providing accessible location information through ibeacons and the blindsquare app
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DESIGN FOR ALL Providing accessible location information through iBeacons and the BlindSquare app
29.5.2015 HELSINKI
source: Matti Vuohelainen / Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired
ARGPS
Developed together with the end users
Fans are testing
3 weeks
3 languages
30 countries
3 years
25 languages
11 000 users
130+ countries
“For the first time in 64 years, I can navigate and know where I'm at without help from others,
or very little.”
“This is amazing! I am at a water park,
and your app told me where all of the attractions within the
waterpark relocated.”
"...but when I come indoor, I'm blind again.”
iBeacons, Indoor
Research project together with:
• MIPsoft / BlindSquare • Häme University of Applied Sciences • Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired • Kontakt.io • AfterShokz
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