AudioNav exceeds shock and vibration test limits
For a passenger with a visual impairment navigating a busy train station kiosk, every interaction depends on one thing: confidence. Confidence that the interface will respond, that the button they press is the one they intended to press, and that the system works not just in a controlled lab, but in the real world of vibration, shock, and continuous motion. That is why we tested AudioNav far beyond what is typically required.
For us, durability is fundamental to every product we ship.
As part of our ongoing product validation programme, AudioNav, available in 6-key and 9-key, variants, has completed rigorous shock and vibration testing against internationally recognised standards, including IEC 60068 and MIL-STD-810. These are not desktop standards. They reflect the environments AudioNav was built for: rail carriages, automotive platforms, and heavy-use mobile installations where continuous vibration and mechanical shock are a daily reality.
Following completion of the prescribed test regimes, additional exploratory testing was carried out to understand just how far we could push the product. Under maximum test conditions, the devices successfully completed 250 high-intensity shock cycles.
The independent test facility noted that these parameters exceeded those typically applied in certain aerospace qualification programmes.
For tactile accessibility interfaces, performance and usability are the same thing.
AudioNav is designed to provide reliable tactile navigation and audio guidance for users with visual impairments, reduced dexterity, or cognitive challenges. In high-vibration environments, such as onboard trains or in proximity to heavy machinery, instability or degradation in tactile feedback can significantly affect the user experience. Switch feel, actuation consistency, and positional accuracy must remain stable under dynamic conditions.
By validating AudioNav against elevated shock and vibration criteria, we ensure that:
• tactile response remains consistent under vibration
• mechanical components maintain alignment and durability over time
• the interface continues to support confident, independent user interaction
In practice, this is the difference between a product that works in a brochure and one that works when it matters most. Consistent tactile response, reliable actuation, and positional accuracy that does not degrade over time allow users to interact with confidence, independently, every time.
This is what “designed for real-world impact” means at Storm Interface: engineering products that perform wherever people need them and testing them to prove it.
Deploying AudioNav in a transport or high-vibration environment? Talk to our team.