Joanie Digg Visits

Thursday October 6th, Joanie Digg visited Western New England University to help explain our current project and give insight on our class projects. We learned what VIU's are and the difference between blind and near-blind people and the different techniques needed to solve visual problems for the users. Some things I found particularly useful as a seeker is the color filters used by VIU's. Before I though color filters where a method used to enhance images for a clearer image. I never though it was a simple utility that changed the color of text and the background. Seeing a real magnifier allowed for a better understanding about how to create a pseudo-magnifier. Thinking of software and hardware as a seeker is a lot different than using software and hardware as an end-user. Before when making menus for various applications and web pages, I added access keys and other functions because they were the standard. Having to deal with VIU's those standards now mean something a little different. Doing something because its what everyone else does, and doing something because others need it are two different things when doing all the little things in a project.