Gps For The Blind Or Visually Impaired

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Gps for the blind or visually impaired.

As part of our development work on assistive devices to help persons with a visual impairment float has researched outdoor navigation aids for people who are visually impaired and blind. This article will explore the app in more detail. Review of the lazarillo app a free gps navigation app for ios or android phones for travelers who are visually impaired or blind. Using audio messages lazarillo will tell you about nearby places the street you are walking on street intersections in your way and more.

One of these options may be a good choice for you but if you are. Jorge blanco has developed a design for a gps handheld device for the visually impaired. It will work by using pin screen impression technology to make 3d maps of the user s surroundings. Lazarrio is a free navigation app similar to blindsquare and nearby explorer.

There is at least one standalone gps navigation device designed specifically for sight impaired users. Lazarilloapp the gps for the blind and visually impaired lets you explore the world around you and set up routes. Ariadne gps developed by luca giovanni ciaffoni was released in june 2011 and was one of the first gps apps specifically designed for blind and visually impaired users. Many accessible notetakers such as the hims braille sense and voice sense also come with optional gps navigation.

The device is designed to look like a remote control with a rectangular pin surface on the top part of the gadget. Visually impaired gps handheld device. Like a radio lazarillo will announce the places around you.