SMS with all details sounds the best way out for both the parties. One of the normal cabs that i traveled had a beaping system after 100 meters i would have liked it to be at every k.
Meter reading is the biggest issue for me. Even that can be solved by receiving sms when we start the travel and one more sms at the end of it. And i am glad we are not asking for concessions or special availability for VIs here. Salute Mainstream solutions Also a suggestion or i can join you Amar. We should speak to Ola, Tab and other cab services too. Time required till Sunday, you know why :) Keep it up On 12/6/12, Amar Jain <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am in touch with Meru officials, with a view of making the cab > services accessible for blind. As of now, I am not promising anything > in this direction, as it not only depends on what we want, but also > depends on what resources the company can utilize for that, and what > efforts it takes for them to implement the same. However, the initial > response of the officer was positive and that makes me drop an email > to the list as a quick response to their reaction, for suggestions on > what kind of accessibility we are looking for, and how it can be > implemented. > > Before I put forward my views, in order to bring everyone on the same > level, it is important to mention that by accessibility I do not mean > to tackle the situation of the maximized availability of cabs on > account of blindness, and any such other thing. I am focusing on the > making the inside services of cabs accessible to us. > > The problem which I have is that we aren't able to read the meters > while travelling, and nor are we able to gather the information at the > time the driver is swiping our card for payment. Similarly, the final > invoice also is inaccessible to us, because of which we are not able > to figure out the total distance travelled, final amount charged, etc. > This leads us to be dependent on the driver. Trusting someone is not a > problem, but if you have a solution which enables to do things > yourself, then why not. > > What are your suggestions along with the way of implementation > (keeping indian conditions and minimal resources) in mind? > > How far the audio prompts (on demand) in these areas is a good solution? > > Are the solutions proposed costly to implement? > > Feel free to consider all angles. I am not in a position of having a > telephonic chat before 9th of December (Sunday), so an email will be > highly appreciated. > > Thanks, > -- > Amar Jain. > Website: www.amarjain.com > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.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 > > -- “The waves breaking on the surface draw all the attention, but it is the current beneath the water that determines your direction.” Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.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
