Use Case · Schools
Independent Navigation for Every Hallway.
Hearsee helps K-12 and arts campuses give blind and low-vision students turn-by-turn independence between classrooms, without relying on an aide or a memorized route.
Why It Works Here
How It Helps in Schools
Independent class-to-class travel
Students move between homeroom, electives, the gym, and the cafeteria without a staff escort.
Less instructional time lost
Fewer students arrive late to class because they had to wait for someone to walk them.
Built with the people who use it
Routes and audio cues are shaped by feedback from blind and low-vision students and O&M instructors, not assumptions.
A skill, not a crutch
Hearsee is built around cane-first travel. It adds clarity on top of orientation and mobility training, not instead of it.
The Challenge
Why Schools Are Hard to Navigate
A new school means new hallways, new room numbers, and no landmarks yet. Static maps and signage assume a student can read them at a glance, and orientation and mobility training, while essential, takes repeated sessions before a route becomes second nature.
Repeat sessions
Orientation and mobility instruction is delivered in repeated, individualized sessions, precisely because a floor plan doesn’t become intuitive after a single walk-through.
Source: Perkins School for the Blind, wayfinding and O&M resources
K - 12 population
School-age children make up a meaningful share of the roughly 7 million Americans with a vision impairment, and every one of them learns a new building at some point.
Source: CDC, Vision & Eye Health Surveillance System
Proof in practice
School Case Studies
A real deployment, start to finish: how it was set up, what changed for students, and what the school has to say about it.
Live Case Study · Schools
Utah Arts Academy, St. George, Utah
Hearsee’s RFID-based indoor navigation system gives students who are blind independent, turn-by-turn travel through hallways, classrooms, and shared spaces, without relying on staff escorts.
Greater
Independence
Increased
Confidence
Improved
Efficiency
Inclusive
Campus
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