Dear all, As a visually impaired car owner we have been facing various challenges such as keeping track of the distance travelled by the car, history of trips undertaken by the car, over speeding by the driver, current location of the car, checking if any maintenance or replacement is required and more.
Recently cars are coming with connectivity features. They have a mobile sim embedded in them which sends various types of data to the mobile app. This development is a good news for us. This has opened up the possibility of keeping a better control over the car. This can help us ensure more safety and security and reduce expenses. As always the level of access is dependent upon the accessibility of the mobile app. Recently I purchased a new car and I am happy to be able to checkout lot of useful information about the car whenever I want without depending upon others. Some of the features I have explore in the UVO app available with KIA car so far are listed below. Note that I am not an expert on this. The accessibility in the KIA app is limited, I cannot comment on the accessibility of the other connected cars offered by MG, Hyundai etc. And accessibility I guess will vary with every upgrade. Overall, I think cars going digital is a good news for us and we can look forward to more independence, one step closer to driving the car <smile>. Possibilities: - Locating the car by starting its horn and lights - Sending map location to car for navigation - Setting geo fence for the car - History of trips taken by the car - Idle time - engine running but no travel - Excessive speeding by the car - Hard braking by the car - Rapid acceleration by the car - Tyre pressure status - Remotely locking or unlocking the car - Remotely starting the car ac - Receiving car maintenance alerts - Receving vehicle health report - Sending SOS message to selected contacts in emergency best wishes for Diwali, Prashant Ranjan Verma Accessibility Specialist, DAISY Consortium - www.daisy.org Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies - CPACC Individual Member, International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) - www.accessibilityassociation.org General Secretary, National Association for the Blind - Delhi Chairman - Sugamya Pustakalaya Committee of DFI Creating the Best Way to Read and Publish - www.daisy.org <http://www.daisy.org> www.nabdelhi.in <http://www.nabdelhi.in> www.daisyindia.org <http://www.daisyindia.org> Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
