Just a tip. If u are unable to judge where it ends, keep a foot on a step, which is above the stear on which u stand. This will easily help u to understand where it is gona end. In this case, if u don't get support from the sighted person, then also won't matter.
With best regards, bhavesh. Email produced on nokia c5-00 using a symbian based screen reader. Gsm: +919594597588 alternative Gsm: +919029059211 Windows live: [email protected] skype: bhavesh.patel499 fring: bhau13 -original message- Subject: Re: [AI] help needed: for using escalators From: Adhimoolam Vetrivel Murugan <[email protected]> Date: 11/04/2011 11:14 pm The hight can easily be felt on either handrail. Besides, You should get a sense as to see how big is the eskilater. Some are bigger enough to accomidate up to two individuals on each step. It means that the gap between left and right handrail is likely to be wider. In some cases the gap is so small that only one individual can stand. In that case you can feel both left and the right handrails. I am not sure whether you use your cane with your right hand and that's the case with me. So what I do is to change the cane to the left hand as soon as I get close to the eskilater and feel for the eskilater handrail first. It will also avoid you stepping in to the wrong eskilater. First you should touch the handrail and feel whether it is moving forward or backward. If the latter is the case, then you should not try to board those steps. In fact you should quickly move away to the other side since you will be standing on the way of passengers trying to come out of the eskilater. If the handrail is moving forward, then your next task is to feel and figure out whether it is going up or down. If the handrail is moving with an upward sloap, it means that it is going up and downward sloap will indicate that it will take you down. Ones you figure this out, then get a firm grip on the handrail with one hand, (either left or right depending up on the closest handrail) and then step on. You will mostly step on to the flat surface of the step, but sometimes may end-up stepping in-between the moving stairs. And again it may feel terifying in the beginning, but you will be able to quickly step on to the nearest flat surface as you get used to it. The way I do is to quickly position my feat on the nearest step in front of me while going-up and position on the backward flat surface to go down. Again, you will get used to it. The best thing you should do is to avoid two individuals holding your hands either side and virtually dragging you on to the eskilater. Vetri. On 11/04/2011, Madhu Singhal <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Prateek, > I do go to different countries, But i always ask the person who will be > walking with me please put my hand on railing when eskilater comes. > I also come to know when it will get over according to the railing height. > According to regular practice we can become master. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "prateek aggarwal" <[email protected]> > To: "accessindia" <[email protected]>; "rpp-india" > <[email protected]>; "youthRI" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 9:57 AM > Subject: [AI] help needed: for using escalators > > > hi folks, > hope you all are doing great. > With all the traveling I’ve been doing from past whatever months to > different parts of world, one of the problems I’m facing is to cope > with escalators. > Escalators are becoming common in Indian structures too, but I found a > lot of escalators at various places especially in countries like US, > UK etc. > No matter whatever I’ve tried, I haven’t been able to independently > use the escalators, and in fact, found myself in a strange nuisance > all the times I have to use them. > for Those who don’t know, I’m a totally blind. > > Though I manage to take someone’s help to climb through escalators, > but even in that case find a lot uneasiness, particularly due to the > strange manner most of the people use to help me. > Sometimes, 2 people holding my hands from both the sides, shouting > like hell when I have to further my leg, and all that irritates me to > the crest. > I feel like a victim and find a serious discomfiture. > > Since many of you have been traveling across the world and using > escalators from quite sometime now, I request you to kindly share your > experiences on how do you cope with them. > Since I do not have any sight available, it’ll be helpful if you can > help me by describing from that perspective. > > So, can you please guide me on the following? > 1. how to determine when to further the legs when you are totally > blind and can not catch the visual signals? > 2. is there a technique to do it independently? > 3. I feel a little apprehensive about risk of legs to get wedged into > the stairways. Is there a way out? > > Your valuable guidance will be of great use, not just for me, but for > lot of others like me. > > Hoping to have some positive responses. > > Regards, > Prateek agarwal. > Director, > Daedal technovations pvt. 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