[nabentre] With Accessible Tools, Blind People Work 3 times as much as the sighted and earn 2.5 times as much money

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello,

Here is a fascinating study that shows if blind people have access to jobs
where the user experience of applications is very good, then blind people
do 3 times as much work and earn 2.5 times as much money as sighted people.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwis6LeD6tLaAhUEMuwKHa-RAaQQFggpMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adityavashistha.com%2Fuploads%2F2%2F0%2F8%2F0%2F20800650%2Fbspeak_chi_2018.pdf&usg=AOvVaw1_Z_qFQxZ6J97KZrzUGd1H



This is an app that allows blind people to transcribe audio to create
transcripts of recordings.

The UX could have been much better by having both an auto spelling
corrector, and by allowing the blind users to edit words directly. But this
just shows how much of an impact accessibility has on the poverty levels of
blind people.

Thanks,


Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>