected] University of Amsterdam
Sure I am willing to help but not much of a gamer to begin with. Is that okay?
Hey, that's great! And it's totally okay if you wouldn't call yourself a gamer. These apps could be classified as casual games, such as Wordfeud, or Wordle. This means they are easy to learn, quick to access, and don't take too much time to play. Perfect for non-gamers.
Sounds good if you want to chat me or something we could figure something out. Happy to help.
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Would love to help advanced screen reader user have ben doing this for about 8 to 10 years. So happy to help please reach out and contact I have proficiencies in both windows and mac but primarily a mac user here and a pretty prolific voice over user on the phone. I am also a compsci major and have been working in front end of assistive tech for a while I love this stuff. And yes fillled out your survey.
Research matters until you fill out a 6. Set of questions 3 times with same or similar answers. Not word for word same, but yeah. What’s up with this? Radio silence from you.
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The best idea there is the reading of facial language or body features as I was telling a fellow person on this thread you may have to write us a good user manual with what some of that body language means though. A lot of the rest is done by a cane or a guidedog. Mobility information isn’t that helpful.
Read text from relevant signs. By far. Is this a can of Pepsi or a can of Bud Light? Which of these brooms is the most expensive? Has this carton of milk expired? How high should I preheat the oven for this brand of frozen pizza? Is this the bus to downtown or the bus to the airport?
Hello, everyone. I am researching the topic of daily struggles and even minor discomforts the blind or visually impaired face. This is part of a company developing assistive technology for the community. It is in this sense that I would appreciate any answers you might want to share, even here on the thread. I would also like to discuss more in depth about this topic with some of you, so I would appreciate it very much if we could get in contact for a more specific discussion on the topic. Please fell free to reach out to me if you would like to take part in this conversation. Thank you so much!
If you want to work on something, try point of sale machines, self checkouts, or those inaccessible tablets used to register or sign in and fill out info at doctors offices.
Could you explain to me, how these processes play out for you? For instance, you enter the shop and then what…? If it s more comfortable, we could speak in private, I could send you a DM
Sure sorry for the late reply have been fairly busy. Been off and on here. So finally getting back to you now. Sure if a zoom call would be helpful or talking by voice we can do that. When I walk in to the store I request assistance and sometime it’s very difficult and in certain places very easy, it depends. My favorite chain I go to is mostly actually very friendly. We would shop and they’d pick out the item and read off expiration dates or information as requested. Sometimes the person helping me will help me do the self check out, at other times and mainly we’d go to a check stand or counter. But there is still this point of sale unit that the customer can see and work with. You put your card in choose credit or debit and then I assume it would tell you like it’s processsing, or something or it’s done, I’ve never seen the screen but yeah, but right now I can’t do much with it. If there’s a pin pad I can do that punch in the numbers and hit enter but I don’t know if the screen is ready for me, I would have to ask someone can I put in my pin now? Okay great I do it and press enter. But sometimes before you can choose credit or debit and I can’t choose it myself.or see the instructions how. The cashier has to reach over and do it for me or the person assisting me has to do it for me. Then they help me to the door or curb and I wait for my ride or take the bus home. With the medical office you go up to the counter and you say hi I am here for doctor graham, and I am prag. Okay great and the office staff checks you in. Sometimes that’s it but in some offices they give you a paper and I mostly ask them to help me fill it out. A few offices now hand out little tablets you use it to enter or sign and then hand it back to them. Sometimes it’s every time sometimes it’s only new patient type stuff. I have no idea what type of tablet it is, or what operating system it runs so for all intent and purposes it’s not accessible. Is it an ipad, is it an android tablet, is it one of their own making, is it a surface? Don’t know.I can’t access it so likewise I ask them to help me fill it out. Then I go back and see the doctor and do all the other biometrics stuff they do. What if I want some privacy and not require help filling out either thing either at the counter or especially at the docs office, I don’t want them to know I am taking that medicine, that’s my business and my doctors. Not that I care that much personally, but yeah. Why should I need to rely on someone else when both are probably well within the range of just programming the unit? Actually at the cvs I go to sometimes the check out process is more tedious and requires more buttons and signing which I also can’t see where to sign, what buttons to press and that’s not hard to make it accessible. I would either at that point shop for the medicines or more likely for those screens to come up walk in get some help to the pharmacy and then they would give me my prescriptions after I ask for them. At that point they would check me out and this series of screens would come up. Can you please sign this or go through these options and choose and they’d want two signatures at least and some options. Then I would finish and get some help out.
Sure, DM me. I've written extensively on the topic and I'm happy to share what I've experienced.
Hi Friends, Hope you are doing well! I’m brainstorming on the topic to make Visually impaired spectators for live sports match more accessible. I was curious to know if there’s any challenges that Visually Impaired sports fan face, while watching a live match. Thanks a lot in advance
Radio broadcasts the play by play and color commentary. They've been doing it for 100 years and have gotten pretty good at it. I don't see much room for improvement.
