
Ostrava, Prague, Oulu
Byte-powered Future
Value Creators of Tomorrow
Positioning-based Audio For Accessibility
Description
Accessibility and indoor navigation in public spaces are problems that have been around for ages. Shopping malls are by design maze-like buildings that try to keep you wandering around and consuming more. The problem arises if you are, for example, visually impaired. These building are not usually designed for visually impaired people and most of the navigational aid is in the visual format. Could we use positioning-based audio to improve accessibility and indoor navigation in public spaces, like shopping malls?
How to implement positioning-based, automatic audio playback? What kind of accessibility use cases could we come up for it in shopping mall environment? There many “easy” ways to demo automatic audio playback tied to specific locations (for example using Apple Shortcuts), and in this project we want to focus especially on the demonstrating the tech and building use cases for it.
Join us in creating helpful tech for accessibility! We are looking for students interested in software, positioning tech, accessibility design, architecture, audio tech, interior design and music.
Contact person

Jere Wessman
Creative Director
+358 40 631 4029
jere@demola.net

Heini-Marja Rintaniemi
Program Manager
+358 50 582 7401
heikku@demola.net

Petra Jirásková
Facilitator, Czechia
+420774537011
petra@demola.net
Concluded project
Basic information
Apply by
06 Mar 2025
Location
Prague
Teamwork
In person
Language
English
Timeline
Project starts
13 Mar 2025
Kick-off (day 1)
13 Mar 2025
Kick-off (day 2)
14 Mar 2025
Mid-event (day 1)
10 Apr 2025
Mid-event (day 2)
11 Apr 2025
Finals (day 1)
14 May 2025
Finals (day 2)
15 May 2025
Project ends
15 May 2025
Related tags
#accessibility
#audio
#design
#positioning technology