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RightHear wins social impact contest

Posted on August 20, 2023

Israeli accessibility startup RightHear (see here previously) won the Connect AI: Social Impact award for its guidance system for the visually impaired. RightHear is deployed at McDonald’s, Aroma coffee shops, Azrieli Group malls, the Open University campus, and Ramat Gan … Continue reading →

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Personal park guide for the visually impaired

Posted on November 3, 2024

The audio orientation and guiding system Israel’s RightHear (see here previously) has now been installed at 2,500+ global locations from Angola to the UAE. In August, Natural Bridge State Park in Virginia became the first US state park to offer … Continue reading →

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Knesset launches “Waze for the Blind”

Posted on June 25, 2023

On Israel’s Blind Day (Jun 6) Israel’s Parliament (Knesset) launched a system to help the blind, visually impaired, and people with orientation difficulties navigate its premises. It uses the personalized audio guidance from Israel’s RightHear (see here previously). https://nocamels.com/2023/06/israeli-parliament-launches-waze-for-the-blind-navigation/

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How blind people use Smartphones

Posted on December 8, 2019

One Israeli startup at the Digital.Health.Now conference was RightHear. (see here). This video shows how the blind use its technology to access the functions on a Smartphone. Also, (TY Jacques) RightHear is supporting the first official blind-friendly street in Israel, … Continue reading →

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Improving accessibility at McDonald’s

Posted on March 16, 2019

McDonald’s Israel has installed sensors from Israel’s RightHear (see here) near entrances, restrooms, elevators and stairs in nearly all its 180 Israeli branches. It is the world’s first restaurant chain to offer full access to customers with orientation challenges. https://www.israel21c.org/israels-righthear-orients-visually-impaired-at-mcdonalds/

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Guidance system for visually-impaired goes global

Posted on December 2, 2018

I reported previously (Sep 2017) on Israel’s RightHear and its app that enables the visually impaired to navigate shopping malls, hospitals, universities etc. RightHear has since been installed in Israeli supermarket chain Shufersal, launched in the US and is heading … Continue reading →

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An app to guide the visually impaired

Posted on September 3, 2017

Israel’s RightHear is an iPhone app that enables the visually impaired to find their way through shopping malls, hospitals, universities – any of the 200 locations (mostly in Israel) where Apple iBeacon transmitters have been installed. It’s also integrated with … Continue reading →

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