WalkTogether - Mobile Application to Enhance Blind People Accessibility: System Design

Tiago Castro, João Carlos Silva, Marisa Pinheiro

Abstract: This paper aims to describe an approach to help blind people getting more accessibility when performing common tasks such as using public transport or going shopping. The main objective is to aid blind people when they are disoriented and without having minimally viable alternatives to ask for help in useful time. The design of a mobile application will be described focusing the advantages of using an app by blind people to request face-to-face help from a volunteer. Using a telephone contact, audio, video and sharing coordinates, volunteer in the same geographic area can be automatically asked to help blind people.