Assistive tech journal 2

Finding the right 3D printing provider

I was looking at estimates for printing out a simple wrist watch type of attachment.

I thought there would be some cheaper solutions for professional materials that could be printed out for a decent price. Apparently there are a few that sort of pricey. The price ranges from $80 — $200 dollars for the service. Since we do have much time to prototype this solution, I want the service done relatively fast and with durable materials. I will look into the maker space as well for another faster solution, but prototyping will have to be slimmed down and expedited. The nice form printers that cost about $20 to get quality material prints. I might fall back to that alternative.

Here are my estimates that I got so far:

There are three different types of services that show estimates of cost for the same 3D object.

I think these prices are too expensive for the type of device I want to build. The next step will be to get the dimensions of our Clients wrist and then 3D print the piece to test on our client. If the prototype looks too flimsy and not durable, I will stop this pursuit and focus on the speech to text option for our team.