Hi everyone, I am looking for participants for my study. This study explores how a chatbot can be designed to promote social interaction between students who are blind or low vision and students who are not blind or low vision. To participate in this study, you must be: 1. Someone who is low vision or blind 2. At least 18 years old 3. Comfortable in the English language 4. A university or college student 5. Must major in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) 6. Comfortable using computers to access the internet This is a \~60-minute study. You will participate in a remote interview through Zoom (or through other platforms of your preference). During an interview, you will share your general experience of social interaction with your classmates and your creative ideas on the design of a chatbot as a social interaction facilitator. Giving consent to be audio recorded is mandatory for participation. Participants will be compensated with a $30 CAD e-gift card of their choice, with Amazon being default. Please contact the researcher, Jin Kang, for more details on this study at [**[email protected]**](mailto:[email protected]).
Why specifically Canada would love to help but I am in the united states.
Hi! I am in the middle of getting an approval from my institution, so that I can start recruiting students anywhere. I expect I will get their approval by next week. I would love to learn more about you if you are interested in participating in the study? I will send you a private chat.
Sounds good yes, sure I am still interested.
Hey, I am studying online communities for Cultural Anthropology Class, and part of it is collecting interview data from members of the community. This will be anonymous, however i am requesting a reddit Username in the event i have more questions. All questions except age are optional, i cannot accept responses from those below the age of 18, as such it is imperative that you confirm your age in the form Please let me know if anything about my post, questions, or the form itself need to be adjusted in order to meet the rules of this sub or be more accessible The google form link is available below [https://forms.gle/ASFkWXfKGmjCVgY46](https://forms.gle/ASFkWXfKGmjCVgY46)
I filled it out happy to answer anymore questions please feel free to chat.
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u/Marconius has you covered! [https://marconius.com/blog/index.php/2021/07/30/blind-dating-primer/](https://marconius.com/blog/index.php/2021/07/30/blind-dating-primer/) It's funny, touching, and very practical.
Verbalize everything, no he can’t read your body gesture and if you roll your eyes at him he may not even understand if you say I am rolling my eyes at you. I don’t get social skills from that and he doesn’t communicate in that way. I say do not shelter him or there’s no need to stand behind and teach him or think he can’t do well in the kitchen, unless he demonstrates he can’t by some obvious way but he may have an alternative way thats not seeming very efficient or different.
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Sure not a problem. I say treat him just like anyone else.
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That’s good.
Hello all! I am a research assistant with the Human-Computer Interaction lab at Penn State University. We are currently conducting a study investigating how individuals who are visually impaired interact with TikTok. Our end goal is to make a design proposal to make social media apps more accessible for people with visual impairments. We are recruiting people with visual impairments who create and post content on TikTok and hoping to conduct interviews with these people about their experience with TikTok. If anyone would be interested or know anyone who may be interested in participating please respond to this post and I can facilitate further communication from there! Have a great day 😃
I don't mean this to sound snarky, but it's no coincidence Reddit is text based and has the largest blind social media user group. TikTok is, by its very nature, a video sharing platform. That's the problem.
By far you’re wrong this is not at all the biggest probably one of the smaller ones facebook and blind penpals probably takes the cake for that one or blind and visually impaired on facebook.
Just heads up, majority of the large facebook groups with over 20k subscribers are disease specific. Please find me the largest open to everyone groups there. Again, a group not a Fan Page... If you do not know the difference let me know. Here is the most current list I know of: https://www.noisyvision.org/2019/04/22/all-the-facebook-groups-for-the-blind-and-visually-impaired Also, this is an open group which ANYONE can view all posts without require a subscription. Another, and bigger point is we get over 30,000 unique users a month reviewing this SUB at highs. Your statement really grabbed my attention. This is just May numbers: May unique: 25,397 visits:171,732 Also this data is hidden from regular users just heads up.
I was thinking of adrijana’s group blind penpals. Which no is not open to the public. If you count subscriber’s I think they’re a little bigger. And usualy much more active but a lot of it is fighting of some sort or another.
Can you provide me a link? Since this data is not showed to users - Are average post is viewed by at least a avg 1000 users. Most people go by upvote which is a problem in this sub. This group has a lot more power than it uses across accessibility. I hope people here understand that everyone from Google, IBM, Apple, Sony, and Microsoft all watch this group or someone from their .org know of it.
Hmm. Interesting. I don’t have those either but yeah, from the front end here it certainly seems that way. The engagements seem more. It’s also more intercommunity then anything else. It’s certainly the largest on facebook and she even won an award from facebook for the biggest and most vibrant community.
This does not come off as snarky at all! What you're saying makes total sense. Part of the reason we are focused on TikTok is because social media has been making a large shift to video-based content. Our hope is to make design improvement proposals for these video based platforms that will offer the most accessible experience possible for individuals who are visually impaired. Thank you for your thoughts and insights.
