Why blind people in Vienna hate trashcans
In Vienna, blind and visually impaired people face an unexpected hazard: trashcans mounted on street poles.
While white canes are effective at detecting ground-level obstacles, these suspended bins are invisible to users.
This blog post discusses the challenge of navigating around such trashcans, drawing from real user interviews and highlighting how this overlooked issue could be addressed with better design and technology like Hope Tech's Sixth Sense.
Vulnerable Customers
Did you know that an estimated 300,000 people in Austria have no or limited knowledge of German? And out of those, to 56% it’s more important to be able to communicate in their first language than getting the best bargain. On top of that, 7.1% of 16 to 65-year-olds have quite low reading competencies.
Language barriers are not just between different languages.