Hable One: control your smartphone by touch
Type and navigate your smartphone without a touchscreen or dictation. PEZY helped Hable develop its braille controller from prototype to product, focusing on tactile operation, technical integration and accessible packaging.
Introductie
Operating a smartphone by touch
Hable One gives people with visual impairments tactile control of their smartphone. PEZY helped develop the controller into a compact product for everyday use.
Kernresultaten
Tactile smartphone control
Braille input and navigation without a touchscreen or dictation.
Compact for on the go
The controller is handheld and fits in a trouser pocket.
Through to certification
PEZY was involved from product design through to product certification.
01 · De uitdaging
Making a smartphone accessible without a touchscreen
Hable wanted to make smartphone use more accessible for blind and visually impaired people.
A touchscreen offers little tactile reference, while dictation is not always appropriate when you’re on the move or in public. The challenge was how to make a compact controller that enables both typing and navigation by touch.
02 · De rol van PEZY
Bringing a first product to market together
The founders of Hable sought an experienced development partner to advance their prototype.
PEZY worked on product design, mechanical and plastic engineering and electronic integration. We were involved through to product certification and also developed accessible packaging.
PEZY
The founders of Hable sought an experienced development partner to advance their prototype. PEZY worked on product design, mechanical and plastic engineering and electronic integration. We were involved through to product certification and also developed accessible packaging.
03 · De aanpak en het inzicht
Starting from tactile interaction
The development focused on a product that can be understood and operated by touch.
The braille controls needed to fit into a small housing that users can hold in their hand. That focus on accessibility extended to the packaging, so even the first use was taken into account.
04 · De oplossing
A compact controller for typing and navigation
With Hable One, users can enter text using braille and operate smartphone functions without touching the screen.
The controller doesn’t need to lie on a surface and can be used sitting, standing or walking. Its compact size makes it possible to carry it in a trouser pocket.
05 · Het resultaat
From prototype to an accessible product
The collaboration helped Hable develop its first product into a controller for everyday smartphone use.
Design, engineering, electronic integration, certification and packaging were combined in a single process. The product solution gives users a tangible alternative to touchscreen operation and dictation.
In PEZY we found a knowledge partner with a dedicated team to bring a reliable product to market.
Your product question
How do you make your product usable for more people?
We help translate user needs into physical interaction, product design and technical choices that reinforce each other.
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