{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-c03aa079.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-517835be.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='App makes cities more accessible to wheelchair users' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54d7b0d8eafeecae20df19' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54d7b0d8eafeecae20df19' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nApp makes cities more accessible to wheelchair users\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eLEADIN:              Wheelchair users in the Italian city of Florence are getting around more easily thanks to a smartphone app.               An Italian startup developed the app, called Kimap, which shows the best route to take and...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLEADIN:\u003cbr/\u003e              Wheelchair users in the Italian city of Florence are getting around more easily thanks to a smartphone app. \u003cbr/\u003e              An Italian startup developed the app, called Kimap, which shows the best route to take and updates with information from users' latest journeys. \u003cbr/\u003e              STORYLINE:\u003cbr/\u003e              For wheelchair users, navigating around a busy city like Florence can be a challenge.\u003cbr/\u003e              The streets are full of obstacles and finding a hassle-free route can be difficult. \u003cbr/\u003e              Simona Ciarrocchi lives in the centre of Florence and has spent the last four years using a wheelchair due to illness. \u003cbr/\u003e              She says she got used to limiting herself to visiting places that she knows are wheelchair accessible.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"A person in a wheelchair faces many difficulties, first of all streets, sidewalks, shop entrances, even public offices and health authority offices. I find it difficult to go to some places and so I have given up going there and I only go where I know I can get in, where I know the entrance is accessible,\" she says. \u003cbr/\u003e              But she says that since she started using a free smartphone app a year ago, things have changed. \u003cbr/\u003e              The app, called Kimap, helps wheelchair users by showing them the best route to take in order to get from one part of the city to the other. \u003cbr/\u003e              Ciarrocchi says the app not only gives directions, it also makes users feel more independent.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Kimap helps me by showing me the best route to take, the most accessible one and gives me a little bit of serenity and self-confidence,\" she says.\u003cbr/\u003e              Kimap was created by a Florence-based startup called Kinoa. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Kimap is the first navigator for disabled people (who use wheelchairs). It's a smart navigator that obtains information from the users about the accessibility of streets,\" says Lapo Cecconi, CEO and co-founder of Kinoa.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"In this way, it provides the best route to take to get from A to B. The Kimap project is innovative because, while it works, it automatically detects the quality of the ground and it can indicate the presence of obstacles and architectural barriers (indicated by users).\" \u003cbr/\u003e              People attach their smartphone to the wheelchair and Kimap is able to detect vibrations and collect information regarding the conditions of the road. \u003cbr/\u003e              This means Kimap is collecting data at the same time as giving directions. \u003cbr/\u003e              When a user opens the app, they select the type of wheelchair they use (regular wheelchair, electric handcycle or scooter), then enter the name of the street they're going to and Kimap calculates the route. \u003cbr/\u003e              Kimap was born thanks to Armando Dei, Kinoa's Community Manager.\u003cbr/\u003e              Armando, who suffers from a degenerative illness, was starting to use a wheelchair at the beginning of 2016, the same time that Lapo Cecconi and his team wanted to design a sporting app. \u003cbr/\u003e              Dei suggested changing the aim of the app and designing something new: a navigation app for people using wheelchairs.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"When I was well, I wouldn't have thought about inventing Kimap. Kimap was born from my illness, because I realized that there were limits and also a way to get over them,\" he says. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"This is not just about the technology, it's also about having met the right people to share this project with. They didn't share my illness, luckily for them, but also for me, because thanks to them, who are well, I can do many more things. And Kimap was developed in this way, and it was born from an illness, but it is also a way to get over this deficit. To me it's a way to get over this deficit, Kimap is that to me.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              Tommaso Rossi, Kinoa's chief technology information officer, says that feedback sent by the users is essential to the way that Kimap works.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Mixing artificial intelligence with the information collected by users, without any kind of intermediation, it is possible to detect the real accessibility of places and give users the best route to take based on what they perceive as accessible. In this way, the information we give is 'real' and the best for users,\" Rossi explains.\u003cbr/\u003e              Even if a street hasn't been detected yet, all it takes is someone in a wheelchair going down it using Kimap.\u003cbr/\u003e              This allows the app to collect information that will be useful for those who follow. \u003cbr/\u003e              That means that Kimap can be used in every city, all around the world.\u003cbr/\u003e              Dei says that the community of users is very important because it's thanks to them that the navigator is continuously updated everywhere.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"People use Kimap as a navigator but, at the same time, they map out (the area) and this work of mapping out is useful for those who follow, it's the best advice to give to those who follow. For this reason, Kimap is a smart navigator. At least we think so,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003e              Kinoa was founded in March 2016 and, a few months later, Dei and his colleagues started developing Kimap. \u003cbr/\u003e              The first version was designed in 2017 and in February 2018 the official Kimap app was released.