[NFBK] FW: New App to Increase Access to Visual Touchpads

[NFBK First Vice President]

Please take a moment to complete this survey regarding touch screen accessibility. I’ve taken it myself. This research is very exciting and good news for the blind.

 

Best,

 

Todd

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With digital/physical interfaces (touchpads and touchscreens) growing in popularity, we know that accessibility is becoming harder for people with low vision or blindness. I am a part of a graduate student consulting project to help a technology startup in their development of accessibility apps and products for the blind and low vision communities. 

 

Our team is helping to launch an app which will improve physical/digital access by not only recognizing visually-labeled buttons on a keypad, but by verbally announcing which button the user’s finger is currently on.

 

We have been conducting one-on-one interviews with blind and low-vision individuals in an attempt to better understand the challenges facing those with visual impairment and what features. Here is the 3-minute survey link: https://forms.gle/jXbsZiaX1EdJD5i89

 

Sincerely,

 

Christina Gray Stetson

MBA Candidate, Suffolk University, Sawyer Business School

cstetson2 at su.suffolk.edu <mailto:cstetson2 at su.suffolk.edu>   I  614-256-5434 <tel:614-256-5434> 

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