Free
Usability: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver, but the interface could be easier to navigate and use.
NaviRec is a guidance player for the Visually Impaired. You can download guides (guidance data) from the download site for this app, and use them with NaviRec's "Player mode" and "Guide mode".
"Player mode", like a music player, plays the audio descriptions which are recorded in the guide. Use this mode when you check the contents of the guide before going out. "Guide mode" plays the audio descriptions based on the location obtained fromā¦
Free
Usability: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
AroundMe allows you to quickly find out information about your surroundings.
How many times have you found yourself in need of finding the closest Petrol Station?
AroundMe quickly identifies your position and allows you to choose the nearest Bank, Bar, Petrol Station, Hospital, Hotel, Movie Theatre, Restaurant, Supermarket,
Theatre and Taxi.
AroundMe shows you a complete list of all the businesses in the category you have tapped on along with the distance from whereā¦
Free
Usability: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
Autour is an eyes-free mobile system designed to give blind users a better sense of their surroundings. Although other systems emphasize navigation from one specific location to another, typically accomplished by explicit turn-by-turn instructions, Autour uses spatialized audio to reveal the kind of information that visual cues such as neon signs provide to sighted users. Once users notice a point of interest, additional details are available on demand.
For a demonstration videoā¦
Free
Usability: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
This is the free Event Edition of BlindSquare, provided by MIPsoft and Acapela. BlindSquare Event Edition will only work at the time and location of different events of special interest to the blind community. If you select the demo mode, the app will simulate a location for you. It will behave as if you were at the simulated location and you will be able to try many of its features. BlindSquare makes you sense what's around you. The only thing you need to do is listen. ā¦
Paid
Usability: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
BlindSquare makes you sense what's around you. The only thing you need to do is listen.
BlindSquare is a new solution that combines the latest technology to help the blind with their daily lives. It has been developed in collaboration with
blind people and carefully field tested. You need either an iPhone or an iPad to get started. It also supports some additional accessories to enhance the
experience.
How does it work?
BlindSquare uses GPS and the compass to locate you. It then gathersā¦
Free
Usability: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
This app uses a database of parking locations by kind permission of Dan Gibson at āBlueBadgeParking.comā. After the initial launch of app, if you donāt have cellular connection it uses the last version saved. When launched, app looks for nearest spaces to your location based on the Search Radius selected in āSettingsā (default 3 miles / 4.5kms).
Map tab:-
The circular āZoomā button toggles between 3 views, Zoom just nearby locations or your location & all nearby locationsā¦
Free
Usability: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
Description
1. Overview
When a visually impaired person is lost sight of yellow Braille block (formal name "Visually Impaired Guidance Block") at a station or a public facility, its existence and the approximate direction is estimated by the App, and also Warning block (dotted sureface block) is detected. Furthermore, the App judges the route of Braille block and informs how to proceed.
As another function, the App recognizes a railroad track on a stationā¦
Free
Usability: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
Clew is an AR indoor navigation app designed for visually impaired users to help them retrace their steps in unfamiliar environments.
Free With In-App Purchase
Usability: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
CrossGuide helps blind and visually impaired users find accessible pedestrian signals.
Find Signals Easily
Quickly locate nearby accessible pedestrian signals.
Community Input
Contribute to and benefit from a shared database of signal locations.
Accessibility comes first
Designed to be intuitive and straightforward.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-ā¦
Free
Usability: Some parts of the app are accessible with VoiceOver, but not enough to make it usable.
Crowsflight is a GPS compass that simply points. No instructions, maps to read or paths to follow. When we ask for directions on the street, a friendly finger pointing towards the destination is often more than enough. By combining location data (GPS) with the compass, Crowsflight provides mapless navigation in an intuitive, glance-at-it kind of way. It uses only GPS to navigate, so once youāve loaded your destination/s, you donāt need a data connection to navigate. Crowsflight isā¦
Free
Usability: There are some accessibility issues with this app, but it can still be used if you are willing to tolerate these issues and learn how to work around them.
From the app store:
Glympse is a fast, free and simple way to share your real-time location using GPS tracking, with any of your family, friends or coworkers!
No sign-up required! Those you share with can view your Glympse from any web-enabled device.
Send a Glympse to let friends and family know you are on your way. Request a Glympse from a colleague who is always running late. Set up a Glympse group
for your family reunion.
App Features:
+ Easy: noā¦
Free
Usability: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
Discover the world with GoodMaps Explore.
Accurate indoor* and outdoorā information and navigation for people who are blind or visually impaired.
***
LOCATION AWARE
On-demand and automatic updates about your immediate surroundings. Shake your phone to hear a snapshot of your current location, including current direction, nearest room, street, or points of interest (POI).
***
INDOOR DIRECTIONS
Accurate indoor routing for independent travel.ā¦
Free
Usability: There are some minor accessibility issues with this app, but they are easy to deal with.
The Google Maps app for iPhone and iPad makes navigating your world faster and easier. Find the best spots in town and the information you need to get
there.