\u003cbr/\u003e              According to Cecconi, Kimap has been downloaded more than 3 thousand times, mainly in Europe and Italy but also in the US and China.\u003cbr/\u003e              The app is available in 23 languages, including Italian, English, French and Russian.\u003cbr/\u003e              Kinoa was founded by Cecconi and Marco Scarselli, with the aim of creating technologically advanced instruments to collect and use data. \u003cbr/\u003e              Kinoa cooperates with travel associations and public administrations in order to map out cities, helping them to improve mobility for disabled people.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Florence, Italy - 24 April 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Various of Simona Ciarrocchi moving around Florence in a wheelchair\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Wide of Piazza Santa Croce with Simona Ciarrocchi in a wheelchair and the church in the background\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Ciarrocchi using Kimap on her smartphone\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Close of smartphone while using Kimap\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Ciarrocchi using Kimap\u003cbr/\u003e              6. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Simona Ciarrocchi, user of Kimap:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"A person in a wheelchair faces many difficulties, first of all streets, sidewalks, shop entrances, even public offices and health authority offices. I find it difficult to go to some places and so I have given up going there and I only go where I know I can get in, where I know the entrance is accessible.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Various of Ciarrocchi going around city \u003cbr/\u003e              8. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Simona Ciarrocchi, user of Kimap\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Kimap helps me by showing me the best route to take, the most accessible one and gives me a little bit of serenity and self-confidence.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              9. Various of Ciarrocchi going around city\u003cbr/\u003e              10. Ciarrocchi in Piazza Santa Croce with the tower of Palazzo Vecchio in the background\u003cbr/\u003e              11. Close of the tower of Palazzo Vecchio\u003cbr/\u003e              12. Ciarrocchi using Kimap\u003cbr/\u003e              13. Close of smartphone showing map and direction to turn left in Piazza Santa Croce\u003cbr/\u003e              14. Lapo Cecconi (right) and Tommaso Rossi (left) looking at computer screen in Kinoa headquarters\u003cbr/\u003e              15. Rossi sitting at desk \u003cbr/\u003e              16. Close of computer screen showing map\u003cbr/\u003e              17. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Lapo Cecconi, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Kinoa:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Kimap is the first navigator for disabled people (who use wheelchairs). It's a smart navigator that obtains information from the users about the accessibility of streets. In this way, it provides the best route to take to get from A to B. The Kimap project is innovative because, while it works, it automatically detects the quality of the ground and it can indicate the presence of obstacles and architectural barriers.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              18. Cecconi and Rossi walking with wheelchair user Armando Dei \u003cbr/\u003e              19. Dei laughing\u003cbr/\u003e              20. Various of Cecconi and Dei in city \u003cbr/\u003e              21. Various of Dei at work \u003cbr/\u003e              22. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Armando Dei, Community Manager of Kinoa:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"When I was well, I wouldn't have thought about inventing Kimap. Kimap was born from my illness, because I realized that there were limits and also a way to get over them. This is not just about the technology, it's also about having met the right people to share this project with. They didn't share my illness, luckily for them, but also for me, because thanks to them, who are well, I can do many more things. And Kimap was developed in this way, and it was born from an illness, but it is also a way to get over this deficit. To me it's a way to get over this deficit, Kimap is that to me.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              23. Various of Dei going around Florence using a wheelchair\u003cbr/\u003e              24. Various of Dei using Kimap on his smartphone\u003cbr/\u003e              25. Close of smartphone reading (Italian): \"Leave your feedback. Kimap also learns accessibility from you. Barrier along the way; no sidewalk; difficult slope; temporary obstacle\"\u003cbr/\u003e              26. Dei using Kimap\u003cbr/\u003e              27. Rossi working at his desk \u003cbr/\u003e              28. Computer screen showing a map with users' feedback\u003cbr/\u003e              29. Close of a computer screen showing a map with users' feedback reading (Italian): \"Crossing: 8. pedestrian crossing and ramps missing\"; \"Crossing: 11. pedestrian crossing and ramps missing\"\u003cbr/\u003e              30. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Tommaso Rossi, Chief Technology Information Officer of Kinoa:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Mixing artificial intelligence with the information collected by users, without any kind of intermediation, it is possible to detect the real accessibility of places and give users the best route to take based on what they perceive as accessible. In this way, the information we give is 'real' and the best for users.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              31. Various of Dei going around Florence\u003cbr/\u003e              32. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Armando Dei, Community Manager of Kinoa:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"People use Kimap as a navigator but, at the same time, they map out (the area) and this work of mapping out is useful for those who follow, it's the best advice to give to those who follow. For this reason, Kimap is a smart navigator. At least we think so.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              33. 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