In order to gain insight into the livelihoods of our potential users, we dedicated hours of time to Internet research on the "blind individual experience". According to the Perkins School of the Blind fewer than 2 percent of visually impaired people use a white cane to navigate, most use a service dog or nothing at all to navigate their daily lives 1. This statistic is not particularly surprising, but it is reassuring as it provides concrete evidence that our product will have a large audience of potential visually impaired users. Similarly to individuals with operational sight, blind individuals still crave autonomy and the desire to be confident and secure in themselves. Even though the assistance of a service dog can be therapeutic and a
