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Product to aid Blind in public Bathrooms (self.Blind)
submitted by domboniface
Hi, I am a product design student and for my final project I am developing a product to help Blind people navigate Pubic and disabled bathrooms. Would a product like this be useful in bathrooms or is it unnecessary? Is sound the best Navigation tool in a bathroom?
Hope to hear some responses
Thanks
Dominic Boniface
Hope to hear some responses
Thanks
Dominic Boniface
mantolwen 2 points 2y ago
Not blind but my fiance is. Main issues would be colour contrast (don't make everything in the bathroom the same colour) and finding where the stalls/sinks/dryer/exit are and not going round and round in circles.
domboniface [OP] 1 points 2y ago
In terms of the colour contrast, Would a different coloured light help, for example if there was a blue light over the toilet and a orange light over the sink?
mantolwen 1 points 2y ago
Mainly dark/light contrast e.g. dark walls and light appliances. You could use textured flooring to indicate location of things as well
NovemberGoat 1 points 2y ago
Maybe for some, though I would worry that the different hews of light would bleed into each other. I think a better way to work with contrasts would be with the surfaces themselves. For those who have useable vision, the colours are more likely to stand out.
I used to have useable vision, and something like that would have worked for me.
I used to have useable vision, and something like that would have worked for me.
domboniface [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Thanks that's very useful.
For the sound aspect, if there was a speaker in certain positions, say a certain sound around the position of the sink, would something like that be helpful?
For the sound aspect, if there was a speaker in certain positions, say a certain sound around the position of the sink, would something like that be helpful?
NovemberGoat 1 points 2y ago
Potentially, yes. The sound would have to be passive, and unobtrusive. No-one wants their visit to the bathroom to be cacophonous.
NovemberGoat 1 points 2y ago
"something that I would love would be a motion sensing speaker for single use bathrooms. When the door is closed and it has detected a person in the room, a short recording of the bathroom's layout would be played. It would potentially limit the touching of unnecessary and unclean surfaces in new or unfamiliar layouts.
domboniface [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Hi, I spoke to my lecturer about my thoughts and product ideas and suggested something similar to this, he thought it was a good idea but had his reservations about the broadness of the product. Is there any other situation where a product like this could be used?
domboniface [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Thanks, this is all very useful. My original idea was a product to go on the back of a door in a single use bathroom, that way anyone that needs it will know exactly where the door is as they would be next to it already and could easily find it. A motion sensor is a great suggestion though and potentially a lot easier than what I originally thought.
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