An APP for the blind that helps to read the restaurant menu

New technologies and innovation make it possible to improve the lives of many people. A good example of this is the new APP for the blind for use in restaurants. An intelligent and interactive menu that offers technological solutions to people with reduced or no visibility, making the world a little more fair and welcoming.

A new APP for the blind

Until now, some restaurants included Braille menus. Others turned off their lights to eat in absolute darkness, showing that vision is not an essential requirement to enjoy a good menu. But the truth is that in most establishments, the blind had to ask the waiter or the companions for help to be able to choose each of the dishes. Now, the new APP for the blind covers all these needs, in addition to offering infinite possibilities both for the rest of the customers and for the restaurant.

Is about (), a pioneering service developed by the Puntodis company that shows an interactive menu with all the restaurant's products, their ingredients, and possible allergens. To enjoy it, you just have to have a mobile phone and a QR code appears on the paper letter.

In Spain there are already several restaurants (in Bilbao, Cantabria, Asturias, Madrid and Castellón) that have included this specific service for hotel establishments. There is even an option to carry italso to schools.

A useful APP for the blind and for everyone

This interactive letter not only helps the blind, but also people with low vision, eyestrain, or people with allergies who cannot eat a certain type of ingredient for their health. And all this updated inreal time.

In addition, the APP is presented intwelve languages, which allows tourists to understand all its content without having to print letters in each language, which in turn lowers costs.

For restaurants it offers other advantages. From the same application, the owner of the premises canupdate the letter simply and quickly with a few clicks, saving a lot of money and helping to take care of the environment. In addition, the entire network of accessible establishments adhered to this application havegeolocation with information on how to get there or what menu is offered that day.

An APP for the blind with many benefits for customers that restaurants require a minimum investment of29 euros per month.

How do you use this app for the blind?

The tool allows you to tailorintuitive the content of the menu, indicating the dishes that make it up, the prices, recommendations, etc.

Each restaurant can update the menu whenever it needs to, modify the gastronomic offer, the wine list, the prices ... And you will have to place the QR code on the menu, although you can also include it on the website, in a tourist guide, etc. .

The customer only needsscan the code with your smartphone,select language in which you want to hear the information and then,choose other options. For example, in the case of allergens, it can indicate that you have a dairy allergy, and all the dishes that you can consume will automatically come out because they do not have that ingredient.