There’s an old lady I know who couldn’t use her phone for 3 days because "the screen had gone black”. It had gone flat and gotten stuck in ultra power saving mode which just displays the time. There is a small glyph in the top left which is a box with an arrow pointing out of it, which I knew was tappable and which means exit but she didn’t. To make things worse even if she had tapped it the confirmation dialog that appeared was just some red text that didn’t look like a button at all.
She had no chance. Was about to buy a new phone, thinking the battery was busted.
I showed her the phone settings area but she understood none of it. Why there is an ultra power saving mode, why it would automatically engage, why it’s a black screen, why that is an exit icon, etc.
After I fixed it she was very glad - the phone home screen background is a photo of her dog that died recently and she was very happy to be able to see it again. She doesn’t know how to access the gallery app so that’s the only way she can see the dog that she misses so much.
I think the only thing she can do with her phone is answer it when it rings and unlock it to look at the home screen.
the phone home screen background is a photo of her dog that died recently and she was very happy to be able to see it again. She doesn’t know how to access the gallery app so that’s the only way she can see the dog that she misses so much
I hope you backed that picture up to at leat 3 different places and printed one for her
That’s my mom, currently doing some code-fu on ollama mixed with a lot of scripting to try and make a voice assistant for her that isn’t connected to satan.
Weather
Play a song - then it searches youtube for her answer
Play __ is a struggle. Jellyfin, Youtube. Where is __? Will she specify? Won’t she? I can automate remote inputs, could I have an Ai replace the search string with her answer?
There’s also input lag, whether or not something freezes or doesn’t, it’s fun.
Yes with all the brain damage from Covid I’m pretty sure assistive tech for dementia will be huge huge huge in a few years. Definitely a deep well to draw from, that one.
I have the wireframes of an app sketched out but that’s as far as I’ve gotten.
There’s an old lady I know who couldn’t use her phone for 3 days because "the screen had gone black”. It had gone flat and gotten stuck in ultra power saving mode which just displays the time. There is a small glyph in the top left which is a box with an arrow pointing out of it, which I knew was tappable and which means exit but she didn’t. To make things worse even if she had tapped it the confirmation dialog that appeared was just some red text that didn’t look like a button at all.
She had no chance. Was about to buy a new phone, thinking the battery was busted.
I showed her the phone settings area but she understood none of it. Why there is an ultra power saving mode, why it would automatically engage, why it’s a black screen, why that is an exit icon, etc.
After I fixed it she was very glad - the phone home screen background is a photo of her dog that died recently and she was very happy to be able to see it again. She doesn’t know how to access the gallery app so that’s the only way she can see the dog that she misses so much.
I think the only thing she can do with her phone is answer it when it rings and unlock it to look at the home screen.
I wanna print her dog pictures off her phone and give them to her on paper
Good idea, I’ll see what can be done.
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Trying it but my grandma is stubborn.
Essentially the kind of “I don’t habe time for this shit” and “I am too old for this shit”
Oh well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I hope you backed that picture up to at leat 3 different places and printed one for her
That’s my mom, currently doing some code-fu on ollama mixed with a lot of scripting to try and make a voice assistant for her that isn’t connected to satan.
Weather
Play a song - then it searches youtube for her answer
Play __ is a struggle. Jellyfin, Youtube. Where is __? Will she specify? Won’t she? I can automate remote inputs, could I have an Ai replace the search string with her answer?
There’s also input lag, whether or not something freezes or doesn’t, it’s fun.
Yes with all the brain damage from Covid I’m pretty sure assistive tech for dementia will be huge huge huge in a few years. Definitely a deep well to draw from, that one.
I have the wireframes of an app sketched out but that’s as far as I’ve gotten.