Dear Amar, It will be great if you could approach Zomato on our behalf. Please use the text below to create a write up for senior management of restaurants. I am getting a lot of queries from users and need to devote some time to it. as you know, I have taken this initiative totally out of personal interest and I have to primarily give my time to DAISY Consortium.
For restaurant owners Read on to find out how we can help you make your menu completely accessible for people with visual impairments and other reading difficulties in India. or click here to get in touch. Ever wondered how visually impaired people read a menu? The truth is, it's a huge problem! There are more than 15 million people with visual impairments in India. Their conditions range from those who are totally blind through to people whose vision can't be corrected by even the strongest of glasses. And then there are millions of people who due to old age cannot read small print or read in low light. As a responsible business house do you accommodate the needs of this large section of the society? Some restaurants offer Braille and special large print versions of their menus but did you know that less than 10% of people with visual impairment can read Braille? And what happens if you change the menu more than a couple of times a year? So how do most visually impaired people find out what's on the menu when they go out to eat? 87% rely on a dining companion or waiter to read them the menu. 91% told up that being able to read the menu themselves makes the dining experience more inclusive and enjoyable. Visually impaired people are sociable creatures. They love food and also like to eat out. And above all else, they value their independence. Basically, they just want to be treated like anybody else. The Solution? Good Food Talks is a platform that empowers people with visual impairments to access and browse restaurant menus on their smartphones,tablets and computers in the way that most suits them and their vision, whether out and about or at home. Customers can: Listen to the menu View it in a large text format View it with inverted colours View it using the Open Dyslexic font Good Food Talks is and always will be free to access for all users. This revolutionary service is already being used by hundreds of thousands of people in the UK and now it is in India! "I love Good Food Talks! I now feel confident going to restaurants with friends. I am now able to read the menu and make choices for myself and even order for others when I am throwing a treat. Earlier, much of the time was lost in me listening to someone reading out the menu to me in the noisy environment. And I generally made a choice after listening to the first few items and always felt shy to ask for the prices." Veena, Delhi How do you get your restaurant on Good Food Talks? You can yourself create an account and Submit your menu. Alternatively, get in touch with us and we will take care of the rest. -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Amar Jain Sent: 29 January 2016 11:44 To: accessindia Subject: Re: [AI] Announcing the launch of Accessible Menu reading app - Good Food Talk Fundamentally two points: 1. Let's reach out to main apps in this industry like Zomato and ask them to incorporate a feature which will redirect customers with visual impairment or elderly people to this app for assisted menu reading. Pankaj is the managing director of Zomato and can be reached out at: pan...@zomato.com I am happy to reach out to management level at good restaurants to begin with -let me know your interest and appreciate if you have a ready write-up to share, and once awareness is created, we can also reach out to small restaurant runners. 2. Let's make it a point that wherever we dine out, we at least get a hard copy of the menu either properly scanned or typed for submitting on this portal. Great thought and a job well done by you and team. Regards, -- Amar Jain. Website: www.amarjain.com 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/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. 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