The tablet should be more convenient for disabled

December 12, 2011

Posted By:  Assistance

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It would be nice if Dell designed a more wheelchair user friendly tablet. I think that this category of users require more researches. For example, the tablet should be more convenient to operate with one hand. And there are a lot of things that may be considered. It should not cover all possible disabilities, it should just be more effective for the major disabled.

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  • Feb 3, 2012     Comment Link

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    Hyncharas

    If those visual concepts have the power to simulate mass or physical resistance, they apply to the blind.  People who are blind rely on touch to "see" the world around them.  Should this kind of tactile holographics be viable and can be put into mobile phones to laptops, it will give those who possess blindness better interaction with technology, and remind those like me who take sight for granted as a positive contribution to such a challenging state of being.
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  • Dec 15, 2011     Comment Link

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    expatinasia

    "why is it so offputting to develop them for our world?"
    Because you insist on utilizing visual concepts for those who are blind.  There are blind people who were born blind, and there are blind people who have lost thier sight after birth.  The requirements for those two groups are different.

    Your exercise reminds me of the joke of 4 blind men who are trying to describe an elephant.
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  • Dec 14, 2011     Comment Link

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    Hyncharas

    I suppose all I'm saying is, if we see interactive holographics in dozens of movies/tv/games, why is it so offputting to develop them for our world?
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  • Dec 13, 2011     Comment Link

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    expatinasia

    "3D holograms with mass would be the ultimate evolution of the touchscreen...
    Artists could mould a visible hologram like clay into a work of art; engineers could assemble components of objects..."

    As an inventor, and a knowledge of the leading edge of technology, you undoubtedly understand that "Z-printers" are currently available, as are Braille and voice-operated input and output devices
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  • Dec 13, 2011     Comment Link

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    Hyncharas

    Though that's sounded like a lot of detail, I haven't explained how the light would be generated or why it would work.  Needless to say it's probably one of the simpler applications of the original technology it comes from.
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  • Dec 13, 2011     Comment Link

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    Hyncharas

    I'd like to go into specifics, but let's just say it's a possible adaptation I've considered for a technology I want to patent and combine with tactile interfaces.  Let's use a touchpanel phone as an example.

    Imagine an OLED screen arranged as a honeycombed lattice of "pins", which generated a harmelss burst of light the skin registered as a solid artefact with some physical resistance.  As they pressed towards the plate, sensors would deactivate the highlighted section and either beep or audibly indicate the corresponding artefact had been stored.  When they released the area it would then come on again, allowing them to enter a combination of them.

    Once the artefact-sequence was completed -- in this case a a phone number plus area codes/extensions -- the plate would replace the keypad with 'hang up' and 'connect' symbols, allowing them to cancel or make a call... if the technology worked, however, the applications wouldn't be limited solely to the blind.  Artists could mould a visible hologram like clay into a work of art; engineers could assemble components of objects and test them holographically; corporations could use them as control systems, etc.
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  • Dec 13, 2011     Comment Link

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    Posted By: CyJ

    Did I read that correctly,  Holographic systems for the blind?  How would that work?
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  • Dec 12, 2011     Comment Link

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    Hyncharas

    Personally I've always been more interested in some breakthroughs into the holographic industry and the blind.  We've all heard of the concept, but 3D holograms with mass would be the ultimate evolution of the touchscreen.

    Someday I'd like to see OLED manufacturers generate this in their equipment.  Even it were a millimeter or two up from the surface (functioning similar to Pin Art), it would have immensely positive applications for people to create braille effects on devices, from touchpanel phones to tablets.
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  • Dec 12, 2011     Comment Link

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    Posted By: CyJ

    Thanks for posting.  How do you propose that Dell improve the ability to use a tablet with only one hand?  How else do you propose that tablets could be more accessable?