I think, the software applications are having Greater adoptability for any area, the respective area must be mapped first.
"Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." Will Durant With Regards: Prashanth Mobile#:9480555815 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Radha" <r.radh...@gmail.com> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Navigating in Mumbai now easier for the visuallychallenged: interesting, will it work only on mumbai city? else anywhere in the world? wondering if it could be used in other places too. Thanks for Amar to be apart of this venture? On 9/25/12, PRASHANTH <prashanthmn1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Business Line : Industry & Economy / Info-tech: > Navigating in Mumbai now easier for the visually challenged > Our Bureau > Mumbai, Sept 24: > > With commuting being a Herculean task in Mumbai, the visually impaired are > turning to technology to make > travel by public transport easier. > > SmartShehar, a free mobile application, is helping them make it to > different > > places on their own. > > Touch feature > > Amar Jain, a visually impaired final year law student, uses the > application > > which leverages the ‘talkback > and explore by touch’ feature on his mobile phone, to help him navigate > around the city. > > Last week, Jain called Chetan Temkar, the developer of the application, > for > > a demonstration for his friends > in the Blind Graduates Forum of India. > > Temkar said, “I had kept accessibility in mind while developing this app. > After Amar’s call, I made my > watchman use the app with his eyes closed.” > > In Mumbai, SmartShehar notifies on which side to alight while you are > travelling in the train. It also > provides details of the locations of trains and buses on the Western > Railway, Central Railway, Harbour, > Trans-Harbour, and Dahanu Shuttle. > > The train locator application helps you with details of the origin of a > train, its destination, stations > en route, the timings, and platform numbers at which it will halt. The app > provides details about bus > routes in the city as well. > > “Our application can tell you your current location without GPRS or an > Internet connection. It uses location > information through GPS or cell network,” Temkar said. > > Bus Route Finder > > Similarly, the BEST Bus Route Finder helps you locate all the nearest bus > stops with the distance from > your current location and the buses halting at the stop. > > Further, it has a Mumbai Auto and Taxi Fare Card that tells you what the > actual meter reading and fare > should be. > > “Since it measures distance travelled and shows the correct meter reading, > it can be used as a foil against > tampered meters. We know of users showing the app to auto drivers and > getting them to accept a lower > fare,” Temkar said. > > beena.par...@thehindu.co.in > > Printable version | Sep 25, 2012 > http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/info-tech/article3932380.ece > © The Hindu Business Line > > "Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." > Will Durant > With Regards: Prashanth > Mobile#:9480555815 > > 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 > > -- Cheers, Radha Never give up until your dreams are reached, keep dreaming then. 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 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
