300 sats \ 7 replies \ @rijndael 4 Jun 2023 \ on: Bitcoin's equivalent of the 'Little Old Lady'? bitcoin
blind people can't really use hardware wallets and seed backup best practices (on hardware or software wallets) aren't really made for them.
I'm not calling blind people a little old lady, but I think it's a dramatic example of where accessibility isn't considered in a large part of the industry.
Yep. I know first hand how accessibility hits you badly when you don't fit the average any more - so I'm right behind you there.
There's lots of chances for companies to fill a niche.
However, I know that over the years many accessibility improvements for people with disabilities have had actually improved others.
Take crescents on sidewalks for example - usually put in for wheelchair users; however they've had the unintended effect of helping with parents with children, older people etc.
Technology uses multiple ways to feedback signals to users - it's possible that helping partially sighted people in one way might make the experience for others more enjoyable and rewarding.
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There are wallets for blind people: Icy wallet
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/icywallet-offers-cold-storage-bitcoin-wallet-visually-impaired
https://github.com/Seif-Abaza/icywallet/
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A really great and innovative idea.
However, it looks like the project's website bit the dust a couple of years ago.
I found the original github project via their dead website via archive.org:
Sadly, that's gone too...
The github link you gave looks like a fork from the original project (above) - it doesn't seem to have any releases.
On the positive, it does seem to show just what's possible.
Hope it (or another such project) pulls through.
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Yes, Icy wallet was a project from 2015... but seems that didn't survive. Sad.
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A braille steel plate backup would be a really interesting idea, if somebody could execute it properly.
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Nice. I never thought of that. Good if it can be set up solely by the user.
Totally unrelated but it made me think of, "Keep your keys in your head" combined with Musks's chip implants. Gotta get that image out of my head...
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It was a dev on 2015 working on it. https://bitcoinist.com/creating-worlds-first-bitcoin-wallet-blind/
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