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Dining Experiences - Seeking Feedback (self.Blind)
submitted by Zwwq
Hello! I'm a student attending Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and am currently enrolled in a course called 'Design Solutions' in which I'm working with a startup called 'Dyna-Menu' to create an accessible prototype menu system for visually impaired customers at restaurants.
The first stage of this course is to conduct research and learn from people. If anyone who has any level of visual impairment would kindly share any experiences they have had at dining out and/or with restaurant menus it would be greatly appreciated. This can range from negative and positive dining stories, restaurants/places you found accessible or inaccessible, positive or negative experiences with waiters/waitresses, habits or digital apps that you have found helpful you when you dine out etc.
Any insight that you can provide will be helpful. Feel free to post down below, or if you are more comfortable private messaging, please don't hesitate to reach out to me. Thank you so much for your time and input.
The first stage of this course is to conduct research and learn from people. If anyone who has any level of visual impairment would kindly share any experiences they have had at dining out and/or with restaurant menus it would be greatly appreciated. This can range from negative and positive dining stories, restaurants/places you found accessible or inaccessible, positive or negative experiences with waiters/waitresses, habits or digital apps that you have found helpful you when you dine out etc.
Any insight that you can provide will be helpful. Feel free to post down below, or if you are more comfortable private messaging, please don't hesitate to reach out to me. Thank you so much for your time and input.
GoneVision 3 points 5y ago
Most restaurant menus these days are already online, so, accessing a restaurant menu isn’t as daunting a task for blind people as it used to be. Furthermore, apps that can read printed text in real time, such as Seeing AI are also used Buy blind people to read menus when an online version is not available. That being said,Sometimes the accessibility of these menus has much to be desired. Quick OCR of a page always results in some errors being read. Additionally,some menus only exist in images, that have not been OCRed, or in PDFs that have not been correctly tagged, and are likewise challenging to read for perspective blind customers.The best menus are created in HTML, that has been coded with good semantic structure. For example, food categories are assigned a heading level, individual food items are assigned a different heading level, such that a blind person can easily navigate between the various food categories, and food items on the menu.
OneGoolieMagoo 3 points 5y ago
I try to find the menu online then choose what I wish to eat before I go to the restaurant. It make me feel more sophisticated at the table.
And my meal arrives and I wished I choose what everyone else has.
And then knock something over on the table.
Rem clear a space.. tall stem wine glasses are a pain.
And my meal arrives and I wished I choose what everyone else has.
And then knock something over on the table.
Rem clear a space.. tall stem wine glasses are a pain.
g321khalid123 3 points 5y ago
Probably braille menus for braille reader’s and extra Lightning tables
bradley22 3 points 5y ago
I ask the people who are serving me at the time to read me the menu. 99.999% of the time they don't mind and the 1% was a couple years ago when the person couldn't speak English very well.
-shacklebolt- 1 points 5y ago
I think you would have received far more useful feedback if you had specified that you're talking about a company that makes an ipad-based menu system.
https://developer.apple.com/accessibility/ios/
There doesn't need to be a "prototype menu system for visually impaired customers." The system for all customers can be designed to be accessible to almost all types of users with the fantastic tools that apple provides for the job.
https://developer.apple.com/accessibility/ios/
There doesn't need to be a "prototype menu system for visually impaired customers." The system for all customers can be designed to be accessible to almost all types of users with the fantastic tools that apple provides for the job.
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