Support for Blind People

[Schlex]

Hi,

Rabbit r1 is already pretty awesome. I would love to contribute to its improvement. I work professionally with blind people every day. For this target group and customer base, r1 would be just perfect, especially because of its ease of use and image description. It would also be great for older people without smartphones, of whom there are many. However, r1 is unfortunately not accessible - but this could perhaps be easily added: acoustic support would be necessary. Maybe very short sounds when turning on and off, so the blind user knows what state the device is currently in. It would also be important that all highlights in the menu are spoken when navigating to a subtopic with the scroll wheel, including the numbers for PIN entry. This could be an optional mode under “Sound FX” that can be deactivated. Then users who are disturbed by it can turn it off, and blind users would have it activated out of the box and can use r1 without external help.

I hope I could contribute something.

Best regards,

[Argo]

Great accessibility suggestion.

+1

[leahcim]

I think this is a really great idea. To be honest, I had already thought about this idea, but I didn’t yet have all the pieces of the puzzle together to make a sensible suggestion out of it, but I think it’s a really great idea. Because no one, and especially not disabled people, should be excluded from using such a great device as r1. So I really hope that this suggestion from @Schlex actually becomes a reality one day (better as soon as possible).

[francklin2]

Hi
Thanks for this thread and Schlex suggestions, I’m visualy impaired and also thinking about R1 functions to help blind and visualy impaired people. A accessibility option could be add in the setup menu, like Schlex suggest we need:

                 **Make a interface accessible for blind**

• A accessibility option for blind/visualy impaired in the setup menu

• A voice activation of the accessibility option (Ex: Rabbit activate accessibility)

• Be able to activate separatly each option in accessibility menu

• Vocal message for R1 on/off (after accessibility was enabled)

• Rabbit eye on/off (or open/closed)

• Say setup menu after shake to confirm tou are in setup pages

• Vocal description of the setup menu selected and current option ( note: the brightness/sound ans time can be set by voice request )

• Vocalised Keyboard

• Message for low battery and network lost

• Answer to “what is the battery level”

• Vocal turn the R1 off, this function is nearly all done, you can access power off menu by asking"Rabbit power off the Rabbit" or “Rabbit go to setting and power off” but by defaut (back to) Setting is selected, if you can put “Hold to confirm” by default and a voice message “hold to confirm” and “powering off now” it will be just perfect (can also be done by pressing 8x PTT , can be used if other options doesnt work )

• Add a FX sound when calculation is longer than 3 seconds

• Add a voice message when there is a OTA saying something like: “A OTA is needed, please plug the charger to allow update” , tell whats new with the OTA and the state of the update 'downloading, updating, verifying, rebooting now"

              **Useful functions for blind**
  

• A link in the Rabbit hole to audio book library accounts like Audible and be able to play/listen a audio book with R1

• Text to voice reading

• Find a object with R1, do you see this object/if yes where is it

Hope it will help for starting accessibility, I’m sure there’s more option/function to add
Best regards

[leahcim]

This might be very helpful for you. @rabbit

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[Schlex]

What also would be helpful is a sound played while calculating, if it takes longer. I had yesterday a situation with a blind person speaking a foreign language. i tried the translation mode, but it leads into misunderstanding the process, because while calculating the text the device is silent.

Acoustic effects will help here. Hope that the developers find the time to lay an eye on.

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And not only the elderly have benefit from audio-reading-out-loud-the-menuitems: me myself really like to use the r1 without looking on the screen,with closed eyes.Easier for everybody.

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[francklin2]

I agree that voice interaction should be the first option to use the Rabbit, but the the PTT “morse code” can be a option too if other solutions doesnt work.
I noticed that vocal power off function is 99% done just add a default option to change and a 2 vocal messages to add and it will be perfect

@francklin2

Vocal turn the R1 off, this function is nearly all done, you can access power off menu by asking"Rabbit power off the Rabbit" or “Rabiit go to setting and power off” but by defaut (back to) Setting is selected, if you can put “Hold to confirm” by default and a voice message “hold to confirm” and “powering off now” it will be just perfect

[francklin2]

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[Schlex]

Yes, exactly. I’ve thought about that too. Everything on the screen should be read aloud, including the update announcement, a signal when it’s finished, and a summary of what’s new. A spoken introduction to the operation would surely also be helpful, perhaps accessible as text under ‘Sound Effects,’ or there could be a dedicated section for the blind where they can enable and disable features. But one step at a time… Thanks to the programmers for listening