Molly Watt lives with Usher Syndrome. From the Wikipedia page:
Usher syndrome is a relatively rare genetic disorder caused by a mutation in any one of 10 genes resulting in a combination of hearing loss and visual impairment, and is a leading cause of deafblindness. Usher syndrome is incurable at present.
Molly and her mom each got an Apple Watch about five days ago. From Molly’s blog:
I was born deaf and registered blind when I was 14. The condition I have is Usher Syndrome Type 2a. I am severely deaf and have only a very small tunnel of vision in my right eye now so I was concerned not just about the face size but how busy it would appear to me and also if there would be an uncomfortable glare.
Follow the link to read Molly’s take on the Apple Watch, get a sense of how Apple’s accessibility settings work for her.
Yikes. I think her blog has been overcome by the number of people directed her way. 503 errors for me right now. Looking forward to reading it.
“I can be directed without hearing or sight, but by a series of taps via the watch onto my wrist – 12 taps means turn right at the junction or 3 pairs of 2 taps means turn left”
That is a lot of taps to turn right and even to turn left.
Are they fast taps? I wonder too if this is user definable.
I was expecting 1 tap for right and 2 for left or something like that.
From the brief descriptions I’ve seen, I’m assuming those 12 taps feel like rumble strips at a highway toll plaza.