Saturday, May 19, 2012

Smartphone app could help blind navigate indoors
[ Sat, 19 May 2012 00:49:13 GMT ]

For a blind or visually-impaired person, getting around a large building like a hospital or lab may involve a lot of guesswork and asking for directions. A new system called Navatar uses the sensors in a smartphone to detect progress along a map of a building.For a blind or visually-impaired person, getting around a large building like a hospital or lab may involve a lot of guesswork and asking for directions. A new system called Navatar uses the sensors in a smartphone to detect progress along a map of a building.


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