Smartphone Magnification Stand
If you have difficulty reading small text, the Smartphone Magnification Stand will hold your smartphone steady above the page you need to see so you can use your smartphone as a magnifier to see details more clearly.
3D Printing
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Overview
This inexpensive 3D printed smartphone stand will allow for a smartphone to be held up while it is being used as a magnifier. The phone stand is designed to hold the user’s smartphone up high enough from the page that the camera on the back of the user’s phone can fully focus.
How To Use
This phone stand is intended to be paired with a magnification app that one can find in the app store on their phone. The phone stand holds a phone parallel to the surface it is placed on and is easy to slide around. The user will place the phone in the phone stand, and place the phone stand on top of the sheet of paper they are trying to read from.
A magnification app will allow the user to choose magnification, contrast, and lighting options that will help them see the page. The user will then hold down the page with one hand and move the phone stand and phone with the other as needed to read across the page.
Disability Type Description
This phone stand may be beneficial to someone with visual impairment that requires text to be enlarged or better contrasted to its surroundings in order to read it. This device may also be beneficial to someone with limited finger dexterity as it will assist them in taking steady pictures.
Estimated Cost (CAD)
Maker Information
Skills Description
This is a beginner level build that involves 3D printing a single component.
Print Time (hrs)
2.5
Assembly Time (hrs)
0
Tools Needed
3D Printer
Build Instructions
This device consists of a single 3D-printed part with no assembly required.
Print Settings: (GitHub - 3D Print Guide)
- 0.2 mm layer height
- 20% infill
- No Supports
- 4 perimeters
Project Link
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License
Attribution
Design and documentation by Neil Squire Society / Makers Making Change. The idea was based on a commercially available smartphone stand from visor magnifier app.
Contributors:
- Kerilyn Kennedy - Neil Squire Society / Makers Making Change.
- Jake McIvor - Neil Squire Society / Makers Making Change.
Reviews
Smartphone Magnification Stand
LawBurns74
It held my tester phones and balanced well, but was about 2 inches too short for them to focus clearly on the text. Can we get a taller model option?
Smartphone Magnification Stand
TosYamag13
In my part-time role at the university hospital's ophthalmology department, I offer this iPhone stand to patients. Many patients appreciate being able to take them home.