Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2019 Nominee

LazarilloApp


Inclusion for all

Description

People with visual disabilities face great difficulties in orienting themselves, being more independent, feeling safe, finding and discovering new places since they can not access the contextual information that is available visually. This means that they remain in a position of dependence when they want to move or acquire information about their environment, which drastically limits their autonomy. In addition, public or private entities that want to be inclusive in their services do not have the tools that allow them to inform and offer greater access to people with visual disabilities in their facilities.

Lazarillo is a social enterprise that has developed technology for inclusion through our navigation service and free app that connects the visitor with location information, improving autonomy of people with visual disabilities. Our main goal is that them have tools to be autonomous, eliminating the barriers that impede it. We sell different plans to public and private institutions so that they can make their installations - both outdoors and indoors - more accessible and inclusive to the people who move there. Additionally, LazarilloApp allows people with both visual disabilities and people with other motor disabilities and any other person who needs an interactive map, to have contextual information within the environment to help them use their services.

Project website

https://www.lazarillo.cl


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure
  • AL C3. Access to information and knowledge 2019
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Coverage
  • Latin America and the Caribbean

Status

Ongoing

Start date

2016

End date

Not set


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • People with disabilities
  • visually impaired

WSIS values promotion

Lazarillo is a social enterprise that has developed technology for inclusion through our navigation service and free app that connects the visitor with location information, improving autonomy of people with visual disabilities.


Entity name

Lazarillo

Entity country—type

Chile Private Sector

Entity website

https://www.lazarillo.cl