The new app is being trialled by Adelaide Metro to improve accessibility of public transport for passengers.
Now available seven days a week on the free Adelaide Connector services, See Me was developed by Cassie Hames, an Adelaide-based software programmer at SAGE Automation, who is legally blind.
While See Me has initially been designed to support people who are blind or vision-impaired, it can be used by people of all abilities, with a broader potential to ease anxiety for all public transport customers.
The app enables passengers to alert a bus driver that they are waiting at a bus stop.
Instead of physically hailing the bus, See Me links to the bus onboard system to notify the bus driver digitally that a passenger is waiting.
The app then delivers spoken, visual and haptic notifications to the passenger's phone when the bus is approaching both the pick-up and destination locations.
This ensures people don’t miss their stop and helps to make independent travel on public transport safer and more accessible for everyone.
See Me is being trialled on the 98A, 98C, 99A and 99C City Connector services.
Download See Me on Apple and Android devices by searching for See Me: Bus Signalling.