Lazarillo Accessible GPS - Android Tools

The Lazarillo App is the accessible GPS for people who are blind or have low vision! It allows you to explore the world around you and create routes with audio guidance.

Lazarillo is a navigation app designed for people who are blind or have low vision. It offers a wide range of customizable options and mobility tools, making it the perfect solution for accessible navigation. The app uses active feedback from its users to continuously improve its features and functionality. One of the main features of Lazarillo is its real-time guidance, which provides users with information about their surroundings as they move. This includes nearby places, street intersections, businesses, transit stops, and more. Users can also toggle specific location announcements on and off in the exploration menu. In addition to real-time guidance, Lazarillo also offers turn-by-turn directions to specific locations. Users can browse nearby locations or search for a specific place and receive audio guidance to their destination. They can also save their favorite locations for easy access. Lazarillo also has the ability to map indoor locations, providing audio guidance for users exploring these spaces. Businesses can request to have their indoor locations mapped by Lazarillo by visiting lazarillo.app/business. The app also offers a variety of customizable settings, allowing users to create their ideal navigation assistant. This includes choosing a custom voice engine, selecting preferred units of measurement and direction, customizing the layout of the exploration screen, and setting their preferred language for audible guidance. It's important to note that Lazarillo requires permission to use real-time location updates in order to provide its navigation and accessibility functions. However, users can stop navigation at any time, ensuring adaptable and safe use. The app also uses GPS location services in the background, allowing users to continue using it for navigation even when their phone is in their pocket or when using other relevant apps. The Lazarillo app and all of its features are completely free to use, as long as the user has a mobile data or Wi-Fi connection. The app's mission is to become a companion for its users, providing essential information about their surroundings to promote autonomy and safe travel. The team behind Lazarillo works closely with people who are blind or have low vision to ensure the app is as effective as possible. Some of the features included in the Lazarillo app are exploration, category search, specific search, and favorites. The exploration feature announces the user's current location, nearby places, and street intersections while they are walking, in a vehicle, or on public transportation. The category search allows users to find nearby places in specific categories such as banks, health, food, shopping, and more. The specific search feature allows users to create a route to any location using voice or keyboard input. And finally, the favorites feature allows users to save their favorite locations for easy access, as well as create custom locations using their GPS position. To learn more about Lazarillo, users can visit the website at lazarillo.app or email the team at hello@lazarillo.app. The website also offers a list of frequently asked questions and a catalogue of user tutorial videos for additional support.

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With a wide range of customizability options and a diverse array of mobility tools developed using active feedback from people who are blind, Lazarillo is the solution for anyone looking to navigate accessibly.

As you move, Lazarillo will tell you about nearby places, such as the street that you are walking on, nearby intersections, businesses nearby, transit stops, and more! You can even toggle announcements of specific locations on and off in the exploration menu.

Need to route to a specific location? No problem. With Lazarillo, you can browse through nearby locations or search for a specific location and receive turn by turn guidance to your destination. You can even save your favorite locations to access them easily any time.

If buildings or other indoor locations have been mapped by Lazarillo, you'll be able to explore their interiors with audio guidance as well! For more information on getting your business mapped by Lazarillo, visit lazarillo.app/business

With a host of customizable settings, Lazarillo allows you to build the perfect navigation assistant for your needs. Select a custom voice engine, choose your ideal units of measurement and direction, customize the layout of the exploration screen, and set your language of choice to get audible guidance on your terms.

Note: Lazarillo provides real-time guidance for users, keeping the location active to guide them in the background and alert them to upcoming turns or directions. Thanks to this permission, Lazarillo offers continuous location updates, essential for its navigation and accessibility function. The user can stop navigation at any time, allowing for adaptable and safe use.

Note: GPS location services are used even if the app is working in the background. This allows users to keep using the app to navigate without active usage of the screen, allowing you to enjoy the features of Lazarillo even when your phone is in your pocket or when you're using other relevant apps. Continued use of GPS running in the background can decrease battery life.

The Lazarillo app and all of its functionalities are free. All you need is a mobile data or Wi-Fi connection.

Our Mission

As an assistive technology tool, Lazarillo's primary goal is to become a companion for users, providing essential information about one's surroundings that allows for greater autonomy and safer travel. We work every day with people that are blind and have low vision to ensure that this solution is as effective as possible.

Features

The Lazarillo App contains the following features:

Exploration: Announces your actual position, nearby places, and street intersections while you are walking on the street, in a bus or traveling by car.

Category Search: Allows you to find nearby places from a specific category such as banks, health, food, shopping, art, entertainment, etc.

Specific Search: Allows you to create a route to any place using voice or keyboard to search for the location of your choosing.

Favorites: Save your favorite locations to your favorites menu to access them more easily, or create custom locations using your GPS position.

To learn more, you can visit our website at lazarillo.app or email us at hello@lazarillo.app

You can also see a list of FAQ's and view our full catalogue of user tutorial videos at lazarillo.app/usersupport