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

[Karen Rose]

Hi. Well I am being discharged next week, and have no way of knowing where curbs or stairs going down our, so they want me to remain homebound until I can get my knees replaced in six months or more. Having been homebound for Covid for the past two years, this is untenable. Social isolation is not good for anyone mental health. Is there anyone on your development team who would be willing to be hired privately at my expense, separately from their work, to help me develop a solution quickly? I will happily pay for time.

Karen Rose MFT/LPCC www.career-therapy.net

> On Mar 2, 2022, at 5:14 PM, Shane Lowe via Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I would also like to provide a little clarification.
> The app we're discussing currently is called Super Lidar. It is a very
> basic prototype of what we'd like to create, a larger universal
> navigation solution. I truly wish I could create features quickly on
> the timeline you are requesting, but the powers that be at Mediate
> have designated other priorities for us to work on over the next
> couple of months.
> My goal here is to get ideas of what would be helpful as soon as we
> are able to revisit the Super Lidar project. Currently, there's
> nothing new to spend time testing or demonstrating, this thread is
> about brainstorming what we can create that would be beneficial for
> Blind Rollers.
> It would be great to start there if anyone is interested.
> 
>> On 3/1/22, Karen Rose via Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Sheen dish hoping you can help out. I have your app turned on an iPhone 13
>> promax. It will tell me where people are, and where doorways are, but not
>> werewolves are. Anything I can do?
>> 
>> Karen Rose MFT/LPCC www.career-therapy.net
>> 
>>> On Feb 28, 2022, at 9:34 AM, Shane Lowe via Blind-Rollers
>>> <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> To be honest, this is baffling to me. I am the only community
>>> operations person at Mediate, and have no idea from where they are
>>> pulling information in regards to our budget. It seems to me there is
>>> little I can do to actually prove my sincerity, because it appears
>>> that the only satisfactory response is of monetary value. I fully
>>> respect and agree with your position, and it is correct as it pertains
>>> to many companies. I'm afraid it doesn't fit us.
>>> 
>>>> On 2/24/22, Starry_sky at live.com <Starry_sky at live.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello Shane, I floated your email to a friend who is a business
>>>> strategist (with disabilities).  Here is the reply:
>>>> 
>>>> Unfortunately, this is the typical answer "we would like to pay people
>>>> with disabilities but can't because of [insert excuse here]".  There are
>>>> different ways to compensate but doesn't sound like they are offering
>>>> anything.  At least that other company offered a meager gift card.
>>>> 
>>>> From what I can piece together, it seems that Mediate has enough funds
>>>> but it just isn't budgeted to compensate this user community. Medi