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Blindman's Nightmare

Blindman's Nightmare by Alex Castro.
High tech elevator in Rio de Janeiro.

All buttons have braille symbols, therefore showing how the designers are concerned about the problems facing disable people.

There's one small problem, though: the buttons are activated by the softest touch.

Any blind person who touched a button to read its braille symbols would also activate the button, making the elevator stop on every single floor whose button he touched. And, since there's no speaker announcing floors, not only would this poor person stop on all floors, he or she would also have no way of knowing which floor is the one he actually intended to go.

Unbelievable. 

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itsfeet4me says:

they need brail markers on the side, everytime the doors opens
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

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MarciaDogs  Pro User  says:

quem foi o gênio que fez este elevador??? no meu prédio os texto em braile está ao lado de cada botão.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

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carlixas says:

Fantástico exemplo de má usabilidade...

Sou Ergonomista e cada vez que encontro um exemplo destes não deixo de me espantar. Como é possível cometer erros tão grosseiros de concepção?
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

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