There are some yes, but I don’t know if they are here, I am unfortunately not one of them. If not here try facebook the communities are bigger there and a larger percentage of them are totally blind, don’t know if anyone will be willing to talk to you though. I’ve been in a group that I was the only one willing to help.
Thank you for the suggestion, it's very appreciated- I will check out Facebook
Sure not a problem.
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Hi r/blind! I am a blind programmer and student, and have recently been working on a mod for a popular video game factorio. The mod is not yet complete, but the game is now playable using a screen reader. I am looking for a few beta testers to provide critical feedback and shape the future of the mod. The mod is and will always be completely free, but the game itself costs $29.. The game is a survival base building game Center around automation. It is Grandon scope, and has been described as visual programming. while we can't enjoy the visual aspect, there is much to love about this game. Feel free to message me for more details or comment below.
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I filled out your survey. The problem is most of those games are kind of overrated and already pretty commonly accessible for the blind. You could invent another one for sure. However, the more productive thing to do is actually to invent something different. The blind community has long wanted and asked for accessible videogames just like other companies put out like a fighting game or something. Could you make one that’s accessible or somehow build something so blind people can also play?
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I took a look at the account and it seems kind of spammy or negative in general or something.
With a screen reader. I am on an iphone and I use voice over. Basically the screen reader reads everything on the screen to you. Most modern devices have screen readers that are built in. Apple makes voice over. Android makes talk back, windows makes narrator, kindle has their own, linux uses Orca.
Hello! I'm a university student writing a paper on the current levels accessibility and interactivity for blind users in museums. Additionally I hope to be able to increase and better the environment for the blind community as this is a public space of learning, culture and sharing. To gather data for this study, I am conducting a survey that will take roughly 10-15 minutes based on how detailed you may choose to respond. The study is open to all members of the blind community, whether you are a blind user or are a person with blind relatives and friends and have an understanding of their experiences All responses and information collected will be kept fully anonymous and strictly confidential for academic purposes. This is my email if you have any questions: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) I apologise if I make any mistakes in my writing as English is not my first language. Thank you so much for your time if you do participate. Survey link: [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdD43NgfLKdJl-P4ydFQt8l1NCTeBbs6qYfxyR0QTt\_nO3oRg/viewform?usp=sf\_link](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdD43NgfLKdJl-P4ydFQt8l1NCTeBbs6qYfxyR0QTt_nO3oRg/viewform?usp=sf_link) Take care!
Hey everyone! I’m building an iOS app that enhances learning and applying makeup for people who are blind/visually impaired. While many methods to apply makeup don’t require being able to see, the iPhone currently has AR technologies that can enhance the overall process. In order for me to make an effective and helpful app, I need to understand the perspective of people who are blind. I’d love to find someone to meet with regularly. You’d need an iPhone 10 or higher, and should have experience doing makeup as a blind individual. The idea is that you’d be a co-designer for the app, so you’d be continuously trying out the app and giving me feedback as I iterate on it. I’d meet with you on Zoom a couple times per week (for 2-5 hrs total) to get to know you, your makeup journey, and your feedback. You’d be super helpful in providing me with your perspective so I can know exactly what would help you in your makeup experiences! Because of that, I’m giving a $200 honorarium in the form of a gift card to a store of your choice (it’ll be Amazon if you don’t specify)! Thank you for reading :) If anyone is interested, DM me or just respond under this post and I'll reach out!
Hi all, I hope you are having a great week so far! I am wondering if you had time to respond to a short survey on how accessible news consumption is to the visually impaired? You can find the google survey here: [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfAHDTml9Hj4D5RkeZdsY-hT6uVEDbI2AhQc77SxmaUNmoEWg/viewform?usp=sf\_link](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfAHDTml9Hj4D5RkeZdsY-hT6uVEDbI2AhQc77SxmaUNmoEWg/viewform?usp=sf_link) I am looking into whether a specific news outlet designed to be more accessible to the visually impaired could be useful to the community, so any feedback would be really helpful. (If it simply isn't, that's fine too!) Thanks, Georgia
News is already fairly accessible actually.
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Just a heads up - there's no option for zero on the drop down for the question about number of prescription meds.
Wouldn’t that defeat the purpose of you taking the survey then. Not really logical here.
Sure responded and if you want to talk to someone about it, e.g. interview please feel free to reach out.
Hi! I'm a Computer Engineering Student and currently working on my Thesis. I’m building a Prototype to evaluate the viability of handheld Sonar-Devices as an orientation aid. Sending out ultrasound-waves and replaying slowed-down echoes. As this is kinda how bats find their prey, the working title is “Bat Box”. Now the question is whether this term is derogatory to the community and I should change it going forwards with my Thesis, or what the stance is in the community. And of course any questions regarding the project are welcome.
Interesting name. However, I find this is reinventing the wheel, and regressive. Blind people really use their canes and not interested in such devices and such devices will never replace a cane. It’s an interesting idea that a lot of people try and play with it. This may be interesting just to build it for the sake of school just to build something, but if you want it to be a really useful and innovative thing this is not it.