🔑 Improving Real Estate For The Visually Impaired

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Improving Real Estate For The Visually Impaired

What is “Finding Homes”?

“Finding Homes” is a new Alexa skill that makes it easier for visually impaired people, or those who are just slow readers, to shop for and buy a home.

“Finding Homes” works by letting users search for and filter through databases of properties in specific regions. After narrowing down the list of properties, Alexa can then audibly provide detailed information about different homes. She can either give broad overviews of homes or answer specific questions like “what is the square footage of the home” or “how many bedrooms does it have?”

This Alexa skill was created by Justin Lundy, a licensed real estate agent in San Diego.

A Growing Problem

Visual impairment in the United States is, unfortunately, a growing problem. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that 4.2 million Americans over the age of 40 suffer from uncorrectable vision impairment. These numbers are expected to double by 2050, thanks to rising rates of diabetes and other chronic conditions.

By now, these Americans may have mastered their everyday routine. But, when it comes to making complicated purchasing decisions like buying a home, they’re still very reliant on the help of others. In most cases, visually impaired adults need someone to sit down with them and laboriously read through dozens of property descriptions and hundreds of different features.

“Finding Homes” wants to make the home-buying process easier for visually impaired people by letting Alexa describe different properties.

Accessibility

One underrated aspect of Alexa’s tech is that it empowers entrepreneurs to make the world a better place.

“Finding Homes” wasn’t designed by a high-level Amazon engineer. Instead, it was built as a side hustle by the full-time realtor, Justin Lundy. Lundy’s desire to build “Finding Homes” stemmed from his career (real estate), a passion for voice-activated technology, and a desire to help make his blind mother-in-law’s life easier.

“Finding Homes” addresses a very niche problem for visually impaired people. However, as more and more skills go live on Alexa, with any luck her voice-activated tech will turn into a one-stop shop for making people’s lives easier.

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