case studies interactive design

  Project Category I choose the sixth category for the assignments which is optimizing: making daily activities more efficient. Project Background Our human brains can store a maximum amount of memory. Therefore, we rely on taking notes down in case we forgot. This task seems so simple for normal people to do, we normally send messages in our own chat on our phone or take notes in a digital notepad. Similarly, most blind people have the habit of taking notes too. They use audio recording as a result to keep track of these tasks and plans. However, they experience inconvenience from the phone recording because they will record the voice instructions if they use their phone at the same time. In addition, the audio files are arranged in an absolute mess without labels. Besides, there are more steps for them to click the recording they want. Because they need to go to work every day, they always bring their essentials —white canes, work bags, wallets, and keys— along with them. None o

In week 5, I had some discussions with another lecturer on my design plan. I showed him both of my design plans.  The first design discussions  He believed that all blind people can use phone recordings, with the exception of elderly blind people who are typically uninitiated by electronics. He mentioned to me that to choose this, I need to change my target audience to elderly blind people. The second design discussions  He said the proposal would be more convenient for visually impaired people executing on an application of a phone. The approach was welcomed by all visually impaired people.  Both approaches were fine to proceed with, depending on which target audience I prefer.  

  Design Planning  After secondary research and primary research, I have two design plans at this stage both of which address the same problem but in different directions. It is a special device that provides find things easily without taking time to find out. 

Contact company service for the Blind Community After the project proposal was approved, I immediately create a survey form for the blind community. The survey form was created in English and Bahasa Melayu, in case I met someone who is more fluent in Malay.   To find the blind community, I try to email Malaysia Association for the Blind (MAB) for asking their permission to interview the blind community.  However, the company hasn't reply my message. So, I try to contact the service number provided on Facebook. Fortunately, the company picked up my phone. They said they had received my email and need take time for them to reply to my message. They promise me they will arrange an online meeting for me with the blind community. 

Project Proposal 4   Throughout the research, I decided to go for the topic of the blind community.  I choose the sixth category for the assignments which is Optimizing: making daily activities more efficient. In Malaysia,  there are tens of thousands of people across the nation who are engaged in a quiet struggle to complete tasks that others might pass by without giving them a second thought. They encounter significant challenges in performing simple tasks like reading, writing, and even getting cash from an ATM, but few people are aware of these challenges. Life's challenges for those who are blind start at a young age. Brickfield, Malaysia, also known as Little India, has a large amount of particular community - Visual Impaired People. The city has gathered around 3000 of them. Problem Statement Unlike normally sighted people, Finding the items left elsewhere presents a challenge for blind people. They, therefore, require assistance in order to find their belongings quickly an