Israeli Tech Guides the Visually Impaired around Supermarkets

(Grocer-UK) Andrew Don - Shufersal, Israel's largest supermarket chain, has installed a Bluetooth beacon-guided system that provides customers with audio commentary via a smartphone app to help them navigate. When users approach the store, they are told where the entrance is. Audio descriptions alert them to various areas, aisles and shelves. Users are directed to the checkouts, and the exit once they have paid.


2018-09-14 00:00:00

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