Re:My Journey From Blindness to Building a Fully Conversatio...
by cmaury on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @06:42PM
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You can check our SDK out at developer.conversantlabs.com. It's currently in a developer preview. Send me an email at [email protected]. It would be great to talk more. If our conversation in this thread is any indication, I think we'll have a pretty good discussion :)
Re:My Journey From Blindness to Building a Fully Conversatio...
by stevetrewick on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @06:23PM
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I conceptualise them as a non visual means of surfacing an n-dimensional information architecture. But I'm just weird like that.
One thing screen readers are super good at is exposing shitty IA design, which is regrettably common.
That said, it cuts both ways. There is a public transport app in the UK (Traveline GB) that as a low viz (legally blind) user I find incredibly frustrating to use, but my no viz pals absolutely love.
In this case it seems the IA is there but the visual interface to it is worse than what voiceover exposes.
Accessibity is hard.
Anyhow, I look forward to reading more about your SDK. Where can I learn more? I'm building an app that could benefit from a conversational UI on top of the traditional one and would be interested in reading up on what you offer, particularly as it's meant for blind users too.