Walkability vs Sixth Sense Navigation

Walking should be safe and enjoyable for everyone. When it isn’t, we walk less and lose the health, social, environmental, and economic benefits associated with living in more walkable places. The Walkability app allows citizens of all ages and abilities to share their walking experiences. This provides valuable insights to help communities and responsible authorities understand walkable places and identify areas that need further improvement to make walking better for everyone.  Walk21 Foundation, a UK charity, works globally to create safe, accessible, and welcoming places for people to walk. Since 2017, Walk21 has been supported by CEDEUS, GIZ, Alstom Foundation, and others, to develop tools that help make a positive impact. Special thanks to Alstom, the Municipality of Lisbon, and EIT Climate-KIC for their support with creating the Walkability app. The Walkability App runs on the SPOTTERON Citizen Science platform.

Sixth Sense Navigation is an accessible walking navigation app co-designed with blind and visually impaired people and orientation and mobility trainers. It helps you plan your journey, stay on route, and discover points of interest around you, such as shops, cafés, and other local businesses. Designed for blind, partially sighted, and sighted users, Sixth Sense Navigation is built from the ground up for accessibility and is fully compatible with VoiceOver on iPhone and TalkBack on Android. FREE TO DOWNLOAD Start navigating immediately. Search for destinations using the keyboard or voice commands, hear your current location at the touch of a button, and choose between a simplified map or an easy-to-follow arrow view for accurate turn-by-turn guidance. CREATE A FREE ACCOUNT Create a free account to save your favourite places, revisit destinations from your history, and discover the world around you with Around Me, Ahead of Me, and Points of Interest. Your account securely stores your information in the cloud, making it available whenever you need it. New accounts also include three months of free access to the enhanced location features. PAIR WITH SIXTH SENSE The app helps you understand your place in the wider world. The Sixth Sense wearable helps you understand the space immediately around you. Worn on the shoulders, the wearable knows which direction you are facing and can provide guidance such as "turn towards your 2 o'clock", even when your phone is in your pocket. It also adds real-time object awareness, haptic directional feedback, and the option to pair with your phone via Bluetooth, allowing you to take calls or dictate message responses. APP FEATURES • Search for destinations by voice or keyboard • My Location – hear your current location instantly • Turn-by-turn voice navigation • Choose between a simplified map or arrow view • Around Me – explore nearby places by category • Ahead of Me – hear about places in the direction you're facing • Points of Interest – hear about nearby shops, cafés, bus stops, and more • My Places – save your favourite places • Search history • Compatible with VoiceOver and TalkBack WITH SIXTH SENSE HARDWARE • Automatic product registration and warranty activation • Body-relative navigation • Real-time object awareness • Haptic directional feedback • Firmware updates and wearable settings • Three months of access to all premium app features