[PPT] - Empowering vision impaired people to navigate the world PowerPoint Presentation

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Empowering vision impaired people   to navigate the world independently

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Umesh Pandya

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A joint venture by

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WHY?

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There are an estimated 285 million people living with sight loss world wide.

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Sadly the consequences of sight loss are all to often isolation, poverty and depression.

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Of the estimated 2 million vision impaired people in the UK, almost half say they would like to leave their home more often.

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With the value of the 'Purple Pound' currently estimated at over £200bn per year, there is much incentive for businesses to do more to secure the loyalties of disabled customers.

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DESIGN RESEARCH

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SIMULATION

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OBSERVATION

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CO-CREATE

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JOURNEY MAPPING

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The beacon broadcasts   its own unique ID Which is received and decoded by a smartphone Navigation instructions are triggered and spoken to the user

MOBILE APP

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The Wayfindr Standard gives built environment owners and makers of digital navigation products the tools to make their services accessible

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OPEN STANDARD

. In turn, this empowers vision impaired people across the world to navigate independently using their phones.

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Standardised Guidelines What type of technology is appropriate? How to install this technology? How should the technology be configured? How can it be maintained?

Guidelines based on user research that will support integration into:

Built-environment (Venues)

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Standardised Guidelines What type of guidance is needed? How do you structure audio instructions? What are the needs for different contexts? How to communicate orientation?

Guidelines based on user research that will support integration into:

Digital Navigation Product

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CREATING THE OPEN STANDARD

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THE OPEN STANDARD

USER   RESEARCH

Carried out in context with Vision Impaired people

HYPOTHESIS VALIDATED?

YES NO

HYPOTHESES BACKLOG

HYPOTHESIS-DRIVEN

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ITERATIVE

BUILD MEASURE LEARN

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“Real users, Real setting, Real time updates”

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Pimlico - Ticket Hall

BUILD MEASURE LEARN

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Pimlico - Ticket Hall

BUILD MEASURE LEARN

Planning a route and waypoints

We define test routes for our participants at the   station based on a site visit and station plans. We identified the significant waypoints where   users needed to be instructed.

Initial installation of beacons

We consider beacon positioning and orientation. We also test out the turnaround time for beacon installation by the installation team.

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BUILD MEASURE LEARN

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VALIDATE WITH USERS

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TRIAL AT LONDON EUSTON STATION NOVEMBER 2015

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TRIAL AT LONDON PIMLICO STATION MARCH 2015

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BUILD MEASURE LEARN

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Intermediate feedback is helpful This feedback reassures users that they are on the right track, e.g. “you are half-way there”

Use sound to attract attention

Having a sound before any instruction grabs user’s attention and alerts them that a new instruction is coming up.

BUILD MEASURE LEARN

Provide reassurance not distance information

Some vision impaired people may not easily relate to distance information given in feet or metres.

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Use simple and concise messages

The “less is more” principle applies when designing audio instructions for vision impaired people. Vision impaired people do not like long or very detailed instructions due to the time required to think about and process the information.

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Long instruction Shortened instruction

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The Wayfindr Community is a growing group of like minded people and organisations who share our passion to empower vision impaired people to navigate the world independently.

Founding Community members:

WAYFINDR COMMUNITY

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BUILT INTO WAYFINDR IS A DETERMINATION TO CREATE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND PERSONAL VALUE FOR USERS.

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SLIDE 29 @WayfindrStd • #Wayfindr Iconography Credit: Anbileru Adaleru

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