Short description
NavBlind helps blind and visually impaired people become more independent, supporting them in using public transport and finding the entrances of buildings they want to reach.
Industry
Market
- Serbia
- EU
- US
Development stage
Support needed in the coming period
- 150 thousand euros through grant schemes and investments
Problem / Identified market opportunity
Through detailed market research, both in Serbia and worldwide, we identified the biggest problems blind and visually impaired people face globally. We concluded that they have trouble going anywhere on their own, and in the mobility process we single out two main problems: identifying the arriving bus and finding the entrance door of the building they want to reach.
GPS technology has an error of 12 metres, which is simply not enough for blind people. That is why NavBlind uses BLE beacon technology to cover those 12 metres, solve the main problems identified and bring a blind person to the last metre of their destination.
Solution
A mobile app fully adapted to the needs of blind and visually impaired people, with the following key features:
Precise navigation to the stop
Information about the arriving bus
Information about stops during the ride
Precise navigation to commercial buildings
Milestones
Support programmes
Co-founders
Team members
Nikola Đorđević
Community Builder and Advisor
Achievements
NavBlind
Jul - Oct 2024, Belgrade
SIA – Social Impact Award
Winners of the Social Impact Award, a programme that helps young people discover the field of social entrepreneurship and take their first steps towards building a social business. Since 2009 it has supported young social entrepreneurs in more than 25 countries. SIA includes incubation and mentoring that help ideas come to life.
NavBlind
Jun - Aug 2024, Skopje/Remote
GIST Innovates The Balkans
Participants in a pre-acceleration programme run by Arizona State University using the Lean methodology, aimed at exploring the US market through intensive Customer Discovery.
NavBlind
May 2024, Podgorica
Berza preduzetničkih ideja
Winners of the International Entrepreneurial Ideas Exchange, an entrepreneurship event that brings together students from all universities in Montenegro, secondary school students from all Montenegrin towns, and secondary school students and young people from all over Europe and the world. This year again, on Europe Day, 9 May, UDG traditionally organised the ninth International Entrepreneurial Ideas Exchange.