[pazzo]

I imagine that a hand-held measuring cup that relied on weights instead of volumetric amounts would be more useful and practical for the blind. The device I have in mind would be have two handles (one on each side) and a large Braille keypad on the front face to input the desired weight and units. The handles would be connected to the body of the bowl/cup in such a way that, when lifted by the handles, the weighing mechanism would be triggered and a speaker would output how close the measurement was ("Point 5 ounces over", etc.).

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[mfinder]

Sorry for the delayed reply, I have been busy this past week. I went to my local library for the blind, spoke with some of the people there, and received some good feedback. I have also received some great feedback from all of you, but just haven't had a chance to type up a post to respond to it until today.

foodpump: I agree with you, but I'm under the impression that many people who bake or cook at home (and many recipes) still use cup measurements, and the majority of blind people cooking at home may not have readily available resources to make such conversions every time they want to cook. I would love for everything to be in one form of measurement and will think about incorporating measurement by mass into my design.

pullmanpair: You're post was very helpful, thanks for the tips about color.

I <3 Vodka: Thanks for the material tips.

boar_d_laze: Thanks for the organization and scale suggestions. Including a lid was also nice idea.

Filthy Habitz: I would assume that a lot of people on this forum would still like to cook if they lost their eyesight. Hopefully that sums up why a blind person might want to cook.

petalsandcoco: Thank you for the eHow quote and your encouragement!

pazzo: Thanks for the suggestion, I was originally planning to design a volume-specific measuring cup, but measurement by mass seems like an increasingly important feature.


-Matt