[Electronics-Talk] Tactile overlays business

[Brad Hodges]

Tracy and Colleagues:

Here is what I was able to find out about the availability of overlays.

Home Appliance Label and Overlay System HALOS by HALOSystem
https://www.etsy.com/shop/halosystem

 From the web site
About
My company Tangible Surface Research, LLC is dedicated to improving the 
human-computer experience by promoting tactile buttons and controls. The 
Home Appliance Label and Overlay System (HALOS) is an outcome of a 
crowdfunded study I conducted to learn more about tactile button 
preferences. Many visually impaired people encouraged me to continue 
development and with their guidance the custom overlays are now 
available for everyone!

Thanks Tracy for kicking off the conversation.


Brad



On 9/4/2017 9:52 AM, Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> Sorry, I don't have a link, and even sorrier you can't find it, because I
> was anticipating using it myself.
> I think I scribbled it down from the Flying Blind newsletter, though it may
> have been Access World; I forget.
> I think Amazon now handles Etsy, so an Amazon search for tactile overlays
> might turn up something.
> Tracy
>
>
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> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2017 9:46 AM
> To: Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk
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> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Tactile overlays business
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> Tracy:
>
>
> Thanks for the info. Unhappily I was not able to find the organization
> listed on etsy. Do you have a direct link by any chance.
>
>
> I have always thought that an after-market overlay can be a useful
> method of making an appliance manageable nonvisually.
>
>
> On 9/3/2017 10:04 AM, Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>> Regarding tactile markings for microwaves, there is a business on Etsy
> which
>> creates tactile overlays for appliances to make them accessible for blind
>> people.  I haven't used it, but it sounds like a good thing.
>>
>> It is called DeWitte's, on etsy.com.
>>
>> Tracy
>>
>>    
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