ā¢ Comprehensive, accurate maps in 220 countries and territories
ā¢ Voice-guided GPS navigation for driving, biking, and walking
ā¢ Transit directions and maps for over 2,800 cities
ā¢ Live traffic conditions, incident reports, and automatic rerouting to find the best route
ā¢ Detailed information on moreā¦
Paid
Usability: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
Guide Dogs Australia, the leading providers of orientation and mobility services for people who are blind or visually impaired in Australia, and Sendero Group, the pioneers of accessible GPS, have collaborated to add new features to the app called Guide Dogs NSW ACT. Almost 20 years of user feedback and feature requests are behind the design of all Sendero GPS products. Guide Dogs NSW ACT is a fully accessible turn-by-turn GPS iPhone app with all the normal navigation features plus featuresā¦
Free
Usability: There are some accessibility issues with this app, but it can still be used if you are willing to tolerate these issues and learn how to work around them.
Mentioned in TechCrunch, Mashable and the Wall Street Journal
Here's to finding your way no matter where you are. Here's to embracing the world around you and daring to explore new places without worrying about getting
lost. Here's to having the confidence to live your life, because you always know exactly where you're going.
With HERE, you can plan your journey ahead of time and save a map of your destination right on your iPhone. With maps for moreā¦
Free
Usability: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
The I-Cane Go App is designed for blind and visually impaired people to make them more mobile and to give them better comfort during their walking. The I-Cane Go app facilitates the usage of the Intelligent Cane (the I-Cane Mobilo) , a smart cane for visually impaired people. The app allows to configure the obstacle avoidance of the Mobilo cane and facilitates its orientations and mobility functions. The I-Cane Go App is made available by the I-Cane organization which is a socialā¦
Free
Usability: There are some accessibility issues with this app, but it can still be used if you are willing to tolerate these issues and learn how to work around them.
Komoot is the key to the outdoors. Just plan your hiking, road cycling or MTB adventures in the planner, and be guided along every trail, track, road or pathāeven when youāre offline. Get your first region for free and say hello to your next adventure!
PLAN YOUR PERFECT HIKING, MOUNTAIN BIKING OR ROAD CYCLING ADVENTURE
Get the route perfect for your sportābe it smooth asphalt for your road bike, singletracks for your mountain bike, silent cycling paths for touring or naturalā¦
Free
Usability: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
This description is from the app store.
LazarilloApp the GPS for blind and people with low visiĆ³n, lets you explore the world around you and set up routes.
Lazarillo is a specialized GPS app that brings mobility tools for the blind people. Using audio messages, Lazarillo will tell you about nearby places, the street you are walking on, street intersections in your way and more! Like a radio, Lazarillo will announce the things around you while you are moving. This app wasā¦
Paid
Usability: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
Loadstone GPS is an app which enables blind pedestrians to "go blindly where
everyone sighted has gone before."
What sets Loadstone apart from other GPS apps for the blind?
* designed by the blind for the blind
* no data plan required
* available in multiple languages
* create, store, and share your own navigation waypoints with others
* see points in your neighbourhood
* highly customizable and configurable
* access to dataā¦
Free
Usability: There are some minor accessibility issues with this app, but they are easy to deal with.
MapQuest is your go-to app for live maps, GPS, voice navigation and live traffic updates. Whether youāre running a quick errand across town or taking a
road trip across the country, MapQuest has the trusted directions and traffic info you need for stress-free navigation. Our app can route you around accidents,
help with multi-stop directions and even has alternate routing capabilities, robust bookmarking options, and handy sharing features. MapQuest is here to
help get youā¦
Free With In-App Purchase
Usability: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver, but the interface could be easier to navigate and use.
Selected by App Store as one of the best apps of 2017, Moovit is the #1 local transit app in the world trusted by 360 million riders across more than 2700 cities. With the most precise information of any public transit app, Moovit adds a new city every 15 hours.
Combining all your transit options together in a single app, Moovit gives you total control over your travels so you can finally enjoy peace of mind when riding public transportation.
Because public transportation isā¦
Free With In-App Purchase
Usability: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
Obstacle Detector is a powerful obstacle detection application, specially designed for visually impaired people to travel. It can help visually impaired people better avoid surrounding obstacles and avoid harm.
It uses the latest technology to measure distance through the LiDAR scanner and TrueDepth camera equipped on the iPhone. It has the characteristics of stability and high accuracy. The longest measurement distance is up to 5 meters, with a centimeter-level error! Designed forā¦
Free
Usability: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
Oko is a AI driven navigation app that helps you navigate and explore your environment with confidence. Simply search your destination to receive detailed, turn-by-turn directions. When approaching an intersection, oko will inform you about intersection information. If you need visual assistance just raise your phone, and oko will notify you when the walk sign is on. Start discovering places and remember to go with oko.
Do you have feedback, questions or feature requests?
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Free
Usability: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
OneBusAway provides access to real-time arrival and schedule information for public transit vehicles operated in Seattle, WA and beyond: King County Metro, Sound Transit, Pierce Transit, Community Transit, Intercity Transit, and Washington State Ferries.
Features include:
- Real-time arrival arrival information for public transit where available.
- Map display of stops and routes.
- Nearby stops search for location-aware devices.
- Bookmarks and recentā¦