Frequently Asked Questions Good Food Talks
Good Food Talks (GFT) is India's first accessible restaurant finder and menu reading app designed for Blind friends, visually impaired people, senior and other citizens with diminishing vision, dyslexic and autistic people. For complete description of this app please visit the website <http://www.goodfoodtalks.in/> . Which cities does Good Food Talks cover? As of January 2016, Good Food Talks has menus of nearly 300 restaurants from Delhi NCR, Mumbai and Bangalore. However, since menus of chain restaurants are mostly similar across cities, people across India can take advantage of Good Food Talks. Some of the popular restaurants on Good Food Talks Good Food Talks includes menus of McDonalds, Domino's Pizza, KFC, Pizza Hut, Café Coffee Day, Barbeque Nation, Haldiram, Sagar Ratna, Chai Point, Dunkin's Doughnuts, Mainland China, Nagarjuna, Nirulas, Pind Balluchi, Rajdhani, Yo China and many more. GFT currently has menus of all types of restaurants from fine dining to fast food and even famous street food joints. Can I request to add my favourite restaurant? Yes, please use the "Suggest a restaurant <http://goodfoodtalks.in/restaurant-list/> " link on the GFT website and send us name and location of the restaurant. We will do our best to include its menu at the earliest. . Can I volunteer to add more menus to Good Food Talks? We are appealing to the public at large to upload menus on this platform. Anyone can create an account and type in a restaurant menu. It is then reviewed and published by us. This way we can grow the database very fast. The "Submit a Menu <http://goodfoodtalks.in/login/> " page on GFT website contains easy to follow instructions for creating an account and submitting new restaurant menus. How to get Good Food Talks app? If you have an Android phone or tablet then download the Good Food Talks India app from Google Play Store <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.goodfoodtalks.app&hl=en> . An icon named Good Food Talks will be created on your home screen and it will work like any other app. On the iPhone, iPad and any laptop, desktop computer you need to open the GFT website <http://www.goodfoodtalks.in/> . Then use the "bookmark this site" link on the GFT home page. It will create an icon on Home screen in iOS devices and on the computer it will create a Bookmark in your web browser. Next time you can use the home screen icon or the Bookmark to open GFT. How to find restaurants in Good Food talks? After opening GFT, you have three options to find and read menus: 1. Click the "Find restaurants near me" button. You will be prompted to allow access to your location information. Click OK/Allow. Now you will see a list of restaurants with approximate distance from you in kilometres and their address. 2. Click "Browse a list of the restaurants" to see listing of all restaurants in alphabetical order. 3. Use Search option to find the restaurant you are interested in. type a part of the restaurant name and click submit. You will now see a list of restaurants similar to what you have searched. How to read restaurant menus? After you find a restaurant of interest using any of the three methods listed above, click on restaurant name to open it. Now you will be able to see its phone number, opening timings and the menu. The menu of each restaurant is divided into sections for example Soups, Appetisers, Main Course and Desserts. Tap on a section name to see all the menu items inside it. Each menu item has price and description (if available). Screen reader users are advised to use the heading navigation mode to read the GFT website. All important parts of the GFT pages are organized using heading styles and visually impaired users will find navigation and reading very convenient. . GFT works beautifully with the Zoom feature on your device. Users with Dyslexia may like to use the Open Dyslexic font option provided on home page. More information on using this web app with assistive technology is provided on the Help page <http://goodfoodtalks.in/help-using-this-site/> . Is Good Food Talks free? Yes, Good Food Talks is totally free for everyone. You can download the Good Food Talks app or use its website to read menus for free. Volunteers and restaurants can upload their new menus free of cost. Currently the costs of creating this web app and maintaining it is being borne by Saksham and Radio Mirchi. 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