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What features in an app would make your experience the best at an art museum? (self.Blind)
submitted 5.292595389660494y ago by SeniorEgg
I'm designing an app for blind and low\-vision museum goers to get the most out of different exhibits at art museums. Right now I'm exploring ways that you could use VoiceOver on iOS to swipe between different features of a piece of art that would speak about each one, call out interesting details, etc… I'd love to hear your thoughts about what features you'd like to see in such an app.
Prefect316 4 points 5y ago
Hmm, this is a super interesting project that I'd love to help with as much as possible. I hate going to art museums for this very reason. Nothing is accessible to me a totally blind user.
Ideally I'd like the app to tell you about the piece in question. It can even be a word for word duplication of what's written on the placard that accompanies the piece. Maybe a description of the piece, but that might get complicated.
Ideally I'd like the app to tell you about the piece in question. It can even be a word for word duplication of what's written on the placard that accompanies the piece. Maybe a description of the piece, but that might get complicated.
jimmycarr1 1 points 5y ago
This is probably a stupid question but can you tell me the advantage of physically going to a museum as a totally blind person compared to listening to the descriptions of the artifacts online?
Prefect316 1 points 5y ago
Mostly just the social experience of going to a museum, discussing it all with the people you're with.
jimmycarr1 1 points 5y ago
Thanks for your response. Makes sense :)
DiegoARL38 2 points 5y ago
Well, the main thing i would want in an app like that would be its availability on Android… Not all visually impaired people use IOS for any number of reasons. Besides that, what Prefect316 said would be most helpful.
SeniorEgg [OP] 1 points 5y ago
I'd agree that as part of making an app accessible we'd want it to be on both platforms! iOS has a great technology called VoiceOver built in that lets us highlight different aspects of the art. You can swipe left and right to highlight each element and it will describe it to you, offering extra actions if available. It would be nice to have that on Android as well.
DiegoARL38 1 points 5y ago
Since i have never used IOS, i'm not familiar with VoiceOver functionalities. However, i found TalkBack, from Google, and ShinePlus, from ATLAB, good screen readers. It shouldn't be much difficult to implement the right behaviour in the app.
blindthrowaway1234 1 points 5y ago
I wouldn’t want to rely on an app to experience a museum honestly. People spend enough time on their phones as is- we do things like going to museums to get off our phones and engage in the real world.
OutWestTexas 1 points 5y ago
I’d love to have something like this! I’s like to hear the title of the painting, the artist, the year, the medium used, a brief description of the painting, anything special about the work (ie, light, technique, etc).
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