Currently, there is the Mobic project in Europe as well as a few others but nothing is as far along in development as Strider. In September 1997, Strider was put on hold do to lack of funding. We have submitted an STTR proposal and will look for other such government funding. As we look for this support, we continue to test and refine the current functional prototypes. We believe in the tremendous potential of Strider and look forward to making Strider available to blind people around the world.
Strider is the first step in the emergence of talking navigation system in the general market.