Mobility with mobile app


(From right) IT instructor Lim Yew Yi from St Nicholas’ Home Penang showing the app with his students Muhammad Rafique Farhan Saiful Nizam, 19, and Muhamad Sirajudin Sulaiman, 18, and Soon during the announcement of the trial run at Gurney Plaza, Penang.

A LOCALLY designed mobile phone app to help the blind and visually impaired with navigation and mobility will soon be made available.

St Nicholas’ Home Penang has developed the Visually Impaired Indoor Navigation (ViNV) app to help the blind navigate in unfamiliar places with the assistance of both audio and visual guidance.

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Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

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Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 8.02/month

Billed as RM 96.20 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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