[Travelandtourism] An app to find empty chairs, doors, and other objects

[Jennifer Bose]

That app sounds really great and very crowded, large spaces! Thanks for working on this. Let us know if there ever will be an iOS version. Good luck.

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> On Apr 9, 2019, at 9:48 PM, Peter Donahue via TravelAndTourism <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Good evening everyone,
> 
>    These are travel issues that can be fixed quite nicely by the use of
> a white cane, a guide dog, a mouth, and two ears to ask for and receive
> directions. This past weekend we ssaw a terrible example of how the over use
> of assistive technology can do more harm than good. Learning good blindness
> skills is far more important than apps and other contraptions.
> 
> Peter Donahue
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TravelAndTourism [mailto:travelandtourism-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Emre Sarbak via TravelAndTourism
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2019 8:15 PM
> To: travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Emre Sarbak
> Subject: [Travelandtourism] An app to find empty chairs, doors, and other
> objects
> 
> Hey friends,
> 
> I am the co-founder of Mediate. We develop computer vision apps for the
> blind and we try to give more independence to blind while navigating and
> using new environments. We have recently released an Android app called
> Supersense which locates objects around you like an empty chair, a door, a
> person, and many other things. I was wondering about other problems that we
> could try to address. We are trying to make the physical world much more
> accessible. Any input is very appreciated.
> 
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mediate.supersense
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> emre
> 
> ---
> 
> Emre Sarbak
> 
> Co-founder | Mediate <http://mediate.tech>
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