Last year the City partnered with Ford Mobility on the City:One Challenge . The City:One Challenge is a crowd-sourcing platform created to help prepare cities for the future, bringing groups of people together to design and pilot new solutions to improve mobility to increase access to healthy living in East Austin.

Tappy Guide was selected as one of the winners from the City:One Challenge. Tappy Guide is a mobile app that provides navigation guides for the visually impaired, hearing impaired, senior citizens and others with mobility impairments. In addition to offering guides for indoor and outdoor locations, Tappy Guide engages live advisors who can provide people the comfort of interacting with a real person to truly understand their surroundings and accessibility needs.

Tappy Guide assists with:

? Navigating through the Austin and UT Campus area safely
? Identifying accessible buildings, parking locations, and bus stops
? Providing indoor navigation at participating businesses
? Real-time data and location assistance

Tappy Guide has partnered with the City of Austin, Texas and the Austin Technology Incubator to help the city’s transportation systems and businesses become smarter for individuals with disabilities.

Tappy Guide is seeking 3-5 volunteer guides to be available per shift and for shifts to be no less than an hour at a time. We are looking for volunteer Guides to:

? Work with a high volume of callers and provide navigation assistance
? Provide callers with direction and discovery in/around Austin
? Seek to create a positive experience for every caller
? Report bugs and give feedback about the software experience

For additional information please visit: www.tappyguide.com