Through this app for smartphones and tablets, users know the history of the streets and beaches, as well as the tourist attractions of Piriápolis. The tool is specially designed for blind people so that the walk through this seaside resort is developed along with a story that guides them from the Argentino Hotel to the port.
The application uses a system based on geolocation that triggers audio chronicles related to the place where the user moves. To this end, the program focuses its development on rigorous historical research and uses a fictionalized story with professional speakers and sound effects that reconstruct events that occurred in each place.
The circuit starts at the Argentino Hotel and ends at the port of the resort; its use is done through GPS -a function of smartphones that detects the exact position in which it is located- and while the user moves the system decodes it and activates the story automatically.
The service is free to download and is available on Google Play and App Store; the script of the tours is adapted for blind people and for its execution it is not necessary to use data/roaming. The initiative seeks to position Piriápolis as an accessible destination that can be enjoyed by all citizens and visitors.
Acompasados Piriápolis Accesible is a project carried out by the company Campo de Marte -for the General Directorate of Tourism of the Municipality of Maldonado and the Municipality of Piriápolis-. It is also the winner of the national competition Desafío Idear Turístico 2014, which is organized by the Ministry of Tourism and the IDEAR Business Incubator and supported by the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII).
Marciano Duran, one of the creators of the project spoke about the team of historians and blind guides who were part of the creation of the platform to create geo-referenced stories told in a different way.
Source: Municipality of Maldonado
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