Seeking Participants for Master’s Project: Vibration-based Communication for the Deafblind

Hello! I am David, a Computer Science student Durham University, in England. I am doing my master’s project on deafblind communication and am creating an interface for vibrotactile communication on Android phones. The interface uses Morse code (dots and dashes to represent the letters of the alphabet) to allow a deafblind person to type text into the phone and “read” by feeling vibrations. I’ll then integrate this into an app called Signal, which is a free, privacy-centric messenger.
If this sounds interesting to you, I would absolutely love for you to be involved in evaluating the interface. You’ll not be expected to know Morse code in advance – part of the study is discovering how easy or hard it is to learn! All you need is your fingers, an Android phone, and someone to help you get set up.
You can get in touch by emailing me at david.c.kutner@durham.ac.uk – I’ll give you the details of the study, and you can decide if you want to give it a try. If you are underage, you’ll have to ask your parents to participate in the study, and they’ll have to answer questions on your behalf.