Raaj, Agree with Kanchan... The best we need to do is alert local disability organizations to work with banks in Chennai and make it happen.
regards, -Srinivasu Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -----Original Message----- From: "Raaj" <[email protected]> Sender: "AccessIndia" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:58:58 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] First Talking ATM in West Bengal. it's still far away as per chennai. I haven't seen even a single accessible ATM here. the rule has to be enforced for allotting certain per centage of accessible ATM's. And if they are not following, they have to be peenalised. ----- Original Message ----- From: "KanchanPamnani" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [AI] First Talking ATM in West Bengal. > The day is not too far away. We are progressing quite quickly. > Kanchan > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > Of nitesh gupta > Sent: 29 September 2012 18:13 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] First Talking ATM in West Bengal. > > I dream 1 day will come when a talking a t m will b @ my door steps. > because a sighted person can avail the talking a t m but the visually > challanged can not avail the vise versa normally. > > On 9/29/12, Amiyo Biswas <[email protected]> wrote: >> You may read this news here: >> http://www.bpa.org.in/news.htm#latest >> Incidentally I was present at the inauguration. >> >> >> >> With best regards, >> Amiyo Biswas >> Cell: +91-9433464329 >> >> First Talking ATM for the Visually Challenged in West Bengal, Union >> Bank's >> Initiative >> >> September 28, 2012 >> Union Bank of India installs the first talking ATM for the visually >> challenged people in West Bengal. Shri Debabrata Sarkar, Chairman and >> Managing Director of the Bank, today inaugurated this special ATM at the >> passport office at Anandapur near Ruby crossing in Kolkata. Shri Sarkar >> announced on this occasion that Union Bank will install 250 similar > talking >> ATM counters in the country within March, 2013. Braille versions of the > user >> guide for this type of ATM was distributed among the representatives of >> different organisations. An accessible and audio version of this manual >> is >> also put up on the Union Bank's web site. It is also available from the > web >> site of Xavier Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged who compiled > this >> manual. >> >> Blind Persons' Association hopes that there will be many more accessible >> ATMs in West Bengal. A number of such ATMs have been installed in other >> cities in India. the audio system comes live as soon as a standard 3.5 mm >> headphone jack is inserted. A user can hide the display if he wants >> additional security. Right now he can withdraw cash, check account >> balance >> and even change his PIN. The card, cash Dispenser and receipt slots are >> marked with Braille labels. >> >> 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 >> >> > > > 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 > > > > > 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 > 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 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
