Waymap’s app helps the visually impaired navigate public transit

London-based Waymap wants to help guide visually impaired people to navigate their surroundings, and it’s starting with public transit. The company just concluded a closed two-week trial of its navigation app at three stops within Washington, D.C.’s Metro, and hopes to begin a public trial at 25 Metro stations and 1,000 bus stops by September, according to Waymap.
“What we learned from our trial is that this is so important to blind people because when you lose your sight, you lose the freedom to explore,” Waymap’s CEO and founder Tom Pey, who founded the company

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