Scope of the meeting:
[Existing Technology] Analyzing Existing Products
[Requirements] Describing User Needs
[Prioritizing]  Prioritizing these needs for [Cellphone] [Orange] [TouchFont]
[User statements]  Making general observations about the users

Analyzing Existing Products

I found a website with many products that we talked about below http://www.deafblind.co.uk/equipment.html

Existing Devices had the following attributes:
clumsy- slow to use
output only
new lanugages? - cupid
hard to write upside cdown
We found that most products were expensive (none were under $100, many were over $1,000). Most products were clumsy to use. None allowed for multi-users.
Many were single-directional (input or ouput devices, but not both).  Some devices made users learn a new way of using their hands.


There were some exceptions and excitements, as listed here:
Seeing Eye dogs
Hand Tapper
Moon

General notes about deaf-blind community

braille graphics are different from seeing people graphics
morse code is no longer recognized
most blind people are out of work because _GETTING TO WORK_ is hard
40 chars is enough to read in a display-- Sile has 30 on her braille pad

Users dislike of devices that  force people's hands. Examples below:


Ergonomically, Sile did not like latex feel (feels like skin). Maybe a bumpy latex or layering of fabric.
Open cell foam was nice to touch and squeeze.
She liked nerf ball squeeziness.

Requirements listed below:

Emotional content coveyed
low cost
multiuser (1 to many-->maybe in the future ,1 to one start with this)
Handheld
Satisfying to touch/feel (wood is pleasing)
Not RSI-- good design
Pleasant to use--> good design
Ergonomic
Our hands are used
wireless
fits in a pocket
portable (lightweight, reasonable battery life, not too hideous)

Our twosummarized  ideas to work on are currently:
cell phone-vibra tactile (more feedback)
orange- vibra tactile (some feedback)

Prioritized list of requirements

We next prioritized these requirements for the following 3 projects that we talked about before.

Cellphone

-tertiary
-primary handheld
-pocketable
-no emotions
-usually off (like a phone)
-use quotes for emphasis (I don't remember what this meant)

Orange

-ergonomics
-handheld
-maybe not squeezable
-adjustible sizing for calibration?

TouchFont

-handheld
-sit on one hand or maybe use 2 hands
-woud be cool if we could fit into a pocket
-no battery
-bracelet or ring

Other Interesting IDEAS we might explore later
chat room for deaf-blind people
emotional input
speech output to read emails on a phone (text is so tedious)

Present were Sile, Rob, and Angela.
Sile-->Contact Jaffe and press of existing journals
Angela--> email hasicom