A mobile application for navigation for the blind and visually impaired

Every day blind and visually impaired people face difficulties when walking outdoors and therefore use a variety of tools for assistance. Smartphones with appropriate applications represent such a tool and can make walking outdoors a lot easier. For this purpose, we collaborated with the Institute for Blind and Partially Sighted Children of Ljubljana and we created a mobile application for navigation for the blind and visually impaired. The application is similar to the already existing applications made in foreign languages, it follows accessibility guidelines and contains additional custom-designed functionalities. It uses Slovenian language and it is made for devices running Android. Its main features include storage of the users favourite routes, route guidance, free walking mode and searching for nearby points of interest