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Using NFC Tags to enable the visually impaired. (self.Blind)
submitted 8y ago by PhoneHomeDev
Hey everyone,
I've been working with museums to provide affordable, independent aural resources for the blind. My solution is NFC Tags & NFC Cards that can be programmed to youtube videos that provide an audio description of paintings or artworks throughout the exhibits.
I'd like your feedback and your opinions. $1
Another blind smartphone user I've been in contact with uses the tags to label his medicine bottles. Using the TalkBack feature on Android when you scan a NFC Tag it can playback plain text. For instance, when he scans the medicine bottle his phone reads back "THIS IS ADVIL...NOT BLEACH".
The experience is as follows:
1. Blind user scans NFC Tag
2. Audio plays saying "NEW TAG SCANNED"
3. User taps the top of the screen and the programmed text is played back.
I have an exhibit that will be on display at this event. $1
I've been working with museums to provide affordable, independent aural resources for the blind. My solution is NFC Tags & NFC Cards that can be programmed to youtube videos that provide an audio description of paintings or artworks throughout the exhibits.
I'd like your feedback and your opinions. $1
Another blind smartphone user I've been in contact with uses the tags to label his medicine bottles. Using the TalkBack feature on Android when you scan a NFC Tag it can playback plain text. For instance, when he scans the medicine bottle his phone reads back "THIS IS ADVIL...NOT BLEACH".
The experience is as follows:
1. Blind user scans NFC Tag
2. Audio plays saying "NEW TAG SCANNED"
3. User taps the top of the screen and the programmed text is played back.
I have an exhibit that will be on display at this event. $1
angelcake 2 points
My boyfriend is low vision and actually mentioned something a while ago, if the NFC tags came down to a reasonable price they would be extremely handy for people like him. I forwarded your article to him.
PhoneHomeDev [OP] 1 points
I sell the NFC label tags for about ~$1 each on my website
www.phonehomeproject.com
www.phonehomeproject.com
angelcake 1 points
Outstanding, I'll let him know.
Nighthawk321 1 points
This is a great idea and I'm sure many blind people will use this. It's good that your embracing technology and how it helps blind people. Keep it up.
fastfinge 1 points
The only problem I can see is that the vast majority of blind people have IPhones, and they don't yet have NFC support. Unfortunately, most accessible apps (Voice Dream Reader, KNFB, TapTapSee, Be My Eyes, etc) are IOS only. Plus, IOS accessibility is much more advanced than that offered by Android. Even if you lend out Android tablets at the museum, the screen readers are different enough that someone with an IPhone will really struggle using them.
PhoneHomeDev [OP] 1 points
NFC made its way to the iPhone 6, but NFC Tag scanning isn't here yet.
Seems Apple is once again the thing holding NFC back. Thanks for the insight.
The one blind customer I have uses an Android though.
Seems Apple is once again the thing holding NFC back. Thanks for the insight.
The one blind customer I have uses an Android though.
fastfinge 1 points
Yes, there are some blind Android users, largely because if you're low-income, as many blind folks are, the IPhone is just not affordable, no matter how superior it may be. At least in Canada, you can get a decent Android device free on contract. I don't own one myself, so I cannot confirm, but apparently Android is also better about not using mobile data by accident, whereas Apple has been known to sip data even when cell data is turned off, resulting in surprisingly large bills.
If you're interested, you can find some thoughts on the state of Android accessibility vs. Apple at: http://chrishofstader.com/testing-android-accessibility-i-give-up/
If you're interested, you can find some thoughts on the state of Android accessibility vs. Apple at: http://chrishofstader.com/testing-android-accessibility-i-give-up/
cerealcable 1 points
I'm really disappointed in Google's efforts to support the blind. It amazed me how difficult it was...or rather how much simpler the iPhone made it.
fastfinge 2 points
Amusingly, Google's own apps on IOS (Google Plus, Youtube, Gmail) are far more accessible than Google's own apps on Android. It really says something about the state of the Android accessibility APIs when even Google themselves have trouble doing it right, yet can manage just fine on IOS.
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