Das Choudhury:
The concept
ATM has become an important part in everyone's life. Now-a-days a person having a bank account has an ATM card. Thus an ATM machine design has been made so that people with special need can also use it. This machine also has a voice feedback for visually impaired people.
The target
It will help the differently abled persons like visually impaired, people with partial vision impairment, wheel chaired person and all handicapped people to avail the services of the ATMs, which were out of their reach till now.
The need
Using ATMs is the most difficult task for those who are visually impaired or on the wheelchair, as most banks do not have Braille and talking machines. So, this Universal ATM machine will aid differently abled users to a great deal.
Key features
The flat surface viewed from the top angle looks curved, this works as a support for a handicapped person to balance with the crutches. The keypad is given a depth so that visually impaired people could understand the height difference. Below the card reader is an original card placed so that it is easy for the person to understand which side of the card is to be inserted in the machine. From the door to the machine, there is a carpet spread, which helps the visually impaired person to reach the machine. The keys in the keypad are nicely spaced out and are bigger in size, which helps in the tolerance of errors. The money outlet indication is slightly embossed helping the visually impaired person to follow to the money outlet.
The solution
The machine has two flat surfaces for the person to keep their wallet so that it's easy to take out the card. The flat surface viewed from the top angle looks curved, this helps as a support for a handicapped person to balance with the crutches. The keypad is given a depth so that a visually impaired person could understand the height difference. There is ample space provided under the machine for a wheel chaired person to access it. When the numbers are pressed an audio feedback is given. Buttons are placed near the screen for making it easier for people to understand which options to select. Keys at the keypad has been made bigger in size and nicely spaced out to prevent errors. Font size too has been increased for helping people with partial vision impairment to clearly read it. The machine comes with voice feedback specially designed for visually impaired person. The ATM card on one side has been made with a different texture so that vision impaired people can understand which sides needs to be inserted.
Related trends
1. Study Nook
Study Nook by designer Aaron Kowald is a learning aid that has won the James Dyson Award for community value and educational assistance it offered to the disabled children, particularly those suffering from Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties. Specially devised for children ailing with autism and Down syndrome, the work station provides a child with the necessary day to day educational tools for learning in the classroom. This handy study unit functions as a useful tool which chiefly focuses on functional requirements of a kid with PMLD. Study Nook helps to prevent disturbance thereby helping the child in exploring sensory and perceptual skills during interaction with the product. It also builds comfort by making private work room for the kid within the classroom. This device is easy to use and is collapsible thereby making it functional, innovative and aesthetically suitable for the need.
2. Soft Pet mobile phone
Soft Pet comes wedged with a variety of new features apart from the usual functions like speech input and Braille buttons. A special feature of the phone is the call-and-respond naming capability, which will prove to be very beneficial. A user can give their Soft Pet mobile phone a name just like they would when they get a pet home. When the user calls the phone's name, the mobile gadget will respond in return. This will make it easy for the visually impaired to locate the cellular phone in case it gets misplaced or they are unable to locate it. Draped in smooth and soft silicone, the Soft Pet phone is comfortable to hold.
This inventive device can sense presence of users contacts and describes the distance via its speech function. Its emergency SOS button will be very helpful especially when users face any kind of trouble. This phone comes with a cradle or tray that acts as wireless charger for juicing up the device. One can charge this gadget by putting it into the tray without connecting it to the wires. Soft Pet is a blessing for the visually impaired people. It is both comfortable to use as well as charge thereby making sure that the visually challenged do not have to be dependent on others while using contemporary gadgets.
3. Communicaid
The Communicaid design concept from South Korean designer Jaepyung Lee stems from the disadvantages that the hearing impaired people encounter in the course of their daily routines. Unlike people with more obviously identifiable disabilities like blindness or a physical handicap, there isn't a way to incorporate the hearing disabled into a hearing environment. One of the most common problems which the deaf face is communicating with people who are not familiar with sign language or terrifying situations when they cannot hear horns and other warnings on road. Something like Communicaid can help to merge hearing disabled population further flawlessly in the audible world. This gadget is made of 3 varied communication devices which cater to different usage requirements in different environments. This small portable device has been intended chiefly for indoor use thereby allowing hearing impaired for recognizing sounds. It is equipped with 2 good quality MEMS microphones designed for capturing specific sounds such as fire alarm, doorbell, someone calling from a distance and transfers them to a visual pattern on the display as pictograms or blinking lights.
This enables the deaf to become more aware of significant sound-based social indications which they may encounter at home or their routine work. The second concept is pair of glasses which can capture sounds as well as bring them to wearer's attention through blinking LEDs via hair band style tool. Intended for outdoor use, the Communicaid Glasses enables deaf people to turn more careful regarding warning sounds as well as traffic on streets. It is intended for use in outdoor activates such as shopping, commuting, jogging among others. The third, a mobile communicator helps to convert conversation to text for hearing impaired people along with allowing them to respond through a text on screen or choosing to convert typed text to audio for hearing persons. This innovative concept enables deaf people in communicating to non-singers effectively and also serves as a wonderful way in helping them to integrate themselves in talking/hearing environment. This device boasts of curved slide-out display which can easily be read by other person devoid of straining their posture.
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