Change to plans.

I was initially planning to post an image with the estimated measurements the first design idea but i decided to scan my original ideas from my notepad in, where the thought process began.

This is where the idea for a mobile phone device for the visually impaired and blind started to come together.

The design process for the idea was inspired by one of my first investigative blog posts describing which company invented the first handheld portable music playing device.






















This picture (above) was took before I had an in class presentation, which detailed our thoughts, design process and progression at this moment in time.

The problematic as such was to design a suitable device for blind / partially sighted people. The main issues when researching were that blind and partially sighted people had trouble using conventional mobile phones.

Conventional mobile phones had caused issues for blind / partially sighted people. Issues such as:-

- The screens are too small and had no zoom functions.

- The handsets are too small or sleek and slender and therefore could easily slip out of their grasp easily.

At this point I started to research other designs and concepts for mobile phones for blind people which where already on the market. You will see the findings along with my first sketch of my design idea in my next blog post.