Designing touch surfaces to help the visually impaired operate home appliances

By Anne DeWitte
Backed by Paul Freeman, Lorelei Malinowski, Amy, Ellery Wong, Steve Deal, Don Riling, Virginia Carpenter, Kris Tortora Sweeney, Jay Perez, Mary DeWitte, and 9 other backers
Tangible Surface Research, LLC
Pittsford, New York
EngineeringArt and Design
Open Access
DOI: 10.18258/5601
$903
Raised of $500 Goal
180%
Funded on 10/02/15
Successfully Funded
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    on 10/02/15

Lab Notes

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visually impairedtactile iconshome appliancesHALOShciABVIbraille assistive technologyblindtouch heat mapheatmaphuman computer interactiontouchscreenappliance overlaysbump dotsbumpdotsrochester makerspacecricutjo-ann fabricshuman computer interfaceaccessibilitymultimodaltouchtouch surfacetactile overlayacmritProject Results
Abstract
January 25, 2017
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Overlays now available for purchase
June 24, 2016
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Testing tactile appliance overlays for the visually...
May 8, 2016
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Tactile Icons
January 24, 2016
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Experiment Complete. Thank you!
January 23, 2016
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Appliance Overlays
January 1, 2016
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RIT School of Design Students Continuing Tactile Icon...
November 30, 2015
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Testing is complete!
November 19, 2015
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Touch Surface Experiment at the RIT Effective Access...
November 19, 2015
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Testing has started!
November 14, 2015
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Touch Heat Maps
November 3, 2015
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Doing a dry run test - bringing the A Team
October 21, 2015
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