These days everyone likes to take a selfie of themselves while out and about, making a record of trips and holidays or just letting people know through social media what they are up to.
So how easy might it be for blind and partially sighted people to take that perfect selfie photo of themselves standing outside a great historical landmark or iconic location.
Well VISITFLANDERShave come up with a great solution and have co-created the ‘Selfie for All Tile’ with representatives from visually impaired organisations and experts too.
The tiles feature integrated footprints for positioning and use Google Maps and NaviLens technology for audio guided orientation.
RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was joined by Anita Rampall from VISITFLANDERS and Leive Veys, a partially sighted volunteer from Licht and Liefde who are an advocacy group who were very much involved in the development of the tiles, to find out more about the project and how the ‘Selfie for All Tiles’ work enabling visually impaired people to take that perfect selfie.
To find out more about the ‘Selfie for All Tiles’ and the various locations they are currently available do visit the following pages of the VISITFLANDERS website - https://www.visitflanders.com/en/travel-information/accessibility/selfie-all
Image shows a man with a white cane in one hand taking a selfie with a smartphone in the other with the tower of St Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen in the background
