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can inform yourself about further bus connections or just get some information about the
area around you.
This PAVIP system is an important concern of Bones Inc. The idea is to launch a standard
system for public transport and to make the same information available for visually
impaired and blind people as sighted people have. We see this as an important piece of
the puzzle of navigation. A first trial of this capacious project was developed in the city of
St.Gallen in Switzerland. The appropriate infrastructure has been built up for the bus
network.
PAVIP Transport is a first step of a bigger vision. A second step would be the expansion
with information and navigation points on populous places in cities. This would activate the
system point-wise besides public transport. A last step would involve satellite navigation to
build bridges between these information points and complete the information and
navigational system.
6.5.3. PAVIP Audio Guide - PAG
PAVIP Audio Guide makes information and experiences, which have only been amenable
to people with sight so far, acoustically accessible to visually impaired and blind people.
PAG suits the recreational and cultural offers as museums, zoos, theme parks or art
exhibitions provides it.
This information system is based on Milestone 312 and its RFID reading ability. The first
installation of PAG was built in the Museum for Communication in Bern, Switzerland.
There the visually impaired receive a Milestone at the entrance packed with lots of
information about the experiences the museum provides.
In the exhibition the visitor can use their Milestone now on special information points with
assembled black boxes. Through a scan over these boxes with Milestone, the device finds
the appropriate information to an exhibition object and reads it through the built in speaker
or over headphones. For example an exhibition object is described optically, historical
backgrounds are elucidated and further interesting details acoustically retrievable.
There are also objects which can be felt and in addition the visitor can scan the product,
which has a small integrated button, to make them identifiable by Milestone.
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