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Submitted: April 10th, 2008
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Designed by... Ben Scott-Robinson
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   (148 votes, average: 3.63 out of 5) Loading ...The user There are 12 million people of limited sight in Europe. There has been little designed specifically for their specific needs for over 4 years and there is no affordable handset available in the marketplace for blind or partially sighted people. Currently blind and partially sighted people have to use third party software on normal phones to access them. This is becoming an increasing problem as phones become more complicated. The experience The Blind Phone is aimed at filling a niche requirement for blind and partially sighted people. A phone designed from the ground up around the needs of a restricted sight person. From the form of the physical design to the user interface, everything is done to remove the requirement of a screen or any visual input or feedback. It aims to gain buy in from the blind community early on, and take advantage of Corporate Social Responsibility opportunities with mobile OS and handset manufacturers to produce a low cost device that perfectly meets the needs of it’s target audience. View
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April 10th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
BRILIANT! 5 out of 5
April 11th, 2008 at 10:02 am
A truly intuitive idea!
April 11th, 2008 at 10:10 am
superlative idea and design
April 11th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Awesome - 5 out 5.
April 11th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
An excellent idea and a much needed product. Five out of five!
April 11th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Very inspirational! Well done!
April 11th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
I give this 5 out of 5
A valuable mode of communication.
Question - what value would you place upon it, as an individual, if you had no vision? This has to be a winner!
April 11th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
5 out of 5
beautiful design meets usefulness
April 12th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Genius!
April 12th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
What a great idea!
April 13th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
5 out of 5, by far the best invention.
April 14th, 2008 at 11:46 am
What a brilliant idea! 5 out of 5!
April 14th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Great idea - my gran was going blind and even her generation would have loved something helpful and stylish
April 14th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Very useful and looks cool - that’s design!
April 16th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Brilliant initiative and great concept, hope you get to develop this into a real product
April 16th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
a brilliant idea, and brilliantly designed.
April 18th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
I think this is a brilliant Idea and very well designed.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Excellent idea. Five stars.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:22 am
Wonderful idea
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:00 am
Most commendable. It deserves to win I say !
April 24th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
[…] Link: BSR Blind Phone […]
April 25th, 2008 at 5:06 am
EXCELLENT DESINING! and functional
May 12th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Hey, regarding the idea of contracting with smaller independant manufacturers, have you looked into creating this as a modu “sleeve”? Then you wouldn’t have the expense or complication of the “guts” of the machine, and could focus design and materials expense on what matters here, which is the form and interface. Just a thought…
Sarah
May 12th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
[…] Cloudaware has been shortlisted for the Design Competition in the Freelance category along with BSR Blindphone & Flat Music Player. Check out my mobile service/application concept entry for the MEX Design […]
May 30th, 2008 at 12:06 am
[…] Desbarats of Alloy, Ken Blakeslee of WebMobility Ventures and Ben-Scott Robinson, designer of the BSR Blind Phone and winner of the 2008 MEX Mobile User Experience Innovator of the Year […]
June 6th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Audio menus are a great idea, and the phone has a very attractive look. But I don’t think the pistol grip keypad is quite right. First of all, most blind users do not have trouble using a standard 3×4 keypad matrix, as long as the keys are distinct (”tactilely discernible” is the common phrase). Second, a user gripping the phone may unintentionally press one of the keys. Third, pressing the keys while gripping the phone requires some pretty inconvenient finger bending, which may be difficult for some users with dexterity limitations.
June 10th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
[…] on my side I am also still feeling chuffed over being made MEX Mobile Innovator of the Year a couple of weeks ago for the Blind Phone. It was a real privilege to win against some of my […]
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:26 pm
[…] Source: The MEX Design Competition […]
July 27th, 2008 at 4:31 am
[…] BSR blind phone 这是一款专门给有视力障碍的人事们设计的手机. 它的设计很独特, 就象个joystick一样. […]
October 20th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Interesting concept but I think those small number buttons would be really awkward to use. It would be very hard to press them from that hand position, particularly with your little finger which isn’t very dexterous. I also think the shape is an ergonomic nightmare as you have to have the right size hand otherwise it would be very uncomfortable.
April 15th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Smart…and about time.
November 16th, 2009 at 12:22 am
[…] The MEX Mobile User Experience Awards – BSR Blind Phone – a phone designed to be affordable and speicifically aimed at people with limited vision. Also visit BSR Blind Phone on St Dunstan’s getting involved in testing the phone. […]