[access-uk] Re: Accessible real time bus information systems.

  • From: "Vince Thacker" <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 16:26:19 +0100

Hi, Jim,

For what it's worth, here in Leicester they did threaten to install one of these bus information systems, but I haven't come across it yet. You still need psychic powers to travel here.

I thought the systems did have facilities for blind and partially sighted people, so I was very much hoping they'd get it installed PDQ. Whistle, whistle, whistle............

Vince
----- Original Message ----- From: "jim" <jim.doc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 2:01 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Accessible real time bus information systems.



HI all,

Would people on this list help me to gather some information about the Real Time Bus Information Systems currently being used in some Cities/Towns in the UK and let me know if your City/Town is using these systems and whether you find the access technology (if they have it) useful or not?

Just in case people on this list are not aware of Real Time Bus Information Systems, they are monitors in bus stops that tell sighted people when the next bus is due. At the moment, they are installing these systems in York, but they are not making them accessible to visually impaired people because, they are saying the technology is not proven to be of use to blind and partially sighted people, I would like to disprove this assumption, so I'm looking for useful information regarding the usability of these systems if anyone has use them or come across them on their travels. I would be grateful for your input.

Regards.
Jim.

MSN Address
jim.doc@xxxxxxxxxxxx

SKYPE Address
jimdoc

** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:-
** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe]
** If this link doesn't work then send a message to:
** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
** and in the Subject line type
** unsubscribe
** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the
** immediately-following link:-
** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq]
** or send a message, to
** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq




-- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.5/301 - Release Date: 04/04/2006




** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:-
** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe]
** If this link doesn't work then send a message to:
** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
** and in the Subject line type
** unsubscribe
** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the
** immediately-following link:-
** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq]
** or send a message, to
** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq

Other related posts: