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Transforming Accessibility in Peachtree Corners
Dennis Hayes, founder of Hayes Microcomputer Products and a pioneer of internet connectivity, is now deploying Hear2There—a Bluetooth beacon-based accessibility platform—across Peachtree Corners, Georgia, through his nonprofit SpartansFirst. The initiative offers businesses a free 30-month trial to help blind and visually impaired individuals navigate public spaces with real-time audio guidance via smartphone.
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Summary
Dennis Hayes, founder of Hayes Microcomputer Products and a pioneer of internet connectivity, is now deploying Hear2There—a Bluetooth beacon-based accessibility platform—across Peachtree Corners, Georgia, through his nonprofit SpartansFirst. The initiative offers businesses a free 30-month trial to help blind and visually impaired individuals navigate public spaces with real-time audio guidance via smartphone.
Tags
accessibility · smart-city · bluetooth-beacons · visually-impaired · peachtree-corners · hear2there · assistive-technology
Key entities
Dennis Hayes (person, 0.99) · David Furukawa (person, 0.95) · Maija Ehlinger (person, 0.85) · SpartansFirst (organization, 0.97) · Hear2There (technology, 0.98) · Hayes Microcomputer Products (organization, 0.95) · Peachtree Corners (location, 0.99) · Atlanta (location, 0.9) · Curiosity Lab (organization, 0.9) · ATDC (organization, 0.85) · accessibility (concept, 0.95) · Bluetooth beacons (technology, 0.9)
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analysis · language en · status final
Provenance
claude-opus-4-6 via @stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0, confidence 0.85, 7 Jul 2026