Friends
There was a news about workshop about talking ATMs wherein about 40
blind persons were trained in using them at Nagpur recently.
This prompted me to take out the list of talking ATMs in Nagpur from
www.talkingatmindia.in I found about 49 talking ATMs listed.
I along with a friend, an escort and a driver undertook the survey of
about ten such ATMs in the posh localities of Nagpur on Saturday, May
7,
2016 from 3 P.M. to 6 P.M.
I am sorry to say that none of the ATMs we surveyed is totally talking.
Some are virtually silent, except the beeping sound of the buttons,
others do welcome and bid us goodbye, prompting to enter secret code
and wait for transaction to be completed.
Now, friends all of you would agree that such partially talking ATMs
are useless to say the least and tantalizing illusions for the blind
to say the worst.
I am amazed as to how talkingatmindia is taking the bankers at face
value and swelling the list of talking ATMs in India.
Being a central banker, I know fully well how the bankers indulge in
window dressing to show compliance.
I know a template exists which has to be followed to make it fully
talking.
But the website does not seem to have bothered to verify actually
whether they are talking.
I urge to the site owners to take down the list and include any ATM
actually after having its accessibility fully verified.
Don't just indulge in numbers like bankers.
सादर / With thanks & Regards
राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani
सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM
बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India नागपुर Nagpur
0712 2806846
President
VIBEWA
Co-Moderator
VIB-India
A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and
laughter.
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Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 3:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [AI] Workshop on talking atms held
Well, I have more to say on this, as well as on talkingatmindia,
Please wait.
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Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 11:48 AM
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Subject: [AI] Workshop on talking atms held
Workshop on talking ATMs held for visually impaired Barkha Mathur
| TNN | May 7, 2016, 06.59 PM IST
NAGPUR: Jidnyasa Chawaldhal has been striving to make life of physically
challenged and those with impaired vision better. Since the time she lost
her
vision at the age of 18, Jidnyasa has been evolving methods that reduce
the dependency of visually impaired and physically challenged.
Through her NGO Atmadeepam Society, an NGO working for Education,
Training and Rehabilitation of persons with disabilities, she is putting
blind persons
through courses such as MS CIT, MS office, and other computer proficiency
courses, independent living skills, kitchen orientation, family life
education,
cooking.
Having faith in technology which she says is disabled friendly, Jidnyasa
feels that she can help the physically challenged live independent lives.
Her
latest initiative is a workshop for 40 visually impaired persons to
provide training in the use of Talking ATM in collaboration with SBI.
"Special earphones
are available using which a visually impaired person can easily operate
an ATM machine. It will go a long way in boosting the confidence of a
disabled
person," she says.
सादर / With thanks & Regards
राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani
सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM
बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India
नागपुर Nagpur
0712 2806846
President
VIBEWA
Co-Moderator
VIB-India
A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and
laughter.
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