Hello Colleagues:
I thought this would be of interest. Some students at MIT are wanting
to build a new braille labeler.
Regards,
Robert
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Subject: [AERNet] MIT Students Seeking Input on Braille Labeler
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> Subject: [2.009] Braille labeler product survey
>
> Dear Customer,
>
> We are the senior mechanical engineering design team at MIT working on
> designing and building a brand new Braille labeler. We need the help of
> people like
> you to design the best product possible for the blind and visually
> impaired.
> We would be so grateful if you could reply to this email with your own
> answers
> to the questions listed below at your earliest convenience. The results
> will
> be assessed anonymously; your confidentiality is certainly our priority.
>
> Additionally, for those of you living in the Boston area, please keep your
> calendar open for this Saturday morning for a one hour focus group during
> which
> we will present some basic models and give you the opportunity to test
> them
> out and give us feedback. Details of time and location will be emailed out
> shortly. Please let your friends know about this event; we want to have as
> many blind and visually impaired people there as possible to help us
> design
> the best product that we can.
>
> Thank you so much! Please continue reading for our survey questions.
>
> 1. How much vision do you have? When did you lose your vision?
>
> 2. What is your age? (teens, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, etc.)
>
> 3. Do you own a 3M label maker?
>
> 4. What have you used your 3M label maker to label?
>
> 5. Approximately how many letters can you type in 10 seconds on your 3M
> label maker?
>
> 6. If you label disposable items, such as canned foods, can you describe
> how
> you do it? Do you adhere the label to the can and dispose of it when you
> throw
> away the can? Or do you have a system for reusing your labels? Can you
> describe it? If you reuse your labels, is it to save money, to save the
> time
> of
> making a new label, or is there another reason?
>
> 7. When you use your 3M label maker, do you usually make multiple labels
> in
> one sitting, or do use it each time you need just one label?
>
> 8. Do you ever have a need to make multiple lines of label? Is it
> challenging to make two labels and line one up below the next while
> placing
> them?
>
> 9. Is there any part of the labeling process for which you prefer or
> require
> help from a sighted friend? (Identifying items to be labeled, creating the
> labels, trimming the labels, peeling the labels, sticking the labels,
> etc.)
>
> 10. Do you carry your 3M label maker with you? To work? To the grocery
> store? If your 3M label maker were small and light enough, would you carry
> it with
> you to label things right away as you purchased them?
>
> 11. Would you purchase a label maker that required batteries to operate?
>
> 12. What other things do you have to do besides simply embossing the
> braille
> in order to prepare a label? (How often do you have to buy replacement
> tape?
> Do you have to trim the label? Peel the backing? Anything else?) Please
> elaborate on anything that is tricky or inconvenient, or that might
> sometimes cause
> a mistake so that you have to remake the label.
>
> 13. Do you own any technology for which you would say that the buttons are
> too small?
>
> 14. Do you own a brailler or a Braille note? Which do you have, and how
> long
> have you had one? Approximately how many letters per second can you type
> in
> 10 seconds on your brailler or Braille note?
>
> 15. How much would you be willing to spend for a label maker that used
> dymo
> tape, had a 6-button interface like a brailler or a Braille note, and was
> smaller
> than the 3M label maker?
>
> Thank you so much for your time! Please forward this on to any friends who
> may be able to help, and have them reply to me, Karina Pikhart, at
> kpikhart@mit.edu
> . Any questions about the nature of our project or of this survey may also
> be addressed to me.
>
> Thanks again!
> Karina Pikhart
> 2.009 Blue Team
>
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