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Right Hear
Techstars '22Ra'anana, IL · Founded 2015 · 11 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
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RightHear provides an "Indoor Orientation" system that converts physical environmental cues into audio signage to help people with low vision or orientation challenges navigate and interact with indoor spaces independently. Its accessibility solution is deployed across more than 2,400 venues worldwide and supports 26 languages.
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Founders & leadership
Right Hear was founded in 2015 by Idan Meir.
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026RightHear develops an accessible orientation and wayfinding system built around "talking signage": sensors installed in a venue trigger spoken descriptions delivered through a smartphone app, telling users where they are and guiding them to destinations such as restrooms, restaurants or exam rooms. The company positions the system as an alternative to printed and braille signage, noting that printed signs are unreadable for the large majority of the blind community and that audio signage also serves visitors who do not read the local language.
The system is deployed across a wide range of venue types, including airports, healthcare facilities, hotels, parks, public transit, museums, libraries, retail and dining, stadiums, education campuses, performing arts venues and workspaces. Sector-specific offerings include audio navigation and facility mapping for hospitals, trail and park-condition descriptions for parks, and audible access to catalogs and library services. The company states its hardware is weather-proof and suitable for outdoor as well as indoor use, and that the app supports both indoor and outdoor modes with track-deviation alerts. Alongside the product, RightHear runs a community program with a dedicated community manager, weekly virtual meetups with live captioning and screen-reader-accessible materials, and advocacy templates that users can send to facility managers requesting installation.
Business model
RightHear sells its accessibility system to facility operators, which install sensor kits in their venues; end users access the guidance through a free smartphone app. Onboarding is presented as a consultative process — an introductory call with the company's ADA specialists, a customized accessibility plan based on the facility's layout, and shipment of a self-install accessibility kit requiring no system integrations.
Traction
The company reports its technology is trusted by more than 2,500 facilities worldwide, and sector pages list recently joined network members across healthcare, libraries and parks. Endorsements come from Tony Cancelosi, President and CEO of Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind, whose Silver Spring office installed the technology, and from Bryan M. Wolynski, O.D., F.A.A.O., Chief Technology Officer of Lighthouse Guild.
Latest developments
RightHear operates a community hub and advocacy initiative led by community manager Shanell Matos, with weekly virtual meetups held Fridays at 1:00 PM Eastern Time that include live captioning, audio description and screen-reader-accessible materials.
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Market position
Positioned as an accessibility compliance and inclusion solution for physical venues, emphasizing conformance with ADA and accessibility standards relative to printed or braille signage alone, and validated publicly by organizations serving the blind community, including Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind and Lighthouse Guild.
Audio-based signage that is usable by the majority of blind people who do not read braille, multilingual delivery that also benefits foreign-language visitors, no integration with building systems and a simple self-install kit, weather-proof hardware enabling outdoor deployments, and product development conducted in partnership with the blind community.
Technology
Location-aware sensors placed in a venue trigger spoken audio signage in a smartphone app, providing point-of-interest identification and turn-by-turn style guidance. Features include precise location reporting, indoor and outdoor modes, and track-deviation notification that alerts a user who turns the wrong way. Installation requires no integration with existing building systems, and the hardware is described as weather-proof, including in cold-climate deployments.
Go-to-market
Direct sales to venues via a short scheduling call with in-house ADA experts followed by a customized plan and self-install kit, supported by an advocacy-driven demand channel in which app users and accessibility professionals petition businesses, transit systems and public buildings to install the system using a company-provided email template and the #RightHearInAction campaign.
Two linked groups: facility owners and operators seeking to meet accessibility standards — hospitals and clinics, libraries, parks, airports, transit systems, hotels, museums, stadiums, schools, workplaces and retail and dining venues — and end users who are blind, have low vision, or otherwise face orientation difficulties, including seniors, people with cognitive disabilities and foreign-language visitors.
Geography
Deployments worldwide across more than 2,500 facilities, with named or referenced installations in the United States, including a Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind office in Silver Spring and partners in Alaska; community meetups are scheduled in Eastern Time.
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Key figures
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Right Hear do?
- RightHear supplies audio "talking signage" that helps blind and low-vision people orient and navigate indoor and outdoor spaces.
- Who founded Right Hear?
- Right Hear was founded by Idan Meir in 2015.
- Who are Right Hear's investors?
- Right Hear's investors include Techstars.
- Where is Right Hear headquartered?
- Right Hear is headquartered in Ra'anana, IL.