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iOS · MVP · Turkish-firstThe outdoors,
The outdoors,
now everyone's.
Beacon is an AI buddy that lets blind and low-vision people exercise outdoors on their own. The phone camera sees the world, the model interprets it, and you hear it through your earphones — in your language.
Buddy ready · 12:34
Tap · Begin
The problemFor the blind, exercise isn't accessible.
For the blind, exercise isn't accessible.
It's denied.
Deprivation is measurable. Inequality is tangible. Beacon was built to close the gap.
2×
Higher obesity risk among blind individuals compared with sighted peers.
Health inequality
62%
Report having no access to any regular sport or training activity.
Access gap
1/3
Have experienced an accident or injury walking outdoors alone.
Safety
0
Outdoor-first AI buddies that coach the everyday walk or workout.
Market gap
How it worksFrom walk to map,
From walk to map,
one single flow.
01
Start with your voice
Pull the phone from your pocket, tap the screen once. Beacon says "Buddy ready" through your earphones; audio and haptic thresholds calibrate to you.
→ One tap · "Start with voice"
How it worksFrom walk to map,
From walk to map,
one single flow.
01
Start with your voice
Pull the phone from your pocket, tap the screen once. Beacon says "Buddy ready" through your earphones; audio and haptic thresholds calibrate to you.
→ One tap · "Start with voice"02
Buddy reads the scene
The camera sees, the model interprets, you hear it in your language. No directional commands — only context about what's around you. You stay in charge.
→ Voice command · "What's in front of me?"
03
Frame the snag
Broken curb, missing tactile surface, fixed obstacle — point the phone at it. Beacon tags the location and image automatically.
→ Auto · GPS + VLM detection
04
Verified by the community
A snag lands on the map at 1/3 detections, gets verified at 3/3. Volunteers and nearby users see it; institutions resolve it from the heat map.
→ Community · Live in 30 secProduct · Three modesOne app,
One app,
three contexts.
Every mode is summoned from the same voice interface — you never need to look at the screen.
— 01 / Mode
Buddy
Mode
Pedestrians, obstacles, crossings — all the things around you. Beacon picks what matters and summarizes in three or four seconds. Complete, never overwhelming.
→ Passive listening · 1 sec haptic threshold
— 02 / Mode
Equipment
Recognition
Standing next to an outdoor gym machine? Say "describe this." Beacon recognizes the equipment and walks you through grip placement and starting position, step by step.
→ Voice command · "Describe this machine"
— 03 / Mode
Voice
Q&A
"What's in front of me?" · "Is this safe?" · "Report this." Natural sentences. Beacon understands the intent and triggers the right flow.
→ One tap · Natural language
Accessibility · Built blind-firstEvery action confirmed by
Every action confirmed by
voice and haptics.
Blind users can't see a tap land. So Beacon answers every interaction with a spoken cue and a calibrated vibration — you always know what you just pressed, and what the app heard.
Voice-first
Open Beacon with one spoken command. Every interactive element announces itself the moment focus lands.
Haptic feedback
Every tap is met with a precisely tuned vibration pattern. Users feel the difference between a primary action, a confirmation, and an error — without seeing the screen.
Calibrated to you
Audio levels, speech speed, and pulse intensity all calibrate on first launch and adjust over time — no two users get the same defaults.
Community · Snag systemOne person's obstacle,
One person's obstacle,
visible to everyone.
Beacon users and volunteers report the obstacles they hit as "snags." The community verifies them, the map fills in, and allies step in to fix what's broken.
1
Detect
A single user frames it; the VLM proposes a category and severity, the user confirms or corrects.
2
Verify
When three different users mark the same point, the snag flips to "verified." Otherwise it stays a single sighting.
3
Resolve
The responsible institution claims verified snags from the heat map and closes them once fixed.
26
nearby reports
3/3
detections · verified
~5 km
radius ring
Institutions · B2B data
Verified accessibility data.
Municipalities, university campuses, and retail chains see accessibility gaps in their own footprint on a heat map. Pick a cluster, claim it, fix it, close it — social impact becomes measurable.
— 01 / Channel
Location-based mappingMonthly verified accessibility report within institutional boundaries.
Subscription
— 02 / Channel
EU accessibility fundsCompliance reporting aligned with European Commission accessibility directives.
Grant
— 03 / Channel
NGO partnershipsSocial impact reporting and user community growth.
Individuals always free
The ethical line
Beacon doesn't issue directions.
It only describes the environment.
The decision stays with you
Get in touchWant in?
Want in?
Talk to the team.
We're three co-founders shipping Beacon out of METU Technopark. Reach any of us — the fastest way in.
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