Gildongmu: Korea Navigation

Made by a screen-reader user, for screen-reader users. Search, places, transit arrivals, routes, and AI chat, all fully usable with VoiceOver.

Gildongmu is a Korean navigation app designed with screen-reader users as its primary users. The entire flow, from search to place details to route guidance, is fully accessible with VoiceOver.

Features

• Place and address search: accuracy-first results with category and region filters
• Routes: set your origin and destination, then compare transit and driving routes as plain text
• Nearby: real-time subway and bus arrivals, bike share, night clinics, kid-friendly places, barrier-free attractions, surroundings
• Station info: facilities, elevator and audio-beacon locations, first and last train times, real-time arrivals
• Where am I: your current location described in plain sentences
• Weather: current weather and air quality
• AI chat: ask about places and routes in natural language, with sources for every answer
• Dictation: on-device speech recognition, with a choice of tap-to-toggle or hold-to-talk styles

Accessibility principles

• Everything is text and lists, structured so VoiceOver can move element by element
• Heading navigation lets you jump through results and conversations
• Dictation and read-aloud answers reduce the effort of typing and reading
• "None found", "no information", and "lookup failed" are always told apart
• Available in Korean, English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Japanese

Service region

• Location-based features (Nearby, Weather, Where am I) are available within South Korea. Place search, station info, directions, and AI chat work from anywhere

Privacy

• No account, no sign-in, and no personal data stored on our servers
• Chat history is never stored on our servers, and dictation audio never leaves your device