Airas competitor?

By Stephen, 2 April, 2025

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Assistive Technology

so this is interesting and this looks pretty new…
WeASSIST, witch is wewalks version of visual interpretation. Looks like it’s active if you have one of their smart canes.

https://wewalk.io/en/

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By SeasonKing on Thursday, April 3, 2025 - 04:32

Are we talking about another service which wants me to juggle a cane in 1 hand, phone in other, and still manage my luggage or whatever while walking down the road?
Or, did the cane acquired a camera somehow?
Also, the locations which do partner with Wewalk assist, would those locations provide the cane to blind visitors, or, does this work without their cane? I don't think every visitor would have their smart-cane. Wouldn't a location be in a better position in choosing Be My Eyes or Aira instead?

By Stephen on Thursday, April 3, 2025 - 07:26

I have no idea. I just spotted this today lol. But I mean one of the answers to your questions is pretty obvious, of course they’re gonna need to use a camera lol. How else are they gonna see? How about we ask some real questions like what’s the price of the service? Can they see through the camera of your Ray-Ban Metas? What separates them apart from Aira? What training do the agents undergo? Where are these agents located? Has anyone in this community used them before and if so, what was your experience like? There’s obviously no camera in the cane 😂. So either yes you’re going to have to use your phone’s camera, or maybe if you have the Ray-Ban’s they can see through that.

By Stephen on Thursday, April 3, 2025 - 07:27

Why would these places who partner with this program provide a cane if you have your own? Why would they need to provide a cane at all?

By Icosa on Thursday, April 3, 2025 - 09:30

I think the poster's question is can you use the weWalk Assist feature in partner locations without a WeWalk cane, and if not why did the location partner with a service with such specific requirements?

By SeasonKing on Thursday, April 3, 2025 - 12:45

I mean exactly that.
If I don't own WeWalk cane, would these airports and such locations who have partnered with WeAssist be able to assist me?
Their wewalk app for Android and IOS is a very good navigation app, and earlier you could use it without owning their cane. However, after a while, it's not possible to use WeWalk app without having their Wewalk smart cane. So, wondering if WeAssist is similar?

By Stephen on Thursday, April 3, 2025 - 13:53

I use the WeWALK app with out there Cain. What do you mean?