[fb-exchange] New app aims to help those with sight loss navigate the city
- From: "Dominique Farrell" <hollyandopal@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Ireland VIP News" <irelandvipnews@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:16:08 -0000
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Walk Dublin", a free iPhone app, has been launched by Dublin City =
Council in conjunction with the National Council for the Blind of =
Ireland.=20
A NEW iPHONE app has been launched by Dublin City Council (DCC) to help =
those who are visually impaired.
Developed in conjunction with the National Council for the Blind of =
Ireland (NCBI), the "Walk Dublin" app aims to complement the wayfinding =
system that was launched last year, which involved the erection of 20 =
double-sided map panels throughout the city.
Speaking of the free app, Lord Mayor of Dublin, Naoise =D3 Muir=ED said:
The function of the wayfinding app is to assist people in successfully =
navigating their way around the city and to obtain information about the =
key cultural and institutional attractions in the city. The app =
provides for one hundred points of interest ranging from the smaller =
cultural destinations to the city's national cultural destinations.
When users select their destination they are given turn-by-turn =
directions to it, based on their current location.
Stuart Lawler from NCBI said that the "app will enable those people with =
sight loss who use smart phone technology to navigate safely within =
Dublin city".
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