how much it will be really used? never seen any such thing here in Europe.
At 04:29 PM 11/3/2015 +0530, you wrote:
"Along with tactile maps of station describing the location and distance of entrance, platforms, counters, washrooms etc, schedule of trains, showing their arrival and departure time, the authorities have also put up 400 metal signages in Braille along the railings of the staircases leading various platforms" http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/mysuru-becomes-first-blindfriendly-railway-station/article7837144.ece On 10/28/15, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Its a good move in the offing! blind people in the city need to follow it > up! > http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/mysuru-to-be-the-first-to-make-rail-travel-easier-for-visuallychallenged/article7811446.ece > Tactile layout maps and platform numbers in Braille will help the > visually challenged at the Mysuru station. Photo: M.A. Sriram Thee > Mysuru railway station is set to become the first visually > challenged-friendly station in the country. > > Rajkumar Lal, Divisional Railway Manager of South Western Railway, > Mysuru, said here on Tuesday that navigation maps in Braille would > soon be put up at various points on the railway station premises. > > The tactile layout maps of the station, with distances in paces to > utilities such as toilets, platforms, staircases and washrooms, will > be displayed. The platform numbers in Braille will be written on the > railings of staircases, a railway official said. > > The menu cards at the canteen and the schedule of trains will be made > available in Braille, the official said. > > A private company sponsoring the project is taking suggestions from > representatives of a visually challenged association to implement the > facility. The sponsor is considering a proposal to engage > non-governmental organisations and volunteers to help the visually > challenged, the official said. > > These facilities for the visually challenged at the railway station, > an official said, are aimed at seamlessly integrating with the > Braille-embedded signage being made available in the coaches. > > With non-AC conventional coaches manufactured after 2013 coming with > Braille-embedded metal signage on berths, toilets, washroom and doors, > the introduction of tactile maps of the railway stationâs layout will > help make the station accessible to the blind, the official added. > > While the Braille signage in coaches were announced in the 2013-14 > Railway Budget, no railway station has made available tactile maps on > the platform, the official added. > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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..
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