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"a reminder you're walking by a place with great Chinese takeout" is this just a way to target ads at people with a disability? if all I'm trying to do is get

by xyclos 12y ago

"a reminder you're walking by a place with great Chinese takeout" is this just a way to target ads at people with a disability? if all I'm trying to do is get form point A to point B, the last think I want is "interesting facts about history" or targeted ads.

hayksaakian 12y ago
What if you're travelling? Or just exploring a tourist area. Narrow demographic, but seems more useful in that case.
stevenjohns 12y ago
It could be an incentive for shop owners to install such a beacon, thus increasing their frequency and improving the system. I doubt they would be ads, but rather just the name of the store and maybe some sort of rating reference or something.
- pbhjpbhj 12y ago
  >"I doubt they would be ads, but rather just the name of the store and maybe some sort of rating reference or something." // That sounds like an advert to me. Shop owners will consider the ROI, if they think there are enough blind people with such a device that will be attracted in to spend by use of this system they'll get it. It's an advert, like a shop window display, surely.
function_seven 12y ago
I didn't even consider the possible nefariousness of it, but you have a point. Although, you could also make the case that stores have signs (sometimes neon!) for sighted people, so this is just providing the closest equivalent experience to the blind. Yeah, it's not perfectly comparable, since sighted people can choose what they look at mostly, while none of us get to direct our hearing to only one source of sound. Such a system would have to provide the user options as to what they want to hear, from the (-v) bare minimum safety warnings (curb, crosswalk, etc.) to (-vv) a more comprehensive description of the terrain and items around you, all the way up to (-vvv) a constant play-by-play chatter of everything it knows about your location, direction, and destination.
arjie 12y ago
People with good eyesight gain instant knowledge by looking around. This seems like a wonderful way to bring that sort of experience to a person unable to see. It sounds great!

by xyclos 12y ago

hayksaakian 12y ago

What if you're travelling? Or just exploring a tourist area. Narrow demographic, but seems more useful in that case.

stevenjohns 12y ago

It could be an incentive for shop owners to install such a beacon, thus increasing their frequency and improving the system. I doubt they would be ads, but rather just the name of the store and maybe some sort of rating reference or something.

pbhjpbhj 12y ago
>"I doubt they would be ads, but rather just the name of the store and maybe some sort of rating reference or something." // That sounds like an advert to me. Shop owners will consider the ROI, if they think there are enough blind people with such a device that will be attracted in to spend by use of this system they'll get it. It's an advert, like a shop window display, surely.

function_seven 12y ago

I didn't even consider the possible nefariousness of it, but you have a point. Although, you could also make the case that stores have signs (sometimes neon!) for sighted people, so this is just providing the closest equivalent experience to the blind. Yeah, it's not perfectly comparable, since sighted people can choose what they look at mostly, while none of us get to direct our hearing to only one source of sound. Such a system would have to provide the user options as to what they want to hear, from the (-v) bare minimum safety warnings (curb, crosswalk, etc.) to (-vv) a more comprehensive description of the terrain and items around you, all the way up to (-vvv) a constant play-by-play chatter of everything it knows about your location, direction, and destination.

arjie 12y ago

People with good eyesight gain instant knowledge by looking around. This seems like a wonderful way to bring that sort of experience to a person unable to see. It sounds great!