Hello everyone,
Pranox, a startup focused on accessible smartphone experiences, is running a short survey to better understand which smartphone tasks are most difficult or frustrating for blind and low-vision users. This research will help shape AppGenie, an app being built to reduce friction in completing smartphone tasks.
AppGenie is designed to let people focus on what they want to do rather than how each app works. A user can say something natural like "Help me with grocery shopping at Costco" or "Get directions to the Space Needle" AppGenie interprets the intent, asks clarifying questions when needed, and carries out the task within supported apps.
The survey takes about 7–10 minutes. Participants are entered into a $50 gift card raffle, and some respondents may be invited to a 30-minute follow-up interview with $30 gift card compensation.
Survey link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpRO6sn5wi_yOkxdKfYzSGdfxdv258ZhQtuHM1cNfx4W554Q/viewform
Thank you very much to anyone willing to share their experience,
Kevin
Comments
Just make apps accessible
Honestly I think implementing proper accessibility across the board is much better than an agentic solution that may or may not work, but those are just my $0.02
Don't mean to be negative but
But I am very very skeptical at best.
I think that’s a fair point.
I agree that better accessibility in apps is important. What I’m exploring is a slightly different issue: even when an app is accessible, it can still be hard to use, not very intuitive, or take a lot of cumbersome steps to complete a task. AppGenie is meant to explore whether some of that can be simplified by letting people focus on what they want to do, rather than on learning how the app works and navigating its interface.