Contact: Mike Wolterbeek
mwolterbeek@unr.edu
University of Nevada, Reno

Indoor Navigation System for Blind Uses Smartphone

Caption: Human-computer interaction researcher Eelke Folmer of the University of Nevada, Reno, watches as Dora Uchel, a university student, demonstrates the indoor navigation system for the visually impaired developed by Kostas Bekris and Folmer of the Computer Science Engineering Department. She was one of several visually impaired students and community members who helped test the low-cost accessible system that operates with a standard smartphone.

Credit: Photo by Mike Wolterbeek, University of Nevada, Reno

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