OpenIDEO - How might we design an accessible election experience for everyone? - Inspiration

"Tommy Edison has been blind since birth and [is] now producing videos online that reveal a glimpse into his life and the funny challenges that he faces daily. " -from his website. Entertaining & insightful. Well worth the ~2 minutes/video.

The video excerpts above include:

Day In The Life

Using ATM
Using Money
Crossing the Street
Cooking
Using New DVD Player
Unboxing DVD Player
Unboxing Toolkit

On Sighted People

When Sighted People Forget
Sh*t Sighted People Say to Blind People

Tommy's also living his dream of reviewing movies. As he puts it: “I watch movies and pay attention to them in a different way than sighted people do. I’m not distracted by all the beautiful shots and attractive people. I watch a movie for the writing and acting.” In addition, he's been an on-air Radio Personality for >20 years.

Full 31 Video Playlist Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzah0A6IC5o&list=PL90781A589E87969B&feature=plpp_play_all

Blind Film Critic website: http://blindfilmcritic.com

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molly oberholtzer

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February 07, 2012, 04:05PM

"one time I was at an atm and this woman was being as loud as she could be..."
Great insight, so valuable, really excellent as to how we can better design for the blind using other senses in well curated environment.

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Ashley Jablow

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January 27, 2012, 09:27PM

You're right Vincent - these videos are well worth watching and very eye-opening! Thanks for sharing.

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Sarah Fathallah

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January 29, 2012, 12:19PM

Agreed! Excellent videos Vincent!

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Ohood Al-nayel

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January 28, 2012, 06:07AM

thank you for the inspiration!, and it opens up the thought of all people with different disabilities and how theirs choices and reviews can be more insightful than people that are not disabled. Because they are not "distracted" by what we all see, hear and assume. They could very likely pick up on points during elections we unknowingly pass by.

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Melissa Saelzer

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January 27, 2012, 10:33AM

I was thinking that the voting experience would be more accesible to everyone if they could have a similar experience as using an ATM. Now I understand, the ATM is not so great either. Thank you for sharing!

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Vincent Cheng

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January 27, 2012, 10:40AM

Well, at least this ATM had some issues. Hopefully there are other ATMs that are more accessibly designed ;)

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Anne-Laure Fayard

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January 27, 2012, 08:28PM

As I'm reading this inspiration about SMS voting, I'm wondering how accessible it would be for blind people: http://www.openideo.com/open/voting/inspiration/sms-voting-/

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