Buddy
Academic Context
Accessibility Design | UIUX
Team
Barbara Diaz Blanco,
Tany Odathumparambil,
Surabhi Shroff
5 Weeks
Intro
This project was a part of the accessibility class. It was focussed on the audience who are deaf and mute. After taking interviews of different people who fall under this section, we found out 4 major problem areas from which we focussed on one. The solution is based on Indian context as the audiences belong to India.
Apart from this product, we also learnt about WCAG 2.0 standard, WAVE and completed front end course of Web Accessibility ADA compliance with Udacity.
Design Tools
TinkerCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects
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Problem Statement
Hearing children raised by deaf-mute parents suffer severe communication problems with their environment from the very moment of their birth. The deaf-mute parents try their best to take care of their kids and grandkids. Sometimes they miss out on the baby crying when they are in a different room. In India, the audio and video baby monitors that are available in the market are expensive. It is difficult for the working class to afford them.
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How might we?
How might we reduce the communication gap between a deaf-mute mom and her newborn baby to provide a better childhood?
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Primary Research
2 People
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Persona
20 mins each
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Storyboard
4 Problem Areas
Based on the persona, we found out 4 problem areas which were the priority.
The storyboard on the right shows the 4 problem areas faced by Powerful Pooja in her daily life which she wishes to have a permanent solution for.
Focus Area
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Competitive Analysis
Baby monitors with and without camera are available in India. However, middle class people cannot afford it.
Audio Baby Monitor
INR 5200 | 73 USD
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Road Map
Camera Baby Monitor
INR 9000 | 126 USD
Initial Idea
Our plan was to make the tactile prototype using the sensors and radio transmitters. After successfully building the prototype we would create a website that talks about the problem and the solution. It will consist of a toolkit video showing how one can build their own device sitting at home for cheap
Due to Covid - 19, we are pivoting to digital 3D CAD models
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Product thoughts and iterations
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Task analysis
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Product Details
Buddy
Hello everyone. Meet Buddy!
Buddy helps deaf parents to monitor the baby when not around.
He signals the actions of baby when awake or crying as it has motion and audio sensors inside.
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Product Technical Details
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Product Use in the Environment