{"id":9108,"date":"2016-03-03T16:11:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T15:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=9108"},"modified":"2016-03-03T16:11:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T15:11:20","slug":"entrepreneur-creates-app-to-make-the-world-more-accessible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2016\/03\/entrepreneur-creates-app-to-make-the-world-more-accessible\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneur creates app to make the world more accessible"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/globalaccessibilitynews.com\/2016\/03\/01\/entrepreneur-creates-app-to-make-the-world-more-accessible\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/maayan-ziv.jpg\" alt=\"Entrepreneur creates app to make the world more accessible\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As someone who uses a wheelchair, Maayan Ziv was often unsure if city spaces would be accessible until she showed up at the entrance. Unable to find this valuable information anywhere, Maayan took matters into her own hands and developed an application called <a href=\"http:\/\/accessnow.ca\/\">AccessNow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.6;\">\u201cAccessNow is a mobile app that is using crowd sourcing to collect and share accessibility information all around the world,\u201d said Ziv.<\/span>This groundbreaking web-based app uses crowdsourced information to pinpoint the accessibility status of hotels, restaurants, coffee shops and tourist destinations around the world on an interactive map.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/globalaccessibilitynews.com\/2016\/03\/01\/entrepreneur-creates-app-to-make-the-world-more-accessible\/\">Entrepreneur creates app to make the world more accessible Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AccessNow is a mobile app that is using crowd sourcing to collect and share 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