What will happen to usual far cry, Meter kharab hai." I wish the regular meters did work sometimes.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Vikas Kapoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Access India" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 9:37 AM Subject: [AI] Plan to install audiometers in autos under study > Plan to install audiometers in autos under study > > Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar > > To protect visually-impaired passengers against fleecing > > NEW DELHI: As soon as a visually-impaired passenger enters a autorickshaw, > he or she is greeted with an electronic "welcome'' and then a recorded > sound > says, "Starting fare is Rs. 8.'' Then when the passenger has completed the > journey, the same electronic audiometer says aloud, "Total fare is Rs. 24 > and > 50 paise'' and "the distance travelled is 3 kilometres and 400 metres.'' > While high-end technology may be a far cry in Indian autos - which, > incidentally, > have started operating in Britain too - this is how Delhi's 45,000 > registered autorickshaws are expected to start operating soon. > > Under a plan that is under active consideration of the Delhi Transport > Department, the audiometers will have an audio output and will be > installed in the > electronic fare meters of all the autos so that visually impaired people > will be able to know the distance travelled and the fare to be paid. > > Cost-effective > > Work on the audiometers is being done by the Samarthya Centre for > Promotion of Barrier Free Environment for Disabled People and the > audiometers will be > installed for making the passengers' journey more comfortable. According > to Sanjeev Sachdev of Samarthya, the audiometer, basically an integrated > circuit > that would be installed in the existing meters, would be both easy to > install and cost-effective. Costing just a few hundred rupees each, these > ICs would > also hopefully make manipulation of the meters difficult. Work was under > way to improve the quality of sound emanating from them. > > Braille plates > > Simultaneously, to make travel for the visually impaired passengers safe > and independent, the Transport Department had approved of the plan for > installing > Braille plates bearing the registration number of the autos on the > exterior of the vehicles. This would make it easier for them to know the > registration > number of the erring vehicle. > > http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/03/stories/2006090301190700.htm > > Vikas Kapoor, > MSN ID: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo ID: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype ID: dl_vikas > Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. > 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 > 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
