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Going to an unknown place can be quite difficult. You don't know what the area looks like, which street is the right street, which bus stop is the right one, and so on. Now imagine how much harder that would be if you were a blind or visually impaired person. But a brand new iPhone/iPad app called Blindsquare hopes to give them a break.

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The app integrates data from the popular check-in app Foursquare and its two billion check-ins worldwide with Apple's VoiceOver technology to create a location-based virtual map through sound. When the app is turned on, it will read addresses, street names and surrounding locations out loud to its user to give them an exact sense of where they are, even though they cannot see it.

It was built by Finnish app developer Ilkka Pirttimaa in six months and hopes to help blind people in unfamiliar areas. Besides giving out locations and directions, the app can also suggest the most popular restaurants and cafes in the area.

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