ACA Group’s LiLi app is from Amai! (an initiative of the Flemish government) was selected and voted by the public as the best mobility project of the year. The innovative application, which uses artificial intelligence (AI), allows people with visual impairments to travel more independently and safely, which represents an important step towards inclusive mobility.
CA Group developed the LiLi application in a consortium with Blind Care Licht en Liefde VeBes, Vives University of Applied Sciences, Open Street Map Belgium and the city of Bruges.
People with visual impairments often depend on others for their mobility. Their disability limits their activities outside the home and their social or professional life is affected. The LiLi (Light and Love) app offers a blind or visually impaired person the possibility of moving safely and independently on public roads.
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Reliable route thanks to artificial intelligence
The innovative application allows blind or visually impaired people to find the most reliable route between two locations in a sustainable way and travel on foot safely. The app also provides helpful smartphone sound cues for recognizable points on the route, making orientation and navigation easier.
Artificial intelligence applied to suitable data sets is used to determine the ideal travel route. The application takes into account specific infrastructures present in the road scenario for people with visual impairments, such as tactile tiles, traffic lights with rattles and more.
“The development of the LiLi app marks a major turning point in the application of artificial intelligence for social good”Like this Alessandro Frimoutartificial intelligence expert from ACA Group. “Our goal is to create a tool that is not only technologically advanced, but actually changes lives. By integrating artificial intelligence into the daily mobility of people with visual impairments, we enable them to navigate with greater confidence and independence. This project is a great example of how technology and human intuition can come together to create a real, positive impact in our community.”
Initiative of the Flemish government
Oh! is an initiative of the Department of Economy, Science and Innovation of the Flemish government and is part of the Flemish action plan on artificial intelligence. To this end, the organization collaborates with the Data & Society Knowledge Center, a university partnership between imec-SMIT-VUB, KULeuven’s CiTiP and imec-MICT UGent, and with Scivil, the Flemish Knowledge Center for Citizen Science.
The LiLi app was chosen in a public online vote with more than 8,000 participants. Oh! provides a project grant of 125,000 euros to develop this intelligent AI application by a partnership of computer scientists, AI specialists, citizens, citizen scientists and domain experts.
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2024-01-10 15:35:13
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