Comments on: White Cane Label: Trendy Clothing for Blind People

By: net@night 28 - July 18th, 2007: Green Beats Keen | SearchcommandN

net@night 28 - July 18th, 2007: Green Beats Keen | SearchcommandN — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:42:23 +0000

[...] White Cane will bring together blind people and sighted people to pick out designer clothes. [...]

By: Patti

Patti — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:59:44 +0000

I am replying to the “White Cane posting”. First, I as a blind person, find this simply spectacular. Second, Being a blind/ visually impaired computer user, there is a long way to go, but thanks to dedication from programers, whether sighted or blind, we as disabled computer users have come a long way as far as technology is concerned. As far as statistics are concerned, please check out http://www.afb.org; http://www.nfb.org; and http://www.acb.org.

Patti

By: TheRunwayScoop

TheRunwayScoop — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:23:40 +0000

Fashion Shopping For the Visually Impaired…

This is a brilliant idea because according to the American Foundation for the Blind, there are approximately 10 million blind people in the U.S. alone. Who knows how many more there are in other countries, but the numbers certainly represent an …

By: StorefrontBacktalk - Techniques, Tools, and Tirades about Retail Technology and E-Commerce

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:01:29 +0000

[...] Two Rochester Institute of Technology students have launched a clothing site for the visually impaired, featuring sound and text instead of images, apparel recommendations based on a questionaire and clothing arrives with braille tags attached with descriptions and washing instructions.The pair are relying entirely on designer donations to supply their inventory, but will be charging full price in an effort to stop sighted buyers from taking advantage of any deals, according to this TechCrunch story. [...]

By: damisa

damisa — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:08:43 +0000

In response to:
“Very very interesting idea. But how many blind people uses internet? Does we have statistics on that?”

I don’t have any statistics, but, many individuals who are blind or visually impaired have access to the Web. There was actually an issue raised by the National Federation of the Blind that Target’s web site was not accessible using screen accesss software such as JAWS and WindowEyes. If you simply do a search (using your search engine of choice) for “internet” and “blind,” you will find entire message boards, listservs, blogs, etc run by and for blind internet users…

By: Concrete Stain

Concrete Stain — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:58:58 +0000

its funny; by making their site – good for the blind –

– their site looks pretty good SEO wise too …

By: Linda Damato

Linda Damato — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:25:55 +0000

Great work and idea and follow through! I hope this is tremendous beyond imagination!

By: David Scott Lewis

David Scott Lewis — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 06:28:31 +0000

Whether the business model succeeds or not, it’s a great effort and I applaud their founders.

Matter of fact, there are two pluses for White Cane Label: 1) It serves a social need, not just a business need, and 2) It expands the frontiers of HCI (human-computer interaction) research and applications.

By: Aria Rajasa

Aria Rajasa — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:16:33 +0000

Very very interesting idea. But how many blind people uses internet? Does we have statistics on that?

By: ELL

ELL — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:38:42 +0000

This is a great idea but they are not even hosting the site really. They are using that crap Godaddy gives you for free. C’mon guys, you are getting some A-list coverage and you cant even get your own hosting account. On a better note good luck and you have a cool idea.

Also to Chris, no one cares that you were first to comment, please don’t turn the TC comment system into Digg.

By: borborygme

borborygme — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:35:26 +0000

Good idea. Probably not a big money idea. But a good idea.

By: spelling_bee

spelling_bee — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:21:25 +0000

They should also try learning how to spell.
“Awareness” not “awarness”
“Committed” not “commited”

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:31:39 +0000

Granted, the site is under development, but I’m sure that ad-frame across the top would be painful for screen readers.

http://webstand...resource_id=168
has a PDF outlining web accessibility standards/guidelines.

By: heri

heri — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:14:37 +0000

this is cool. there should be more initiatives like this

By: AndrewB

AndrewB — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:40:10 +0000

If we want to be picky though – note their logo on the website doesn’t have any ALT text for the sight impaired. :p

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:24:28 +0000

First! Neat site too.