unsubscribe of my email id so thanks On 3/25/15, George Abraham <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds like exciting times are round the corner. Wondering how this Lechal > would cope with the monsoons of Mumbai and the rest of India. Will Lechal > protect us from pits, sleeping dogs, pavement vendors, open man holes, ever > changing levels etc. Would this lechal be replacing the good old cane? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of rahul rahul > Sent: 24 March 2015 16:16 > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning > the disabled.; [email protected] > Subject: [AI] 'Lechal' shoe to guide visually impaired to destination, > > Source: > http://m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/46662373.cms > > Mar 23, 2015, 03.30PM IST TNN[ Abhinav Malhotra ] > The GPS enabled sneakers are capable of giving directions to those who > cannot see. > > KANPUR: To help visually impaired in navigating the ways, special > footwears named 'Lechal' (Lechal meaning take me along in Hindi) was > the centre of attraction at the Techkriti-2015, the annual technical > and entrepreneurial festival of IIT-K. The GPS enabled sneakers are > capable of giving directions to those who cannot see. > > The shoes vibrate to give directions. The smart footwear, donning red > fiery colour, can also count the number of steps taken and distance > travelled. Another major highlight of the sneakers being that these > can be worn by even those who can see as they use Google maps for > navigation. A person with a sense of independence can move around at > an unknown place or a city. > > The user of Lechal footwear just requires a smartphone for connecting > both the footwear and the phone. This connectivity is established via > bluetooth. Further, those who are not interested in buying the entire > footwear can just purchase the insoles as the technology is embedded > in them. These technologically advanced shoes and insoles will not > allow the users to go on a wrong direction if the information about a > place to go is fed in the smartphone app. On choosing a wrong > direction, the shoe/insole will vibrate as a mark of indication. > > Gaurav Duggal, embedded design engineer at Ducere Technologies which > has rolled out Lechal shoes told TOI that the Lechal shoes/insoles > connect to the phone via bluetooth version 4.0. He said that the shoes > have embedded bluetooth trans-receivers which are detachable. "We have > a special app which the user has to download on the smartphone. The > bluetooth trans-receiver connected to the app directs the person > wearing the footwear the direction whether to take a right turn or a > left", said Gaurav. > > He said that the visually impaired person gets the feedback from the > shoe via vibrations. Further explaining about this special footwear, > Gaurav said that the footwear links to the smartphone app to direct > the wearer using Google maps, sending the vibrations where to go > further. He said that these footwears can be worn by anyone as they > give you location because of it using Google maps for navigating. > > Tejas Rode, from Lechal informed that the company is based in > Hyderabad and it is the first in the world to offer such a product. > Tejas said that these footwears are the brainwork of Krispian > Lawrence, a passout from Micighan University in US and Anirudh Sharma, > an alumnus of MIT university in US. Both of them are engineering > graduates and had founded the company > > named Ducere in 2010 but this footwear were released in 2014. > > Gaurav Duggal said that the first pre-order for these footwears will > be given in May this year. He said that for the global market, Lechal > shoes cost 150 US dollars but for the Indian market, the prices will > be much lower. > > Best. > Rahul. > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin > dia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its > veracity; > > 2. 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