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What do you wish you could do with your phone? (self.Blind)
submitted 8y ago by s1anden
I'm working on a semester-long project to develop an iPhone app specifically target towards blind users. Is there anything you really wish you could do with your phone that you can't currently? Is there anything that sighted users can do easily that you can't (and would want to) do with your phone?
geoffisblind 1 points
As previously mentioned by someone else, I'd love to have reverse colors be adaptive, toggling it in and off is very obnoxious. Better zoom features and a more intuitive TalkBack system would be nice. I currently use a Samsung Galaxy Note 4, but I own an iPad and I'd love to see what you do. For me (being low vision not totally blind) I'd like to see a system on a phone that has a lot of the same features as ZoomText. If you need seone to beta test I'd love to see what you do!
Unuhi 1 points
I play with my visual impairment to my advantage and try different options.
I wear yellow lenses for identification. I play with different yellows and use amber and espresso as complimentary when iʻm out ¯ trying to mainly keep my circadian rhythm in track.
Right now iʻm toggling the invert colors on ALL my devices and itʻs been terrible weather today so itʻs working ¯ iʻm wiped out, feeling tired ¯ which is great as itʻs evening.
And it also means today has been less voiceover.
I must have like 40 pairs of different kinds of headphones, and donʻt even ask about sunglasses.
So essentially i want to achieve full functionslity in life as automated mode : i donʻt need to know if iʻm sighted or not. I just need to be safe whether home, in a doctorʻs office, traveling etc.
And i would love to meet more low vision and blind users everywhere.
I wear yellow lenses for identification. I play with different yellows and use amber and espresso as complimentary when iʻm out ¯ trying to mainly keep my circadian rhythm in track.
Right now iʻm toggling the invert colors on ALL my devices and itʻs been terrible weather today so itʻs working ¯ iʻm wiped out, feeling tired ¯ which is great as itʻs evening.
And it also means today has been less voiceover.
I must have like 40 pairs of different kinds of headphones, and donʻt even ask about sunglasses.
So essentially i want to achieve full functionslity in life as automated mode : i donʻt need to know if iʻm sighted or not. I just need to be safe whether home, in a doctorʻs office, traveling etc.
And i would love to meet more low vision and blind users everywhere.
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Unuhi 1 points
A lot of things.
I wish I could:
¯ use reversed colors without it affecting pictures or colors. (Because, you know, it can be embarrassing "why do you have your colors/phone... OOOH I SEE ¯ I donʻt want that kind of attention, thank you)
¯ know what colors the buttons are (VERY relevant often - why is it ok to haveʻa red or a green buttonʻ to press? In OS X reversed colors of green and red look purple and blue to me)
¯ lock my screen AND have the video continue. I donʻt need to have the video so why canʻt it just keep the audio channel? Video is waste of battery and bandwidth to me
¯ get all video content with AUDIO description. You know how the subtitles work? Yea; the same but itʻd be nice if someone was describing what happens in a movie or a TV show. Some shows are unwatchable without the visual content. Oh, you can imagine the experience of asking in a movie theatre where they have loud audio if ey have sudio description headphones... Sigh¯ especially when going to see with with friends. Iʻd be too embarrassed to even ask
¯ also: have my braille keyboard work without having to have VoiceOver on. I hate the sound of typing and I hate having to fiddle with headphones if I want privacy, AND I canʻt even control which langusgeʻs which level braille iʻm apparently typing with that keyboard unless I use a different software or fingers on side and donʻt need to switch between numbers and letters
¯ have a really great integration with in¯ear stereo wireless headphones that stay in the ear, donʻt look like something worth stealing when I wear them outdoors and that have a play/pause, on/off, volume control, are rechargeable, have a good sound also for music and movies, and allow me also to answer, reject, and make calls (i do have headphones like this, so i can watch tv without being in the same room than my phone which is playing the tv in an app)
¯ oh: and DISPLAY OFF mode would be great
I want to watch movies and tv, and listen to radio, TED talks, iTunes U etc, and keep in touch with friends via facebook etc etc. Stuff normal people do.
Yet when I want to watch that movie, the screen needs to display the video.. Or the headphone unpairs etc.
A tiny braille keyboard that would be wireless and hte size of a small notepad would be great, but tharʻs pure fantasy as far as iʻve seen any phones on market.
I wish I could:
¯ use reversed colors without it affecting pictures or colors. (Because, you know, it can be embarrassing "why do you have your colors/phone... OOOH I SEE ¯ I donʻt want that kind of attention, thank you)
¯ know what colors the buttons are (VERY relevant often - why is it ok to haveʻa red or a green buttonʻ to press? In OS X reversed colors of green and red look purple and blue to me)
¯ lock my screen AND have the video continue. I donʻt need to have the video so why canʻt it just keep the audio channel? Video is waste of battery and bandwidth to me
¯ get all video content with AUDIO description. You know how the subtitles work? Yea; the same but itʻd be nice if someone was describing what happens in a movie or a TV show. Some shows are unwatchable without the visual content. Oh, you can imagine the experience of asking in a movie theatre where they have loud audio if ey have sudio description headphones... Sigh¯ especially when going to see with with friends. Iʻd be too embarrassed to even ask
¯ also: have my braille keyboard work without having to have VoiceOver on. I hate the sound of typing and I hate having to fiddle with headphones if I want privacy, AND I canʻt even control which langusgeʻs which level braille iʻm apparently typing with that keyboard unless I use a different software or fingers on side and donʻt need to switch between numbers and letters
¯ have a really great integration with in¯ear stereo wireless headphones that stay in the ear, donʻt look like something worth stealing when I wear them outdoors and that have a play/pause, on/off, volume control, are rechargeable, have a good sound also for music and movies, and allow me also to answer, reject, and make calls (i do have headphones like this, so i can watch tv without being in the same room than my phone which is playing the tv in an app)
¯ oh: and DISPLAY OFF mode would be great
I want to watch movies and tv, and listen to radio, TED talks, iTunes U etc, and keep in touch with friends via facebook etc etc. Stuff normal people do.
Yet when I want to watch that movie, the screen needs to display the video.. Or the headphone unpairs etc.
A tiny braille keyboard that would be wireless and hte size of a small notepad would be great, but tharʻs pure fantasy as far as iʻve seen any phones on market.
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