From now on, even the blind and visually impaired will be able to enjoy a visit to the safari thanks to the Right Hear app, which allows easy orientation in the zoo area.
In addition, the app contains available and accurate zoological information about the animals.
In recent months, a special system has been installed at the Ramat Gan safari, which allows visually impaired and blind people to enjoy a safari.
This is a system called: "Right Hear", which is a navigation and information system specially adapted for the safari and allows visitors who use it to know at any given moment where they are and receive zoological information and personal stories about the animals in 64 different yards.
Using the system, any visitor who downloads the app can easily navigate the safari and know at any given moment which animal he is facing.
Hezi Eliyahu, visiting a blind man with a blind spot: 'This is closing a circle.
For years as a young dad I had to look for acquaintances, friends and family to join me on a safari.
This week I experienced a correction: I walked the trails independently when I knew exactly which yard I was in and shifting my cell phone on its axis, what exact direction I should go, without the need for any guidance from anyone.
All the instructions and information enveloped me through the speaker of the laptop.
The information about the animals is included in the accessibility, so a blind person can certainly also describe and share the children.
"The fact that now I can go on a safari alone or with my family and even take a lead, and not give up on family fun, is a particularly exciting and happy moment for me."
Ramat Gan Mayor Carmel Shama HaCohen: "The special system is our way of making the safari accessible even to people who in the past probably avoided coming to visit us for fear of not being able to enjoy entertainment like everyone else. "Alone or with the family and feel part of the safari and atmosphere. In addition, they can enjoy close guidance, which they will hear through the app. Equally important is the message to the hundreds of thousands of children who visit the safari each year and will be exposed to our urban sensitivity to accessibility for everyone and special needs."
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