The application vocally announces navigation information to allow visually impaired sailors to locate themselves in the environment, sailors can trace their route using maritime beacon buoys, an operation facilitated by voice announcements relating to the speed of the boat.
Quasi-autonomy
This technological feat is carried by the Orion association, and it is thanks to the collaboration of Olivier Ducruix, visually impaired sailor and accessibility expert, Marine Clogenson, sailor in charge of IT development, and Mathieu Simonnet, sailing instructor. and teacher-researcher on the theme of the spatial representation of blind sailors, that this project was able to see the light of day.