Just had an idea to help blind people... where/how?

JohnG7 · 6 May 2021 at 19:41

billysielu said:
Taste

Bassmansam · 6 May 2021 at 20:00

dLockers said:
Be a bit odd to have a blind man feel your yawn or shout.

woops i quoted the wrong bit, i meant to quoye the wiping your bum comment.

Reality|Bites · 6 May 2021 at 20:34

I still laugh from when I was a boy and me and my group of friends we to an empty one weekend, The guy who's house we were going to was called Skid, I asked people why his name was skid and they gave me a " are you stupid " look
A few hours passed and a few drinks in stood there it clicked! " AHHHH his name is Mark! "

ianh · 6 May 2021 at 20:41

Guide-Midgets for the Blind.

Way better than a dog and yet only takes up the same space in the house - everyone's a winner! You get something that can talk, hold things and is house-trained etc to help out and the midget gets free food and a roof over their head - absolute genius!

uber soldat · 6 May 2021 at 20:53

ianh said:
Guide-Midgets for the Blind.

Way better than a dog and yet only takes up the same space in the house - everyone's a winner! You get something that can talk, hold things and is house-trained etc to help out and the midget gets free food and a roof over their head - absolute genius!

Reality|Bites · 6 May 2021 at 21:55

are there bum wiping duties for said midgets?

ianh · 7 May 2021 at 00:05

Reality|Bites said:
are there bum wiping duties for said midgets?

Ewww, don't be disgusting - the midget just has to look into your bumhole after every wipe and tell you when it's clean, obviously!

Reality|Bites · 7 May 2021 at 00:11

where's the out rage from the short community about midget gem gums?

arknor · 7 May 2021 at 00:32

tech already exists to help the blind see.

some good laughs in the replies though

Luke · 8 May 2021 at 22:29

Pigeon_Killer said:
Whatever the idea, can't see it going anywhere.

Reality|Bites · 8 May 2021 at 22:35

voice controls for ipads? saying up a bit...left a bit...too far back a smidge?

bazzabear · 8 May 2021 at 23:18

You could try contacting the RNIB. My sister is partially sighted - they used to have a magazine of stuff useful to a visual impaired person. It was a bit like a specialised Kleeneze catalogue. Maybe if your idea is good, they would work with you to produce it and sell it.

D4N · 9 May 2021 at 07:34

Reality|Bites said:
How do blind people know when they have finished wiping their bum?
How does a deaf person know the difference between yawning and shouting?

Also the other big question, who picks up the guide dog turds?

Derek W · 9 May 2021 at 07:46

D4N said:
Also the other big question, who picks up the guide dog turds?

You don't have to if you're registered blind.

R.P.L · 9 May 2021 at 09:55

Vanquish-Storm said:
Tell me the idea I will patent it for £500

But seriously would be interested to see how all that works. Only ever done trademark before and tbh they are not worth the time and effort a lot of the time.

Sorry if this is a bit OT, but could you elaborate a bit about TMs please? I had an idea for a brand the other day and was thinking I would need to go through the TM process for it if I wanted to go ahead with it.

randomshenans · 11 May 2021 at 11:58

LCG-xyz said:
Yeah looks like it costs about £4K to patent a design... too much for me

I've been through that process and I wouldn't bother if I was you. You're only covered for the area that the patent is for, so really it's little to stop people if they really wanted to do something.

Regardless of what the idea is, I'd run it through a business model canvas as a first step. You want to understand what the value proposition is you're proposing and if there is product market fit for your customer segment. If you get past that and you have great success you can look to build out a prototype. This would be far more valuable as a total process rather than a patent for sure.