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Stellar MLS First in Florida to Offer ‘Finding Homes’ Search by Voice for Blind and Visually Impaired Home Searchers

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ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. (PRWEB)

Stellar MLS is proud to collaborate with Lundy, Inc. to bring search by voice and enhanced data accessibility to our customers, their prospects, homebuyers, and sellers who are searching for homes in the Stellar MLS coverage area! Now, with Lundy’s comprehensive voice-activated property search engine via Amazon’s Alexa app, blind and visually impaired individuals will be immersed in the home buying experience.

“This partnership with Stellar MLS signals a remarkable shift in the responsibility MLSs are taking to solve these complex, fair housing and accessibility issues. Stellar is facing these issues head-on without fear, and it is an honor to be a part of the team. With the help of our MLS partners, our technology will revolutionize the ADA accessibility of data while addressing consumer search trends, like accessing information by voice while multi-tasking or driving. As a result, this tool has a much larger application to the general public than our core mission. It is exciting to be a part of such important work,” said Justin Lundy, Co-Founder and CEO of Lundy, Inc.

Lundy takes key data on residential listings and delivers listing information in small but informative sentences. On top of that, users can search by property address or set a search by asking Alexa about property characteristics like price range or number of bedrooms.

“Stellar MLS is committed to accessibility, inclusivity, and equal access to data in the Real Estate arena. We will continue to seek out and provide access to products such as voice-activated search to align with our philosophy of inclusivity,” commented Merri Jo Cowen, CEO of Stellar MLS.

The partnership between Stellar MLS and Lundy follows Stellar’s recent efforts to enhance accessibility for their subscribers by updating their various web properties to an AA rating per the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

Lundy, Inc. is also partnered with MetroList® MLS, Utah Real Estate, and West Arizona Data Exchange (WARDEX) to provide Finding Homes search by voice to those markets.

About Stellar MLS

Headquartered in Altamonte Springs, FL, Stellar MLS (Stellar) is Florida’s largest multiple listing service (MLS) company, with over 70,000 customers in Florida and Puerto Rico. Offering a comprehensive suite of the industry’s best products and world-class customer service, Stellar MLS is committed to helping brokers and agents thrive in tomorrow’s competitive real estate market. Learn more at stellarmls.com.

About Lundy, Inc.

Lundy (http://www.getlundy.io) makes real estate data accessible by syndicating it to voice on the Amazon Alexa platform. The company’s natural language processing provides a conversational interface to search for and learn about homes for sale. Lundy’s mission is to serve the blind and visually impaired while benefiting millions of consumers who want quick access to real estate prices and facts by voice, at home, or while driving. Co-founders Justin and Jim Grady combine real estate industry experience and technology backgrounds to bring the vision of shopping for homes by voice to life.

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