Greetings from NAB Helpline WORKSHOP ON ACCESSIBLE BANKING FOR Visually Impaired
Date: April 26, 2014 from 2 PM to 5:30 PM Venue: NAB, Sector-V, R.K. Puram, New Delhi Background During the last several years initiatives have been taken by banks, organizations for the blind and individuals to make the banking services accessible to persons with blindness or low vision. Although much needs to be done to make all the services completely accessible, visually impaired persons can take advantage of the available accessible banking services to make their lives much easier and comfortable. Since the installation of first talking ATM in June-2011, many banks have installed talking ATMS across different parts of the country and now India has more than 4500 talking ATMS installed across different states and cities. Visually impaired persons can use online banking/mobile banking service to pay utility bills, transfer funds, recharge mobile phone and much more. It has been observed that majority of visually impaired persons are either not aware of the accessibility of these services or they have apprehensions in using such facilities. The Assistive Technology helpline of the National Association for the Blind Delhi started an initiative of conducting banking accessibility workshops in November 2013 and after getting tremendous response from the community, we are pleased to announce the second workshop in this series. Who can participate Visually impaired persons above age of 18 years who are employed, in higher education or seeking jobs are invited to participate. Note that this workshop is not for blind persons working in the banking sector. We conduct a different program for increasing their productivity at workplace. The participants will get an opportunity to lay their hands on internet banking and get firsthand experience of accessing the internet banking/mobile banking service of few banks. This workshop will consist of demonstration and hands-on experience on the following topics. 1. Demonstration about the functionality of Talking ATM machines 2. Online railway Ticket booking: Participants will see demonstration of online railway ticket booking. 3. Use of Online banking: Participants will learn to use internet banking of different banks for various purposes such as checking statements, funds transfer, and more. 4. Mobile banking: The use of mobile apps of certain banks will be demonstrated. 5. Open house: questions from the participants. Please register for this workshop before 16th April 2014 with the NAB helpline by email or phone. There is no fee for participating in this workshop. No accommodation or reimbursement of travel expenses will be provided by NAB Delhi for this workshop. Please hurry, only 20 persons can be accommodated in this event. You are requested to provide following details for registration; * Name. * Age. * Occupation. * have active internet banking from any bank (yes/No) * Name of the bank from which you have taken the internet banking. Note: The registration is purely on first come first serve basis. Preference will be given to the candidates who have active internet banking from any bank. The workshop will be facilitated by Mr. Rahul Gambhir, Mr. Yogesh Taneja and Mr. Prashant Ranjan Verma. Contact To register and for more information please contact; Assistive Technology Helpline National Association for the Blind Sector-5, R.K. Purim, New Delhi - 110022 Ph: 011 64556968 Email: [email protected] 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..
