Empower all your visitors with accessible wayfinding
Situm’s Accessibility Features for Indoor Navigation
Situm’s indoor navigation platform is built for everyone. From people with reduced mobility to those with visual or cognitive impairments, Situm ensures barrier-free access to every corner of your building. Our technology delivers inclusive navigation experiences across mobile apps, kiosks, and digital maps—no extra development required.
Whether it’s a hospital, airport, shopping center, or public building, Situm helps you meet accessibility standards and deliver a better experience for all visitors.
Key Features
Situm’s accessibility tools are natively embedded in its SDKs and ready to use in your applications. With support for screen readers, wheelchair-friendly routing, high-contrast themes, and adaptable UI, our platform helps you design digital maps and navigation that truly work for everyone.
Ready-to-Use Accessibility Toolkit
Accessibility by default. Situm supports a range of assistive features that are ready to deploy with minimal setup.
- High-contrast UI: Ensures visibility in low vision scenarios.
- Screen reader compatible: Fully operable with Android TalkBack & iOS VoiceOver.
- Wheelchair-friendly routing: Avoids stairs and non-accessible areas.
- Voice guidance: Spoken turn-by-turn instructions for hands-free navigation.
- Dynamic font scaling: Adapts to system font sizes for improved readability.
- Custom themes: Configure icons, labels, and UI elements to match your user needs.
- Intuitive interface: Designed for users of all ages and tech comfort levels.
- Multilingual & RTL support: Over 20 languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, and more.
- Custom fonts: Easily use dyslexia-friendly or larger fonts.
- Offline mode: Navigation and maps work even without internet connectivity.
Turn-by-Turn Indications you can see and hear
Situm provides intelligent turn-by-turn navigation that helps all users move confidently through complex indoor and outdoor environments. Directions are visual, spoken, and automatically updated as the user moves.
- High-level overview: Situm summarizes major steps for clarity (“Exit the building”, “Walk to the fountain”, “Go up through the elevator”).
- Clear spoken instructions: Users hear real-time guidance like “Go ahead for 20 meters”, “Turn right”, “Take the elevator”, or “Turn around”.
- Automatic re-routing: If the user leaves the path, Situm recalculates and gives new instructions instantly.
- Visual + voice: Every instruction is shown on screen and read aloud, ensuring users stay oriented whether they’re looking at their phone or not.
Special Routes for Individual Needs
Smart routing that adapts to each user. Situm allows venues to define and apply special routing rules to better serve different accessibility needs:
- Wheelchair-friendly: Avoids stairs, narrow corridors, and non-accessible doors. Prioritizes elevators and ramps.
- Avoid elevators: Suitable for users who prefer or must avoid lifts.
- Avoid ramps or slopes: Tailored for users with instability issues or specific mobility challenges.
- Avoid bright/noisy areas: Routes around zones with high ambient noise or intense lighting (e.g., food courts, open atriums).
- Avoid patchy terrain: Bypasses uneven flooring or high-friction surfaces (e.g., cobblestone paths, industrial areas).
- Tag-based routing customization: Routes can include/exclude paths based on custom tags defined in the CMS (e.g., “accessible”, “quiet”, “restricted”).
Voice & Fuzzy Search
Let users find what they need—fast and easy.
- Voice Search: Integrated with Android & iOS keyboards to accept spoken input.
- Fuzzy Matching: Tolerant of typos and partial inputs, helping users with dexterity or vision challenges.
- Category / Subcategory filtering: Easily classify your Points of Interest according to thematic categories and subcategories, so all users are able to filter them and find them easily.
Screen Reader Compatibility – Navigate with Voice
Navigate with voice, no screen needed: Situm is fully compatible with screen readers like Android TalkBack and iOS VoiceOver. Users receive spoken feedback as they interact with the map, wayfinding instructions, and POIs.
- Automatic voice prompts for turn-by-turn navigation.
- ARIA-like descriptions for UI elements (buttons, POIs, categories).
- Optimized interface flows to reduce screen taps and gestures.
- Clear labels and consistent hierarchy improve user confidence.
High Contrast Visualization for all visual conditions
Situm supports high-contrast themes to aid users with low vision or color blindness.
- Custom color themes with strong contrast between text, icons, and backgrounds.
- Bold fonts and larger label options for easier reading.
- Optional UI styles optimized for indoor/outdoor glare conditions.
- Fully compatible with system-level accessibility settings.
“What’s Nearby?” Context Awareness
With Situm, users are never lost. We constantly update to tell them where they are and what’s close by, using both on-screen information and spoken feedback.
- Live contextual info: “You’re on Floor 1. The cafeteria is 10 meters to your right.”
- POI proximity alerts: Situm lists nearby points of interest with distance and direction cues.
- Geofence-triggered descriptions: When entering a tagged area, Situm can read predefined messages aloud, such as: “This is a room with tables and chairs, be careful when moving.”, or “You are in the children’s play area.”
Seamless Integration
All accessibility features are embedded in Situm’s SDKs and APIs.
- Visual Mobile SDKs: Android, iOS, React Native, Flutter, Cordova, Capacitor.
- Web SDK & Viewer: Compatible with kiosks, digital signage, and websites.
- No extra code needed: Accessibility works out of the box—just enable it.
Accessibility Benefits
Situm’s accessible design benefits your users and helps you meet accessibility standards.
- Supports diverse needs: Great for visitors, patients, employees, and customers.
- Inclusive user experience: Everyone can access and navigate your venue.
- Compliance-ready: Supports WCAG 2.2, EN 301 549, and Section 508 standards.
- Fast adoption: Ready-to-deploy features without custom development.
Situm Dashboard FAQ
Yes. Situm is fully compatible with screen readers on Android (TalkBack) and iOS (VoiceOver). Users receive spoken feedback when navigating, searching for places, or interacting with map elements.
Yes. You can configure accessible routes that avoid stairs and other obstacles. Situm prioritizes the use of ramps and elevators and allows for custom routing based on specific needs.
Yes. Situm allows the application of high-contrast themes to improve the visibility of text, icons, and routes. These settings can be customized to your brand or user preferences.
Yes. The interface adapts to the font size set on the user’s device and supports custom fonts, such as those designed for dyslexia or low vision.
Yes. Situm delivers spoken directions like “go straight,” “turn right,” or “take the elevator.” It also recalculates the route automatically if the user deviates from the path.
Yes. Situm can tell users where they are and what’s nearby (“you are on Floor 1, the cafeteria is 10 meters to your right”). It can also read predefined messages when entering tagged zones (“you are in a room with tables and chairs, be careful”).
Situm supports more than 20 languages, including right-to-left scripts like Arabic and Hebrew. New languages can be added on demand in less than 48 hours.