If each of us on the group spreads the word around in the banks we engage with and also amongst people we move it, a good start would be made. There are I believe over 4000 members in this group.
-----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Srinivasu Chakravarthula Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 3:32 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] 4th Anniversary - Good News from talkingatmindia.org Agree that awareness is important. One of thing that we should be able to do is sometimes do take an extra effort and raise awareness ourselves keeping organizations such as XRCVC in the loop so that things will become faster. Has your friend visited the branch to educate them? Thanks, -Vasu Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter: http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/ Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | http://serveominclusion.com Let's create an inclusive web! Lead Accessibility Consultant, Informatica On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 9:40 PM, Mohit Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > hi > Work of XRCVC and prashant sir is very appreciated. > One of my friends said me that when he went at Talking ATM at his > location, ATM guard refused him to inject headphone to use talking > ATM. Guard was unaware about it. Guard called to his branch officials > but officials was also unaware about their own talking ATM. Awareness > is a big issue. > > > On 2/15/18, Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visuall St. Xavier's > College <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > > > Accessible ATMs in India were introduced with the launch of Truly > > Talking ATM's in 2012 by a public-sector bank Union Bank of India. > > Today, six > years > > down the line we are pleased to share that more than 25 banks both > > public and private sector have submitted data of accessible ATM's with us. > XRCVC > > is working on accessible ATM's and inclusive banking since 2008 at > various > > levels. With our efforts and through Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) > > support we are in receipt of large number of accessible ATM > > locations as high as 55,000+. > > > > Today is a special day for the Talking ATM India website > > (https://talkingatmindia.org<https://prolinks.rediffmailpro. > com/cgi-bin/prored.cgi?red=https%3A%2F%2Ftalkingatmindia% > 2Eorg&isImage=0&BlockImage=0&rediffng=0>) > > which went live on 15 February 2014. The website was launched during > > the Access India Convention at New Delhi in 2014. We thank both Mr. > > Prashant Naik and Saidarshan Bhagat for their pioneering work for > > this ATM > locator. > > > > We are glad to announce that since 2017 this website is owned and > > run by XRCVC. The founders Prashant Naik and Saidarshan Bhagat of > > the accessible ATM locator website service are actively associated > > with the website and continuing their voluntary service with us. > > The locator mobile app is > not > > in our ownership. > > > > On this anniversary day of > > https://talkingatmindia.org<https://prolinks.rediffmailpro. > com/cgi-bin/prored.cgi?red=https%3A%2F%2Ftalkingatmindia% > 2Eorg&isImage=0&BlockImage=0&rediffng=0> > > we have uploaded latest locations data from very few banks. This is > > a > fresh > > 12000+ locations database on the site. We will be uploading > > 12000+ databases > phase > > wise as well as other new features. ATM locations data is directly > shared by > > the banks to IBA during the period October-December 2017. We have > uploaded > > few banks data which we found having the talking ATM transaction > workflow in > > compliance to IBA Standard on talking ATM. > > > > New developments are happening on the ATM channel front such as > > touch > screen > > ATM's, ATM Bank, etc. As before, XRCVC is engaged in providing > accessibility > > inputs and user tests to banks and vendors. > > > > With this positive news and sharing of such a large number of > > talking > ATM's > > deployments in our country we hope now many visually impaired > > friends > will > > use the facility regularly. We are happy to run accessible Talking > > ATM locator website service > > https://talkingatmindia.org<https://prolinks.rediffmailpro. > com/cgi-bin/prored.cgi?red=https%3A%2F%2Ftalkingatmindia% > 2Eorg%2F&isImage=0&BlockImage=0&rediffng=0> > > > > Kindly reply to [email protected] for your comments and feedback. > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Dr. Sam Taraporevala > > > > Director, XRCVC > > > > The list has now migrated to www.accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in > > > > You should now post to the id: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > Search for old postings at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > 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 > > > > > > Disclaimer: > > 1. 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