Use Case · Universities
Know Your Schedule,
Know Your Way Around Campus.
Hearsee guides patients and visitors to the exact ward, clinic, or department, independently, in facilities where hallways change with every renovation and GPS doesn’t work at all.
Why It Works Here
How It Helps in Universities
Semester-ready navigation
New classes in new buildings each semester don't require a fresh round of orientation before a student can travel independently.
Consistent across a growing campus
Hearsee scales building by building, so a route learned in one hall works the same way in the next.
Works with disability services, not around them
Hearsee complements the orientation and mobility support campus disability services already provide. It doesn't replace it.
Less coordination to get to class on time
Independent navigation reduces the lead time students need to arrange help just to make it across campus.
The Challenge
Why Universities Are Hard to Navigate
A university isn’t one building, it’s dozens, added over decades and connected by paths that change every semester with construction and new buildings. Even strong orientation and mobility training has to be repeated every time a student’s schedule adds an unfamiliar space.
21%
of undergraduates reported having a disability in the 2019-20 school year. The category is broad and not vision-specific, but it points to how many students are navigating campus with some access need.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Facts
Every Semester
Disability support offices report that new class locations mean new orientation needs each term, not a one-time onboarding.
Source: Reported patterns in postsecondary disability services literature
Proof in practice
University Case Studies
Every university case study will follow the same standard, documented below, once one is live.
Not yet deployed
We Have Not Published a University Case Study
Hearsee hasn’t completed a full universities deployment we can report results on. Here’s what one would include: an on-site mapping of your busiest routes, RFID tags at entrances and key destinations, and the same Hearsee app + cane experience already proven at Utah Arts Academy, our first live case study.
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