Design an Elevator for Blind People
Tag: product_design
As a PM of a established elevator company, design an elevator for blind people.
Constrains and Definitions
Constraints: mature elevator company with plenty of resource.
Product/Business Goals
Product goal: Improve a product.
Business Goal: Improve blind people engagement.
User Needs and Segmentation
User needs: Improve CUJ flow/funnel without visual by enhancing touching and voice experience.
Segmentation:
Blind only;
Solo
Companian:
service animal
human
Other disabilities;
Usage of the elevator: commerical vs residential;
Prioritization (TAM)
Painpoints
User funnel/flow:
Locating an elevator (L)
Identify the button to push (M)
Get notified to enter (L)
Specify the floors I’d like to go (S)
Notified it’s ready (L)
Get out (S)
Prioritization: helpfulness of current solution/level of pain (S, M, L)
Solutions
Notifications of elevator locations:
physical button with voice instructions;
Integrated with mobile assistant with voice instructions;
Set up rails/physical signs to help guiding users.
Guided route to the elevator.
Set up physical bumps rails
Step by step/turn by turn voice instructions
Up front voice instructions;
Understand how to use the elevator.
Voice instructions on button locations/Structure of the elevator.
Physical blind characters to desbice the manuals.
Prioritization: Cost of development and manufacturing/usefulness/how many people would benefit.
Summary:
Locating elector: voice assistant to guide users to their location.