I think people need to work on several fronts as far as banks and visually impaired are concerned.
There is a need to sensitize the bank to provide all services to blind customers without any discrimination. There is a need to make the banking websites and mobile apps accessible. There is a greater need to provide reasonable accommodation to the blind persons who are now working in many banks. There is a need to make the internal banking software compatible with screen readers and other assistive technology. There is a need for making all ATM machines accessible and not just a few. There is a need to make the bank buildings barrier free. Having said all this there is no reason why visually impaired persons who already have debit cards etc. should not make use of online banking. Thankfully the websites of most banks are reasonably accessible. I am trying to do a small bit of the whole thing. Hope others will take up whatever is within their reach. No bank participated in official capacity in this workshop. NAB had invited a few resource persons. -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bhawani shankar verma Sent: 12 November 2013 15:51 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Reference material available: First workshop on AccessibleBanking for the Blind how many banks were participated in that workshop? banks are denying to open acount of blind persons, how the new technology will be useful to them. better to conduct a workshop first with all the banks to open acount of blind customers. later the technology will work. -----Original Message----- From: Prashant Verma Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 3:18 PM To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled.' Subject: Re: [AI] Reference material available: First workshop on AccessibleBanking for the Blind Mobile banking on Android is still under testing. I did not have good luck with ICICI, SBI and PNB so far. -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rahul Kelapure Sent: 12 November 2013 10:27 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Reference material available: First workshop on Accessible Banking for the Blind Trimmendous work Prashant, Yogesh and Rahul. May be, you can add mobile banking on Android phones, if at all it is accessible. Thank you so much. On 11/12/13, Prashant Verma <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > The first workshop on accessible banking for the blind was conducted > by Assistive Technology Helpline of NAB Delhi on 9 November 2013. > The response to the workshop was extremely enthusiastic and great > feedback has been since received from the participants. > National Association for the Blind Delhi Helpline hopes to conduct > this workshop on a regular basis. We will soon announce the date for > the next workshop which we are sure will be even better incorporating > all the suggestions received so far. > > The primary objective of this workshop is to encourage visually > impaired persons to make use of the new channels of banking namely > online banking, mobile banking and talking ATMs. We are trying to > achieve this objective by giving essential information, making > demonstrations of use of new banking channels with assistive > technology and an providing an opportunity to have a first-hand > experience of independence in banking. Running to different offices > for payment of utility bills, purchasing of tickets etc. is difficult > for visually impaired persons due to the inaccessibility of the > transport system and the infrastructure. Visually impaired persons can > do all such daily chores from the comfort of their homes if they take > advantage of the new banking channels. > > In this first workshop of its kind the following subjects were covered. > 1. Use of Talking ATM > 2. Use of online banking for common tasks such as balance enquiry, > funds transfer, bill payment etc. > 3. Independent handling of bank cheques using innovative printing > templates 4. Status of accessibility of Mobile banking 5. Essential > information about use of credit cards 6. Safe banking tips 7. Hands-on > experience of the Union Bank Talking ATM > > Many participants also made use of the opportunity to open a bank > account with Union Bank. The bank officers filled up the forms and > some of them were even provided start-up kit consisting of the ATM and > online banking details on the spot. > > This workshop was facilitated by young visually impaired bankers Mr. > Yogesh Taneja & Mr. Rahul Gambhir who are working as assistant Manager > with Union Bank of India and yours truly. It is commendable that > Yogesh and Rahul are doing their best to bring more comfort in the > lives of other visually impaired persons besides handling tough jobs. > > The 61 MB audio recording of this workshop can be downloaded from this > link: > > https://www.wuala.com/prashant.rv/Accessible_Banking/?key=EONQTRHrBl5C > You can also download a 31 MB compressed folder consisting of audio > manual of the Talking ATM, Cheque printing templates, safe banking > tips and photos from the above link. > > If clicking on above link does not work, please carefully copy and > paste the complete link text in the address bar of your browser. Very > often the links are broken into two or more lines by the email > clients. > Lastly we thank all the participants for their cooperation and hope > that you will now indulge in online banking with more confidence. > > With best regards, > Prashant Verma > Joint Secretary > National Association for the Blind > Sector-5, R.K. Puram > New Delhi - 110022 > Helpline: +91 11 64556968 > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing > accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_acc > essindia.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.. > -- Rahul Kelapure +91 9833349929 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind ia.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. 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