5. United Nation’s theme in 2015:
‘technology breaking down barriers
for disabled people in society.’
assist-Mi
®
Overview
6. The brainchild of Gary McFarlane based
on his own experience as a disabled person
and realising that the core issue was that
service providers did not understand the
difficulties faced by the disabled individuals
in dealing with everyday tasks.»
assist-Mi
®
Overview
7. »The vision is to empower the disabled
individual to greater independence. We aim
to connect service providers with the
disabled sector and revolutionise assistance
and access everywhere.
assist-Mi
®
Overview
8. assist-Mi
®
is part of a group of companies called
grid.
grid offers innovative solutions to live in a smarter,
connected city. It is part of the Stock Exchange
Group’s Elite programme, a two year mentored
scheme for young high growth companies.
assist-Mi
®
Overview
9. • Tarita is a Accessible Travel Specialist bringing 18 years of travel experience and
knowledge of global accessible travel. She is fluent in three other languages and has
travelled the world.
• Tarita was so impressed by how assist-Mi empowers the user, sharing the belief it will
revolutionise travel and disability access forever.
• Tarita was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at 29 years of age , and knows first hand
the necessity for travel suppliers and destinations to adopt new emerging technology.
“The Inclusive Tourism market has been estimated as being worth $134billion annually - Can You
Afford Not to Be Part of It..?”
assist-Mi
®
Overview
Tarita Davenock
assist-Mi Strategic Partner
W: www.taritastravelconnections.com
11. assist-Mi®
uses a unique,
patented combination of simple to
use ‘Smart’ location-based
technologies and two-way
messaging.
assist-Mi
®
how people use it
12. Requests for assistance or
purchasing goods and services
can all be made, acknowledged
and actioned in real-time.
assist-Mi
®
how people use it
14. assist-Mi
®
in action
Our Unique Features
• Mi-Profile™ – presenting users’
accessibility needs, allowing the
service provider to tailor the
assistance to suit the individual.
• assist-Mi® Messenger – allowing
communication between user and
service provider when requesting
assistance.
• Active Smartphone GPS – alerting
the service provider to the users’
imminent arrival.
• Specially enhanced accessibility
features for intuitive app navigation.
15. Client Application
assist-Mi
®
in action
Service Provider Interface
Client fills out
assist-Mi
®
profile
Service Provider Interface
• Pop up notifications – never miss an
assistance request.
• Easy navigation – manage multiple
assistance requests at any one time.
• Real-time customer visability – keep
track of customers journey and allocate
resource accordingly.
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