Hi everyone, I’m conducting an independent industrial design research project on how limited hand strength or dexterity affects everyday activities. I’m looking for participants who experience some difficulty with hand strength or dexterity. The survey takes around 3–5 minutes, and there is an optional follow-up interview. I’d be very grateful for your participation.
Hello,
A few weeks ago, I shared CapDock, a simple 3D-printed aid designed to make opening and recapping pens and markers easier with one hand.
The feedback I received here and in other communities was really useful, so I went back to the design and made a new version.
What's new?
I tried to take into account the suggestions and comments made about the V1 here, particularly around fixation and making the device easier to install and adapt.
The basic principle hasn't changed:
Push → Pull → Recap
I wanted to keep the mechanism simple rather than adding unnecessary complexity.
I'd be particularly interested in hearing from anyone who tried the V1: does the new mounting system address some of the issues you encountered?
Hey there I have been working on a screen reading app for video games so this works for all games steam games emulated games even just all your apps on your computer and it could read text boxes , tool tips, and menu's for games without a screen reader built in if you wanna download it it's on
https://imtheblindguy.itch.io/sayso
and I have a video on how to use the app on YouTube
Glad I did. Every image had alt text, every form field had a label, zero violations flagged on the automated scan. Then I actually tabbed through the checkout flow with VoiceOver running and hit a modal that opened silently, no focus moved into it, no announcement, nothing. The automated tool has no way to check where focus actually goes, only that the right attributes are sitting on the DOM.
Fixed the focus trap, added the announcement. The scanner would've passed either version. It was checking for the presence of the right pieces, not whether they did anything once someone started navigating with a real screen reader instead of a checklist.
Keeps reinforcing the same thing for me: automated a11y tools catch the stuff that's structurally checkable, they're not a substitute for someone actually using the thing with the tech it's meant to work with.
I know I'm hard of hearing and got blue tooth type hearing aids. I wear these pins/badges on my work apron, to let people know I'm hard of hearing and know ASL, so they're aware and speak clearly to me. But there's few times I misunderstood people or didn't understand them clearly. I have this Transcribe App, but I don't want to be wasting time to find it on my Iphone and have it ready, are there other Apps that's ready to use on the IPhone? We don't really do meetings at work, except during the holidays, for fun events. That when I struggle a bit, cuz those sitting bit farther are hard for me to understand well. I wish there's a way I can get ASL Intepreter, but having a job coach from this other program, it would be confusing to have 2 people their w me. I joined this new program called EDD GLAD, they're helping me to find jobs, and they know ASL. The other program I'm in, are all hearing and for special needs people, feel like I am in a wrong program or something. So yeah, any better apps I can use on my iPhone besides the Transcribe App? Even a few time at animal shelter volunteer orientation, I struggle to understand during the orientation. It like I need a better accommodation or something (that why even when I volunteer at this animal shelter, I avoid porgrams that use phone and walkie talkies, and limit interaction w people)
I have three kids. One is hard of hearing, one is deaf, and one is hearing.
A funny thing happens when my daughter who is deaf needs me or my wife and she doesn’t have her “ears” on. Her “ears” are her cochlear implants, as she calls them.
If she can’t see us or hear us, she’ll yell something like:
“DAD! I POOPED!”
She’s little, so sometimes she needs help in the bathroom.
The problem is, I can’t yell back and tell her, “I heard you, I’m coming.”
So she just keeps yelling.
“Dad! I pooped! Dad! Dad! Dad! I pooped!”
Over and over, because from her perspective she has no way of knowing whether we heard her.
We’ve always felt bad about that part. She might only be waiting 20 or 30 seconds for us to get there, but during that time she has no reassurance that anyone is listening.
I kept thinking there had to be a better way.
There are alert buttons and call buttons already on the market, but the part I really wanted wasn’t just a way for her to get our attention.
I wanted her to know that we got the message.
So I had an idea.
A simple button in her room or bathroom.
She presses it when she needs us.
The light turns red.
Somewhere else in the house, me or my wife gets the alert. We acknowledge it, and the light on her button turns green.
Red = I need you.
Green = We heard you. We’re on the way.
That’s it.
So I built it…
Well, kinda.
I have never built anything electronic in my life. I didn’t know how to solder, didn’t know anything about microcontrollers, radios, circuit boards, or really any of this stuff.
So this has turned into a very slow learning process involving breadboards, wires everywhere, bad solder joints, things wired backwards, a lot of Googling, and occasionally wondering if I just destroyed whatever I was working on.
But eventually I got Version 1 working.
And since then it has already changed quite a bit.
I want to document the process here as I keep working on it — what worked, what didn’t, V1, V1.2, and how far I can actually take this idea.
I have no idea where it ends up.
But it started with a little girl yelling “Dad! I pooped!” because she had no way of knowing I was already walking down the hallway.
I know I'm hard of hearing and got blue tooth type hearing aids. I wear these pins/badges on my work apron, to let people know I'm hard of hearing and know ASL, so they're aware and speak clearly to me. But there's few times I misunderstood people or didn't understand them clearly. I have this Transcribe App, but I don't want to be wasting time to find it on my Iphone and have it ready, are there other Apps that's ready to use on the IPhone? We don't really do meetings at work, except during the holidays, for fun events. That when I struggle a bit, cuz those sitting bit farther are hard for me to understand well. I wish there's a way I can get ASL Intepreter, but having a job coach from this other program, it would be confusing to have 2 people their w me. I joined this new program called EDD GLAD, they're helping me to find jobs, and they know ASL. The other program I'm in, are all hearing and for special needs people, feel like I am in a wrong program or something. So yeah, any better apps I can use on my iPhone besides the Transcribe App? Even a few time at animal shelter volunteer orientation, I struggle to understand during the orientation. It like I need a better accommodation or something (that why even when I volunteer at this animal shelter, I avoid porgrams that use phone and walkie talkies, and limit interaction w people)
Best devices, products, equipment, technology, for people who are blind or visually impaired? Items that you use regularly or has been a game changer.