[Electronics-Talk] Tactile overlays business

Danielle Ledet singingmywayin at gmail.com
Tue Sep 5 03:51:32 UTC 2017


That was me. Yes, that is the company I was speaking about.

On 9/4/17, Brad Hodges via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Brad Hodges via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2017 9:46 AM
>> To: Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk
>> Cc: Brad Hodges
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Tactile overlays business
>>
>> 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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