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

[Shane Lowe]

You have an excellent point, and as a blind person, I've seen that
disparity in pay all too often.
However, we are a small startup. We have very little funding to expand
our team of developers, let alone pay an example price similar to
$50.00 per hour. As much as I'd love to offer payment, We are
currently too small to swing that without going under very quickly.

On 2/22/22, Starry_sky--- via Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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