Dear List, Happy to share developments on Talking ATM front.
As I mentioned in my previous mails on this topic that soon we will see more banks installing / enabling ATMs for blind with talking functionality below are few positive happenings. 1. State Bank of India on its foundation day i.e. on 1st July 2013 enabled 3333rd ATM for VI with talking feature. 2. Bank of Baroda is ready and will soon deploy 100 to 500 talking ATMs 3. Kotak Mahindra bank is ready and working on operational part of deployment. 4. Union bank of India has installed 110 talking ATMs in its first phase and have already given order to 3 ATM manufacturers for total 1000 talking ATM deployment in next 3 months as 2nd phase of deployment. Union Bank of India played pioneering role in conceptualizing and testing of talking solutions with ATM manufacrers - NCR (June 2012), Diebold (December 2012) and very recently with Wincor AGS (July 2013). Union Bank will procure 500-800 more ATMs in this year which will be by default installed with talking solution. 5. Kashi Gomti Sanyukta Bank (KGSB), a Regional Rular Bank (RRB) for which Union bank is a parent bank launched talking ATM at Varanasi on 5thJuly 2013 and KGSB’s all future ATMs will be having talking feature. 6. Laxmi Vilas bank is working on talking solution for its ATMs. 7. I tested one ATM of CITYBANK located at Vikroli, Godrej Campus, Mumbai having talking functionality and allows Balance enquiry and Cash withdrawal 8. Similarly Standard Chartered bank has 4-5 ATMs with talking feature. Mainly banks needs to work on customization part as Union Bank of India has already worked with all 3 ATM manufacturers and developed workflow and solution. Union Bank has done this investment as its CSR initiative. So friends, we will surely see more and more talking ATMs for us in near future. Regards, PRASHANT NAIK 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..
