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Via face to face interview with visually impaired friends, we
designed a service system <Blind Slider>, with the intention to
help visually impaired friends to go out independently.

DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM CONTENT

Till the end of 2018, there are 1.17 millions of people with disabilities, App UI App logo Cell phone lm

which is 4.54% of Taiwan population. Among them, up to 60 thousands are
visually impaired. Globally, up to 37 millions people are visually impaired.

Because visually impaired friends are more dif cult to press This is a type of cell phone lm to be

Through the questionnaire, 72% of visually button precisely, therefore upon interface design, we operated with app, which applied protruding

impaired friends said that the bus system was not maximized the touching area of each button, to enhance dots design to let visually impaired friends
Friendly(18%)
friendly. accuracy. to identify button position via touching, and
further to deliver clear command.
Unfriendly
Neutral(10%)

(72%)
Simple and instinctive interface
The protruding dot of the upper button
Ful lled the function of basic requirements, avoided was especially applied with graphic different

unnecessary and complicated interface. to other buttons, in order to justify
Although in Taiwan, bus stops have been widely whether the cell phone is held correctly or
equipped with a broadcasting system to assist upside down.
visually impaired friends, after eld investigations, Brodacast
(30%)
about 70% of buses did not perform Didn’t
broadcasting, also bus drivers did not provide broadcast(70%) Function

help. Bus set-top box

According to the investigation, on the selection Others
(4%)
of public transportation, 66% of people would Train
(5%) Utilized the principle similar to ETC vehicle
select bus. However, the investigation also
MRT recognition (radio frequency identi cation,
showed that visually impaired friends said that (25%)

the bus was the most dif cult to utilize within Bus(66%) RFID). Set the device onto the bus and
public transportation. coordinated with cell phone App to
perform. This device accepts the request

signal sent from visually impaired friends to
CONCLUSION notify the bus driver that there is a

passenger request at the next bus stop. And

Based on data and investigation, we designed a system to joint App, cell phone Bus arrival Make a phone Voice navigation Voice recognition Voice input when the bus approaches, reminding signal

auxiliary lm, and bus set-top box, hopefully, to help visually impaired friends notice service call system system botton will be sent to the visually impaired friend's
to go out independently. cell phone.