WTA has been utilizing NaviLens at its downtown station for 2 years, and is now expanding to the BLUE LINE in April!

NaviLens is a technology developed to empower people who are blind or have low vision, and allows them to navigate unknown places by translating visual signage into audio messages. While the technology is great for those who are blind or low vision, it is also a great tool for anyone. NaviLens utilizes a phone and QR-style code to give users a wide range of information, from navigational cues to location and real-time bus information. These codes can be:

• Detected from up to 50ft away
• Read and detected within a second
• Read unfocused even when user is unaware a code is within range
• Read from an angle of 160 degrees
• Read in all light conditions
• Provide the user accurate orientation to the code
• Provide audio or text messages in 33 different languages and utilize user’s preferred phone language setting to deliver message.

1. Download the FREE NaviLens app and/or NaviLensGo app to your IOS device or Android device.
   1. NaviLens app will read signs and provide an audio message guiding you to the code and providing information stored in the code.
   2. NaviLensGo app provides a text message of information stored in the code.
2. Once the app has been downloaded, hold your phone at chest level as you walk through Bellingham Station, and the app will scan the environment and detect codes in the area.