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Assistive Navigation Device for people with visual impairment (self.Blind)
submitted by RV194
Hi everyone! I hope you all are having a great time. I am currently on my final year and I have decided to develop an Assistive Navigation Device for visually impaired people. In order to do this, I would need your feedback on the device is will develop. This is to make it focused on providing what you actually need. If it is OK, I would like to ask if you could do my survey on the link below. This would really help to develop the device successfully and hopefully would be developed and improved further.
Thank you so much.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUPLBzZfJpIP8lNBkjjXEPlkjoU7jmNFODHG7SfN3Fy_nvkg/viewform#responses
Thank you so much.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUPLBzZfJpIP8lNBkjjXEPlkjoU7jmNFODHG7SfN3Fy_nvkg/viewform#responses
-shacklebolt- 5 points 6y ago
All of this already exists. For $100 you can get glasses with [eye level object detection.]
(https://ambutech.com/shop-online/iglasses%E2%84%A2-ultrasonic-mobility-aid)
There are also various programs that are used for object type recognition, optical character recognition, etc either directly through a smartphone or through a pair of glasses. Examples include the orcam myeye system, google goggles, and about 20 other smartphone based apps.
So my first question in "providing what we need" is have you researched these products, have you found limitations to them that you can realistically overcome, and what are they?
(https://ambutech.com/shop-online/iglasses%E2%84%A2-ultrasonic-mobility-aid)
There are also various programs that are used for object type recognition, optical character recognition, etc either directly through a smartphone or through a pair of glasses. Examples include the orcam myeye system, google goggles, and about 20 other smartphone based apps.
So my first question in "providing what we need" is have you researched these products, have you found limitations to them that you can realistically overcome, and what are they?
KillerLag 3 points 6y ago
Unfortunately, these requests are often not for a true product, but for a design program's final project to develop a theoretical product. The steps on how to do it, what they need to ask, and such.
At work, I get these requests fairly often. Sometimes it gets frustrating because people propose a product or system that was invented and tried before, but they never thought to check on Google about it. At least once a week, I get an e-mail from someone proposing attaching a laser/sonar system to a cane to check distance (which was first done in the 80s, and those devices are still being made, but none have been particularly successful).
At work, I get these requests fairly often. Sometimes it gets frustrating because people propose a product or system that was invented and tried before, but they never thought to check on Google about it. At least once a week, I get an e-mail from someone proposing attaching a laser/sonar system to a cane to check distance (which was first done in the 80s, and those devices are still being made, but none have been particularly successful).
RV194 [OP] 1 points 6y ago
I apologise if this has become an annoyance. However that's not my intention. I have come here as unfortunately I was unable to set up a meeting with actual users. I have contacted organisations in my city but it's quite complicated especially not knowing anyone in the organisation. Yes there are many information online and I could have just asked my friends to do the survey but I thought it would be better if information came directly from potential users
KillerLag 1 points 6y ago
No need to apologise, You need to do what you need to do for your project. Because I work in the field, it just gets repetitive sometimes :(
I had one guy before who had a proposal for these "tactile" shoes, that let blind users "feel the ground better than any other shoe on the market". His prototype was literally Nike sneakers that had the treads worn down. When I asked him how that was an improvement over, say, minimalist shoes, he was crestfallen such things already existed. :S
I had one guy before who had a proposal for these "tactile" shoes, that let blind users "feel the ground better than any other shoe on the market". His prototype was literally Nike sneakers that had the treads worn down. When I asked him how that was an improvement over, say, minimalist shoes, he was crestfallen such things already existed. :S
-shacklebolt- 1 points 6y ago
Oh, I know it usually doesn't result in a product. I hope that encouraging thinking about things like "is your thing useful" or "can you limit the scope to within the realm of reason" is a step in the right direction though. We get a ton of posts like this here, and many who work in the field have the same experience as you.
KillerLag 1 points 6y ago
Yeah, it just gets repetitive sometimes :(
I had one guy before who had a proposal for these "tactile" shoes, that let blind users "feel the ground better than any other shoe on the market". His prototype was literally Nike sneakers that had the treads worn down. When I asked him how that was an improvement over, say, minimalist shoes, he was crestfallen such things already existed. :S
I had one guy before who had a proposal for these "tactile" shoes, that let blind users "feel the ground better than any other shoe on the market". His prototype was literally Nike sneakers that had the treads worn down. When I asked him how that was an improvement over, say, minimalist shoes, he was crestfallen such things already existed. :S
RV194 [OP] 1 points 6y ago
I apologise if I came across as insensitive. However it isn't my intention. Yes I have researched similar products and other relevant research including about the potential users, and also the best suited hardware components for the project. What I would like to develop is a device that requires very minimum user effort, auditory rather than vibration feedback, as very little cost as possible, etc. The purpose of this survey is to support these requirements I have indirectly gathered, and gather more information from you, if it is OK.
KillerLag 1 points 6y ago
No need to apologise, You need to do what you need to do for your project. Because I work in the field, it just gets repetitive sometimes :(
I had one guy before who had a proposal for these "tactile" shoes, that let blind users "feel the ground better than any other shoe on the market". His prototype was literally Nike sneakers that had the treads worn down. When I asked him how that was an improvement over, say, minimalist shoes, he was crestfallen such things already existed. :S
I had one guy before who had a proposal for these "tactile" shoes, that let blind users "feel the ground better than any other shoe on the market". His prototype was literally Nike sneakers that had the treads worn down. When I asked him how that was an improvement over, say, minimalist shoes, he was crestfallen such things already existed. :S
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