Sendero Group News & Events

Announcing the Exciting next chapters for accessible GPS and Maps. (11/14/18)

Announcing the release of version 3.5 of Sendero's iPhone GPS apps, Seeing Eye GPS, (subscription in North America), RNIB Navigator (subscription in the UK, Ireland, France and Germany), and Guide Dogs NSW ACT (subscription in Australia). (9/21/18)

Announcing the release of Sendero GPS Version 22! (03/20/18)

Sendero Conferences

Sendero tries to attend many national and regional conferences as well as California State conferences. We do not unfortunately have the resources to attend local conferences unless funding for expenses are provided. If your conference invitation meets this criteria, use the Contact Us form to submit your details. For Mike May speaking inquiries

Sendero Group will be attending the following conferences. Please join us and learn more about our products at the following shows:

  • M-Enabling Summit June 11 - 13, Arlington, VA. We will be participating on the panel "Indoor Navigation and Remote Visual Support Services" on Tuesday June 12 from 11:00AM - 12:15PM in Studio A.
  • AER International Conference 2018, July 25-29, Reno, NV. We will be presenting "Developing an Accessible Indoor Navigation Application: Perceptions of 785 Legally Blind adults" on Saturday July 28 from 10:00 - 11:00AM in Naples 6.
  • Envision Convention 2018, August 22-25, Wichita, KS. We will be presenting "The Future of Indoor Navigation for the Visually Impaired is Now!"

Sendero Awards

Mike May, Sendero Group awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from ABVI Goodwill in Rochester, NY

AFB Access Awards, Mike May and Sendero Group for pioneering accessible location information and navigation technologies with tools like Sendero GPS, and their new cell phone-based GPS system.

Mobile Geo, Powered by Sendero GPS, honored as the Best of Innovations 2009 at the International Consumer Electronics Show.

Sendero GPS and Sendero's CTO, Charles LaPierre, win the 2007 BlindBargains.com Access Awards

Sendero GPS for the BrailleNote wins a 2006 da Vinci Award

Sendero GPS for the BrailleNote wins Tech Museum Award - Technology Benefitting Humanity

BrailleNote GPS Version 2 honored at 2004 International Consumer Electronics Show

BrailleNote PK GPS awarded the 2005 BHTA Independant Living Design Award

Sendero in the Media

Sendero media coverage includes an NBC Dateline piece, NBC Today Show, ABC World Tonight, as well as MSNBC, ABC, CNN, BBC and other TV pieces.

Sendero President, Mike May, talks about his experience at the Paralympics on the local NPR station, KXJZ, the Insight Program on March 16

Story about Mike May, March 16 on HBO Sports with Brian Gumble

NBC Sports and Universal Sports to Broadcast 2010 Paralympic Winter Games Highlights

Blind Army of GPS Surveyors Marches in San Francisco Ca., Dec. 5, 2009. CBS News coverage

View a letter from former Vice President Al Gore to Sendero Group. View the transcript.

CNN Story:CNN reported on the GPS-Talk, the original Sendero laptop version, no longer available.

Sendero Grants

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Accessible Environmental Information Application for Individuals with Visual Impairments

Accessible People Finder Application for Individuals with Visual Impairments

Global Access Information Navigator

Development of a Global Access Information Navigation (GAIN) for Persons Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision: Accessible Public Transportation

Accessible Location Information Delivered via GPS cell phone for People with Visual Impairments

Accessible GPS for persons with Cognitive Disabilities, partnered with University of Washington

Incorporating Accessible GPS and Talking Lights to provide an Indoor Navigation Solution. This solution would yield seemless indoor and outdoor navigation. Partnered with Talking Lights LLC

Wayfinding Technologies for People with Visual Impairments: Research and Development of an Integrated Platform.

Conference Papers

The following is a list of Sendero's key Conference Papers.

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