Let me introduce you to the list, as best as I can do, for the benefit of the members who have not heard of you. I am taking this liberty as I know you won't mind it.
You are lecturer of Political science; you are pursuing your Ph D from University of Delhi; you run a small but very effective organisation called 'Sambhavana' and you have significant information about issues which can be very useful to the list. The information that you lost your cell last month was brought to the notice of the list by Vikas. I welcome you to the family of Access Indians. Take care all ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikhil Jain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Plan to install audiometers in autos under study Hi vikas, This is the first time that i am interacting withh you through this medium. Let us hope for the best, but we all know as how effectively meters works in autos of Delhi! Any way, even a step forward is a good achievment and it should be apreciated to all possible extent. Bye and take care. Nikhil On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 Vikas Kapoor wrote : >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 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
