Biggs Brandon, Agbaroji Hannah, Toth Christopher, Stockman Tony, Coughlan James, Walker Bruce
engineer at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, a PhD candidate at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the CEO and co-Founder of XR Navigation Inc.
master's student at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
J Blind Innov Res. 2024;14(1). doi: 10.5241/14-252.
A group co-design was held in March 2021 with six blind and low-vision individuals (BLIs) from the United States. Participants were asked to discuss problems related to travel during the COVID-19 pandemic and make recommendations for possible solutions. Two probes (prototypes) of a non-visual neighborhood travel map and a non-visual COVID-19 choropleth map (a map using colors or sounds over each state to represent different values) of COVID-19 state data were shown to participants for inspiration. The participants expressed that COVID-19 had significantly increased their apprehension and discomfort associated with activities such as venturing outside, traveling, engaging with strangers, communicating, adapting to changes in familiar environments, and wearing masks. Participants gravitated towards the need for information the probes provided, and made a number of observations and recommendations for improvement. They wanted more detailed geo-referenced COVID-19 data (including by county), information related to voting, a mobile app, and more detailed building information, such as doors on the travel map.
2021年3月，与来自美国的6名盲人和视力低下者（BLIs）进行了一次小组共同设计。参与者被要求讨论与新冠疫情期间出行相关的问题，并就可能的解决方案提出建议。向参与者展示了两个探索性模型（原型），一个是无障碍社区旅行地图，另一个是新冠疫情分级统计图（一种通过在每个州使用颜色或声音来表示不同数值的地图），展示新冠疫情各州数据，以获取灵感。参与者表示，新冠疫情显著增加了他们在诸如外出、旅行、与陌生人交往、交流、适应熟悉环境的变化以及戴口罩等活动中的担忧和不适。参与者被探索性模型所提供的信息需求所吸引，并提出了一些观察结果和改进建议。他们希望获得更详细的地理参考新冠疫情数据（包括按县划分的数据）、与投票相关的信息、一个移动应用程序，以及更详细的建筑信息，比如旅行地图上的门的信息。
