Last week, the Birmingham Airport Authority announced it is offering visual interpreting services and on-demand sign language interpreting to travelers as they make their way through Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM).

This new service is provided by Aria, an app-based platform that allows subscribers to connect via mobile phone camera, with trained professionals who are available 24 hours a day.

New airport service

Here is how service works.

For the blind and low-vision communities, the program is called Aira Explorer. It does the following: • Connects the blind and low-vision communities with a trained professional who can describe, narrate, navigate and read aloud their surroundings • Using a mobile phone camera, microphone and speaker, passengers can get the a

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