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

[ejcole at fmail.co.uk]

I agree totally with this.Using a cane and a walker was tricky I'd like to have tried a walker with forearm troughs like those that are used for arthritic patients etc. 
Now using a power chair thank goodness.

Erica from the UK
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From: Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Becky Frankeberger via Blind-Rollers
Sent: 21 February 2022 16:44
To: 'Blind wheelchair users list' <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Becky Frankeberger <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Blind-Rollers] Potential Benefits of Super Lidar for Blind Rollers

I would think the walker would act as a cane in that you would feel the slope of the curb cut, you would hit objects like a cane would, you have your left and right to tell you if you are to close to something.  I would think though a glove or something to protect your hands would be in order. Your elbows could be used to trail a wall or your hands. Those elbows do a lot of good if we would remember they are there to help out. The walker gives you protection from steps as the front wheels left or right should tell you. You could trail the cane ahead of you if you need more space to make decisions.

Just giving ideas to possibly help out.  You could enlist a helper of a teen to help out. 

I hated when people grabbed my walker, especially if they walked to fast and tried to drag me. I won't be dragged. They walk my pace, just like my guide dogs did. 

Warmly,
Becky in her Joy Wheels 

-----Original Message-----
From: Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Karen Rose via Blind-Rollers
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2022 10:00 PM
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

Hi Shane. Hope you are doing well. I really need to contact you quickly. :-) Last week, while not paying attention, I fell down a flight of stairs and broke my hip. Had surgery the following day, and now spending three weeks in a physical rehab center. The physical therapist tell me that I will be discharged using a walker. There is no way to attach a white cane to a walker, so I am now in the position of trying to figure out a technology that will allow me to know where I am and how to avoid obstacles and how to find curb cuts without a cane. I will only be using a walker for a couple of months,  but expect to need one again when doing two knee replacements in the coming year or so. Would love to know where your company is in using Super Lidar two enable this type of mobility, and also what kind of response you got when you posted on this list. :-)  I’m now in the position of needing you guys… 

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
> 
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