Healthredesigned

Things like staircases, escalators and lifts often make navigating indoors difficult for visually impaired people. But what if it was possible for a blind person to step off a train and get from the station’s platform to a coffees shop on the first floor all by themselves? Thanks to Wayfindr, indoor navigation is set to take a turn for the better, especially for visually impaired people. Starting out as a mobile app, Wayfindr is now creating a free and open standard for indoor navigation that everyone from developers to organisations and venues can use to design and provide consistent and user-friendly audio-based navigation in indoor environments. Joining us on this episode of HealthRedesigned is Umesh Pandya, the Co-founder of Wayfindr. He discusses how the award-winning tech nonprofit plans to use navigation technology and effective design to empower visually impaired people to navigate the world independently, even indoors. Listen to this episode on Hanno's website Connect with Wayfindr: Wayfindr’s websi