http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-05/varanasi/40391320_1_total-atms-banking-facility-machine
Time of India News Jul 5, 2013, Tags: Union Bank of India - Grameen Bank 1st Talking ATM for visually challenged has been installed by Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank at Aktha Branch, Varanasi and inaugurated by General Manager (AC&NID), Union Bank of India, Sri Lalit Sinha on 04th July 2013 in the august presence of Sri S. N. Tripathi, Chairman, Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank and Sri H. K. Behera, Field General Manager, Union Bank of India, Varanasi. Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank has launched its 11th ATM on 04th July 2013. Poorvanchal gets Talking ATM The district got its first talking ATM machine designed specially to facilitate its visually challenged customers. This is also the first talking ATM in Poorvanchal. The ATM machine, installed by the KashiGomtiSanyuktaGrameen Bank (KGSGB) at its Akatha branch was inaugurated by the managing director, Union Bank of India (UBI) LalitSinha. UBI, the first in the banking sector to give India's first talking ATM in Ahmedabad, Gujarat has provided the technological support to KGSGB in the installation of the machine. With this KGSGB has become the fist regional rural bank (RRB) of the country to start a talking ATM machine. The Talking ATM has a specially designed voice interface that enables the visually challenged customers to make transactions like pin change, balance enquiry and cash withdrawal independently just by following audio instructions that they will hear through the headphones both in Hindi and English specially made for the purpose. Also the ATM machine will have at several places, brail labels that will guide these customers as how to keep the machine display-screen blank while they are transacting. Visually challenged Shivparakash Singh a government teacher, was the first customer to make a transaction using the talking ATM machine at the AKatha branch of KGSGB. According to him the machine has instilled in him a new lease of confidence as now he would not have to seek a helper for making the banking transaction and thus will allow him to have more secure transactions. Chairman, KGSGB, SN Tripathi says, the bank will continue to open new branches and also ATMs in those rural areas that are still devoid of banking facility to ensure more inclusive banking. In fact KGSGC is going to start as many as 86 ATMs by the end of March 2014. As many as 11 ATM machines have started by KGSGB in the eastern UP, out of which three ATMs in Jaunpur, two each in Varanasi, Mau and Chandauli,one each in Ghazipur and Azamgarh have become operational from Thursday. Also from July the bank has started SMS alert facility for all its customers. =============== 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 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..
