Blind Wiki vs Optonome

Unveiling the Unseen BlindWiki is a location-based audio network where citizens who are blind or partially sighted use smartphones to share their findings by posting sound recordings. The platform does not just contain information about difficulties and barriers but is also a repository for experiences, opinions and stories, generating a creative and collaborative cartography of the unseen. BlindWiki app The mobile app allows contributors to record site-specific audio and immediately post it to the BlindWiki platform. Participants can move through their city while posting and receiving geolocated audio descriptions, stories, obstacles or chronicles, previously contributed through the app. Remote interaction Participants travelling to other cities can benefit from the local maps and contribute their own recordings. Communication can be stablished in advance so visitors are able to engage the local community, facilitating the interaction between locals and guests. Social awareness BlindWiki offers an international platform where participants have the opportunity to share, analyse, discuss and compare the accessibility of their home towns, and to lobby for more or improved way-finding facilities. The project aims to raise social awareness about the urban landscape as perceived by people with vision impairment or loss.

Optonome Is A Home Healthcare Marketplace allowing community members to access value-based care. The HIPAA compliant mobile application was first used to help manage home and community services for adults with autism and intellectual disabilities in licensed homes, apartments and community settings. In those settings, DSP’s supported waiver participants to achieve optimum autonomy without the extra burden staff turnover or housing expenses. With Optonome, participants can receive the enhanced direct support professional (DSP) services helping them achieve their goals as outlined in individual support plans(ISP) to live more independent lives.