Monday 12 November 2007

Project Proposal

My proposal is to design a way to aid visually impaired, or blind people round the food options at the supermarket. Currently i am not sure which products i will focus on. To decide this i will need to conduct more research into my target markets wants and needs. There is also the option of a guide around actual supermarkets that will tell you what section your in - this i think would be especially suitable as supermarkets are forever moving their layout around.

Before i refine my proposal i need to answer the following questions:
• Would visually impaired people find a system to help the around a supermarket helpful?
• Who do i class as visually impaired?
• Would the visually impaired find a system to help them distinguish between food products helpful?
• Which food products?
• Different flavours? intensity of flavours? number it feeds? cooking instructions?
• How do they cope at the moment?
• Would this make them feel more excluded?

1 comment:

pwilson said...

hi jenny. i think your research (if you haven't already done it) should be focused and made pretty quick to get the answers to these questions. an organisation might put you in contact with groups/individuals that will be able to get you the information asap. fight for sight might be useful with this