I don't know what they were using in the Euston Station trial that I
participated in, but what I do remember was that I was able to successfully
navigate my way from the entrance down to a particular platform and back to a
different exit. The instructions were pretty spot on in terms of approaching an
escalator or a turning.
But that was only a trial. I'm not sure if anywhere has actually adopted this
type of navigation in real life situations.
Yusuf
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Steve Nutt
Sent: 21 February 2019 17:15
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sound beacons
Hi Catherine,
No Bluetooth is quite inaccurate to be honest. You can only trigger an event
within a few metres. The best way of coping with this is probably NFC. If you
have NFC beacons on the walls, then had Bluetooth ones guiding you to those,
you could probably get a modicum of accuracy.
All the best
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Catherine
Turner (Redacted sender "catherineturner2007" for DMARC)
Sent: 21 February 2019 16:40
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sound beacons
Hi Steve,
I largely agree with you there. I'm still unclear as to whether some of these
systems do work that way. I am curious, though, as to how accurate bluetooth
can be in terms of pinpointing somebody's location.
So if someone requested via an app on their phone for directions to a certain
location or beacon, would those instructions be able to tell them go forwards a
certain number of metres or whatever...well however accurate they are I guess
they'd need to use a mixture of instructions involving distances but also
referencing landmarks which people could find with their canes/dogs/ears...
Catherine
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To be honest, my take on it is transmit the info directly to a phone
via Bluetooth using an app.
The trouble with beacons is places tend to be noisy, and the speakers
on beacons are inadequate.
I think the future is beaming info to a mobile phone.
All the best
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
Catherine Turner (Redacted sender "catherineturner2007" for DMARC)
Sent: 11 February 2019 20:05
To: Access-UK <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [access-uk] Sound beacons
Hi,
I'm wondering if I can get people's thoughts/experiences of using
"sound beacons". By which I mean devices which play recorded
locational or descriptive information, either when people approach the
beacon or on a timer. I've read somewhere they have some of these at
London Euston station, and recall sometimes things like this have been
used at Sight Village or other events.
I'm involved in organising an event at which we're expecting
significant numbers of VI and disabled people. The subject of sound
beacons has been raised as something we could provide. I've only ever
heard/read about these, not used them myself. I have some thoughts on
their application but would like to find out what other VI people think.
Has anybody experienced these sound beacons? What did you think of them?
Did you find them useful?
Thanks for any feedback,
Catherine
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