In the last post I explained what an accessible kiosk is. This one is about the harder question, the one that comes up in the budget meeting: why do we need the accessible one? It is usually not asked unkindly. It is asked by someone with a spreadsheet, and the accessible quote is higher than the other one, and the question is fair.
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I have walked past more kiosks than I can count. In museums, airports, restaurants, hospitals, just to name a few. Beautiful machines. Big touchscreens. Slick animations. And not one of them I could actually use. Not to buy a ticket, not to look up an object, not even to pay a bill.
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A tactile map is a map designed to be read by touch: spatial relationships translated into a form the fingertips can read. Raised lines, textures, shapes, and braille labels do the work that printed lines and colors do on a visual map.
Leave a CommentIf you are blind, when you visit a restroom by default you will end up touching many more things than sighted people to find the same facilities. Wouldn’t it be great to minimize contact with things you wouldn’t need to touch in the first place?
This is why I invented the accessible tactile 3D printed restroom maps.
A tactile restroom map is a 3D-printed miniature replica of a restroom’s layout, mounted beside the ADA sign, that blind visitors can feel before entering.
When a blind person visits a restroom, before they enter they can quickly examine a map of the exact layout of the restroom so they can go exactly where they want to without having to explore and accidentally touch more than necessary.
