yes geeta, your manholes here in India will surely talk! but only when the men have fallen in them! hahahah!
excuse with regards, muffi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geetha Shamanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [AI] talking lampposts > An excellent idea indeed. > We should implement the same here and have talking manholes in addition to > talking lampposts! > > Geetha > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rajesh asudani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "accessindia" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 5:34 AM > Subject: [AI] talking lampposts > > > +'Talking Lampposts' Hit The Streets Of Portsmouth. > > A public outdoor navigation aid has gone live in Portsmouth city centre > in the UK that "speaks" locations live to vision impaired pedestrians. > > The 'talking lampposts' from REACT, provide an audible confirmation > of their location when activated by an electronic fob carried by the > pedestrian. This "audible signposting" is emitted from a small box > attached to nine lampposts located in the city's retail centre using radio > frequencies. > > Users hear audible messages such as "you are now at the junction of > Arundel Street and Slindon Street, access to Post Office." Users > purchase the activating fob for 30 pounds or pay a five pound > returnable deposit for daily use, available from council mobility charity > Shopmobility and from the Portsmouth Association for the Blind. "It > gives reassurance. It allows more independence," Portsmouth City > Council City Centre Manager Barry Walker told E-Access Bulletin. > > The fobs will also activate REACT boxes located in Leeds where a > similar initiative has been rolled out. > The Portsmouth scheme was funded with 35,000 pounds from > Portsmouth City Council, the Single Regeneration Budget and private > companies. The REACT system was developed in conjunction with the > Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB). > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
