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  Welcome/Info Screen

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  Sign Up

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  Notification for volunteers

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  Example Video Call

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  Feedback for the volunteer

💖👩‍🦯 See4Me: Assisting Visually Impaired People

Inspiration

A close friend of ours, Kevin, has been visually impaired since birth. There are certain daily tasks that Kevin finds difficult to accomplish, like figuring out what color an item of clothing is, where a specific brand of pasta is located, or where he misplaced his favorite red scarf. These obstacles aren't usually an issue, as a roommate or family member is nearby to help. However, when Kevin is alone, he can sometimes struggle. We wanted a way for our friend to easily get the help he needs without feeling like a burden on his family and friends.

What It Does

There are two sides to See4Me.

One side of the app is geared towards those that are visually impaired and requesting assistance. To help everyone, no matter whether their condition ranges from color blindness to full blindness, the home page has a large accessible button to request help at any time.

The other side of the app is built for the seeing volunteers. When someone requests assistance, these volunteers will receive a notification on their phone to help. Upon accepting the request, the first available volunteer will be connected via video call. Finally, after the call, the user can leave a review about the volunteer.

To ensure safety and security, each account will be tied to a phone number, cutting down on any risk from spammers or scammers. As well, if a volunteer is found to be consistently unhelpful through user reviews, they will be removed from the community.

How we built it

We used Figma for all stages of prototyping. First, we created a wireframe of all of our screens to help organize our information. We then moved on to creating the prototype for our demo, making sure that accessibility was front-and-center for all aspects. For example:

• the font is OpenSans, since sans serif fonts are the easiest to read.
• the main colors are orange, black, and white since they are the most distinguishable colors across all kinds of color-blindness.

We verified all images and screens through online accessibility testers that tried out multiple types of color-blindness. Everything remained clear and easily readable.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

This was our first time using Figma so there was a learning curve at the beginning. We watched lots of YouTube tutorials and slowly got the hang of it!

What's next for See4Me

Since we just provided a Figma Prototype, the next step would be to create a working application and potentially complete some user research for feeback.

Built With

• figma