Day: December 1, 2020

Northern California has been dealing with catastrophic seasonal fires for the last couple of years. Its deadly blaze has killed over 85 and destroyed 18,804 homes in 2018, according to USA TODAY. If you remember, this year’s wildfire was extremely severe, and it lasted for a couple of months until it got under control. During this…

Last night when I went to bed and closed all the lights, I found that I forgot to charge my phone. In the dark room, I touched around just like blind people. After I found my Mobile phone line. I was trying to find the hole on the phone and put the data line into…

Siri is one of my favorite features on the iPhone and one that I use incredibly frequently. The tool is particularly useful to me if I am driving, wherein my vision and kinetic ability are limited. In this situation, my voice is the only safe and available method to interact with my phone. And I’m…

Visual impairment is a large probability of our current population. According to the World Health Organization, there are 39% of people who are blind. People over 50 years old are 82% blind. We often take for granted the ability to see. Even being able to see the people in front of you or the text…

The device that I last came to make interaction with is my cell phone. My iPhone is supposed to be very interactive friendly for all kinds of users since it has lots of functions that were designed just for the users with disabilities. There are functions like narrator that can describe the current screen, connecting…

At work, we use a Square cash register with one screen for the employee and one for the customer. Although this cash register design is sleek and futuristic, even for abled individuals, it can be difficult to use with its lack of indicators so I can not imagine what this experience would be like for…

The introduction of Airpods has a major impact on how consumers interact with sound. There are more and more people have their Airpods on all the time. It has become a trend that can be alarming. According to Mayo Clinic, a long term exposure to loud noise will damage the cells of your inner ear….

The mobile is an integral part of our everyday life and work. However, the flat screen of a smartphone is difficult for the blind and visually impaired to operate. Because of these kinds of inconveniences, millions of people around the globe feel excluded. I hope to improve this problem with a phone case and a…

I recently had an annoying experience with the target.com app. I was looking to buy Christmas stockings or something but I was struggling to find the “add to cart” button. It turns out there are 2 buttons for purchasing items but they work differently. One called “Deliver it” means it will be delivered to your…

After watching the videos, I found that the design should care more about aesthetics and usability, which often ignores the aesthetics, referred to like the word ‘Discrete.’In the video of Ellen Lupton’s lecture, she describes how to exhibit objects with braille for both disabled and non-disability people, considering other sensories.According to an article by a…

As designers, we are more inclined to design based on problem-solving. Although we would not hesitate to protest because the museum did not plan a wheelchair ramp, we turned a blind eye to some obvious flaws in the interface, especially the poor visual design, which may become an obstacle to a good user experience. Although…

For blind people, it is very important to give accurate location indication. They also need to use GPS to navigate. However, if the blind people are in a very noisy environment, it is very difficult to hear the instructions of mobile phone clearly. Therefore, I designed a reminder on the back of the mobile phone…

I chose to design a product that could help the blind, mute or both communicate with others through a blue tooth glove and display apparatus (similar to a tablet) that is worn like a necklace and sits in front of the chest area. The glove acts like an I/O device such as the standard keyboards…