While basic gps technology can take users to a location beacons mounted in a store restaurant or public building can guide them to the entrance of the building in question.
Gps technology for the blind.
The gps and voice technology enabled cane can tell users what s around them they re.
It is based on google map data and has the following features.
One of these options may be a good choice for you but if you are already using an android or ios smartphone you may not need an additional device for navigation.
Currently blind consumers can choose from three gps products.
Bluetooth beacons such as those being used by the company foresight augmented reality act like highly precise personalized guides for people who are blind or partially sighted.
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.
Informing the user about their location on request and in configurable intervals.
And a gps system for pac mate produced by freedom scientific.
The trekker breeze handheld talking gps from humanware.
With wewalk a new smart cane ceylan hopes to help other blind people navigate their environments more easily.
There is at least one standalone gps navigation device designed specifically for sight impaired users.
The trekker produced by humanware a portable gps system that connects to a personal data assistant.
Many accessible notetakers such as the hims braille sense and voice sense also come with optional gps navigation.
Outdoor apps are usually designed differently than apps for navigation indoors in that they typically include a gps for some or all of their data gathering.