UX Research
How do people learn to use a white cane?
At the first real user trial, we finally put our actual prototype on an actually blind person, instead of a blindfolded engineer. The participant gave us a great tip: to get in touch with an orientational mobility officer.Since there is no industry standard for haptic...
Why blind people in Vienna hate trashcans
When I first started doing research for Hope Tech’s Sixth Sense, we quickly encountered the challenge of “What exactly should we define as a threat and what would just be an obstacle? For the classification of threats, my mind went immediately to traffic, moving cars,...
Deaf blindness
When you hear the word deaf-blind, you might think “How do you communicate then?” And if you have ever studied anything related to communication, I’m sure your old professor is haunting you right now with Paul Watzlawick’s “One cannot not communicate” with that uuh spooky echo uuuh...
Blind, visually impaired, or low sighted?
There is an ongoing debate about what to call it. Visual Impairment or blindness? What is correct: A blind person or a person living with blindness or a person with low vision? But what is the right word? Well, I doubt there is just one...
Vulnerable customers
Did you know? 300,000 people in Austria have no or limited knowledge of German. For 56% being able to communicate in their first language is more important than the price point! 7.1% of 16 to 65-year-olds have quite low ...