Voice navigation for dependent people (VNDP)

Produkt

Visually impaired people depend on others when navigating public buildings (offices, health centers, museums). Visually impaired people may feel excluded due to their inability to use public facilities while their caregivers are feeling overworked with providing care around the clock.

‘VNDP – VOICE NAVIGATION FOR DEPENDENTENT PEOPLE’ is a design of a mobile application that aims to help blind and visually impaired people navigate public buildings independently, easily and safely. It utilises a voice navigation with iBeacon technology (a relay system locating smartphones) which provides the visually impaired user with a practical map of the given space, both geographical and functional. When using the app connected to the iBeacon system, people moving around a new building gets not only the information about their location and the rest of the route, but they are also notified of the rooms they are passing at the moment, e.g. a toilet, reception desk or the office of a particular physician.

Blind and visually impaired people

Public buildings

The app code A description of the iBeacon grid App instructions

The design of the mobile application has been developed for visually impaired people who receive a tool helping them navigate public buildings independently.

Zdecydowanie pozytywna

Zdecydowanie pozytywna

Tak

Administrator of a public building willing to implement the innovation

A smartphone The iBeacon system

Osoba fizyczna

Małopolski Inkubator Innowacji Społecznych [2016-2019]