Then we are going to put on headphones!
appPlant is developing a voice-controlled application for indoor-orientation with mobile devices. This app functions sensor-based, thus independent of the internet or GPS, and operates on daily updated layouts of public buildings.
There is going to be a continuous transition between navigation outdoors and indoors.
The app will calculate ways depending on which entrances are closed, which elevators are defective or where a scaffold is erected: Every detail important for blind people to be able to orient themselves inside the building is going to be taken into account. The app will lead its user by gentle voice output to the destination they seek.
If respective data has been entered in advance, the app will also include special requirements regarding the individual user in its calculations, for example whether it is utilized by a person with a guide-dog or by someone who is using a cane.
And if you feel lost at one point, the app will describe your current environment.
This pathfinder for vision impaired people will facilitate inclusion of disabled citizens and improve on meeting the requirements for accessibility defined by the United Nations Agreements on Human Rights in 2008.