Hi AppleVis Community,
I am a Product Manager at a specialized charging technology brand with 10 years of R&D experience. We recently realized that most power banks on the market—including our own—could be much more inclusive for users with visual or hearing impairments.
We believe that checking battery levels or identifying ports shouldn’t be a frustrating "guessing game." That’s why we are launching a project to redesign our power banks with accessibility as a core feature, not an afterthought.
We need your expertise. Instead of guessing what works, we want to listen to the real-world experiences of this community. We’ve created a short survey to understand the tactile, audio, or haptic feedback that would make a charging device truly "friendly" for you.
How you can get involved:
Share your thoughts: Click here to fill out our Accessibility Design Survey (Optimized for screen readers)
Become a Tester: At the end of the survey, you can opt-in to our "Chief Experience Officer" program. Once our optimized prototypes are ready, we will ship them to selected testers completely free of charge for real-world feedback.
Our goal is simple: to create a product that truly works for everyone. Your input will directly shape the hardware we build.
Thank you for helping us make technology more inclusive!
Best regards,
Leah
Comments
Great initiative – survey submitted
I’ve completed the survey – thank you for involving the community early in the design process. Building accessibility in from the beginning benefits everyone, not just blind or low‑vision users. Happy to help with testing or feedback down the line.
sound or haptic
If it has one or the other to tell battery level be OK. Long live cats.
filled out the survey.
I love the initiative and looking forward to testing the product.
Done
Did so and send the link to a apple group list for the blind. Hope they provide input. Long live cats.
Price
There is one that has sound and haptic to know how much the battery is charge in 25% but the price is more than $100. Long live cats.
Filled out
Glad to see this could come to mainstream platforms. I'd love to test the product, unfortunately i don't live in the states and getting things shipped to my country whilest possible is a pain in the neck, so sadly had to say no to testing. However filled it out for everything else.
Giving it a go
Looking forwar to working with you.
Thank you for the incredible feedback!
Hi everyone,
I’m truly overwhelmed by the warm response and the thoughtful insights you’ve shared so far. Thank you so much for taking the time to fill out the survey and for encouraging others in the community to participate.
Please rest assured that I am personally reviewing every single response. Your feedback is invaluable and will directly shape our development process as we strive to make our products more inclusive and user-friendly.
Regarding the "Chief Experience Officer" program: once our accessible prototypes are ready, we will be reaching out via the email addresses provided to arrange the free shipping of the testing units.
Thank you for being part of this journey with us. Let’s make technology better, together!
Best regards,
Leah
Very enticing
I am definitely interested in this and filled out the survey. Thank you for bringing this to our attention and allowing us to give our feedback.
this is fantastic!
I just filled out the survey.
It would be great to have accessible alternatives other than those energrid power banks.
joseph filled out servey
i filled out the servey and opted in for testing. if in future info should change how would i submit for updates
Re: sound or haptic
Hatpcis would be the ideal choice if only one were made available since both blind and DeafBlind will have access to that info. Just a thought. Long live dogs too.
Scott Davert
Agree with Scott. Is better than sound and probably cheaper? Long live cats.
reservations about the linked survey
What company do you work for? How will my survey data be used? How will my survey data be handled? Will it be anonymized? Will it be encrypted at rest?