[Blind-Rollers] Potential Benefits of Super Lidar for Blind Rollers

[Starry_sky at live.com]

Hello Shane, there is no shortage of brilliant people with disabilities 
who could work with you or other companies to design and test products.  
The problem is that too many of these companies feel that we should work 
for free.  There was a for-profit company that paid $50/hr for sighted 
testers but then asked for Blind testers to spend half a day testing 
that same app for one $20 gift card.

What is Mediate offering to people with disabilities to help design and 
test products?  Do we get paid an hourly rate or one price for the 
project?  Do we get profit-sharing, royalties, and/or owner-rights for 
any of our ideas that sell or get patented?  Let us know what the 
collaboration expectations are.

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> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 10:36:30 -0500
> From: Shane Lowe <shane at mediate.tech>
> To: Blind wheelchair users list <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Blind-Rollers] Potential Benefits of Super Lidar for
> 	Blind Rollers
>
> Karen and all,
> That sounds intense, and I'm glad to hear that you're on the mend!
> When I reached out to the list earlier this year, I didn't receive any
> feedback, so we weren't sure how to proceed or if users were
> interested in working with us to design something.
> I would love to know how you envision something like this working, and
> we can go from there! :)
>
> On 2/18/22, Karen Rose via Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Well. Thank you :-)
>>
>> Karen Rose MFT/LPCC www.career-therapy.net
>>
>>> On Feb 18, 2022, at 11:17 AM, maureen Pranghofer via Blind-Rollers
>>> <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> ?Hi Karen
>>> I'm in a power chair now but used a walker for a couple of years, Rather
>>> than leaning on my palms they put forearm troughts in the walker and I
>>> could lean on them with both arms and by extending one arm slightly use my
>>> can at the same time as I'm totally blind. It worked but was very hard on
>>> my shoulder because ultimately more weight went on my shoulder on the side
>>> where I was holding the cane. But it worked.
>>> Maureen
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Karen
>>> Rose via Blind-Rollers
>>> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2022 12:01 AM
>>> To: Blind wheelchair users list <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Karen Rose <rosekm at earthlink.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Rollers] Potential Benefits of Super Lidar for Blind
>>> Rollers
>>>
>>> Is anyone here using a walker or roller tour? If so how are you doing
>>> that? I am being discharged from a physical rehab center after breaking my
>>> hip, and will need to use a walker or realtor for a couple of months.
>>> Would love any advice since I cannot attach my white cane to this device.
>>> Thanks for any help
>>>
>>> Karen Rose MFT/LPCC www.career-therapy.net
>>>
>>>> On Jan 26, 2022, at 12:06 PM, Shane Lowe via Blind-Rollers
>>>> <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ?Hi everyone,
>>>> My name is Shane Lowe, and I am the Community Operations manager for
>>>> the company Mediate. You may know of us as the developers of
>>>> Supersense and Super Lidar.
>>>> Part of what I do is work with users to turn user ideas into features
>>>> that are integrated into our apps, and a fellow member of this list
>>>> reached out to me about the potential benefits of a navigation app for
>>>> blind wheelchair users.
>>>> In case you don't know, Super Lidar is our navigation app which
>>>> translate the depth and distance analysis of Lidar into navigation
>>>> features for the blind. I'd love to learn more about how everyone on
>>>> this list would like to use mobile technology in your navigation
>>>> experience so that maybe we can make some improvements for Super
>>>> Lidar.
>>>>
>>>> I'm excited to hear what you think!
>>>>
>>>> All the best,
>>>> --
>>>> Shane Lowe.
>>>> Community Operations Manager @ Mediate Mobile (call or text): +1
>>>> 502-435-2671 Learn more at http://supersense.app
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>