SASHA BLAIR-GOLDENSOHN
Sasha Blair-Goldensohn points to spoken walking-directions, originally developed for blind/low vision users.
In
a big city — with noise, cyclists, traffic, trains, distractions — it’s safer
and more efficient for everyone to listen to directional instructions instead
of staring into their phones when crossing busy streets.
The
feature wasn’t developed for wheelchair users either, but it’s a whole lot
easier to keep pushing when a friendly computer voice is telling you where to
go instead of having to stop and swipe at your phone every few blocks.
For Blair-Goldensohn, whose work revolves around universal design, it’s hard to
understand why you would do things any other way.
To
him, working toward a world that can be accessed by everyone, benefits
everyone. “Solidarity is powerful,” he says.
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