[access-uk] Re: the uk rail app for the i-phone
- From: william lomas <lomaswilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:27:54 +0100
a fiver is disgusting just to get train times
On 12 Apr 2010, at 14:33, john gallagher wrote:
> hi yes but surely not as accessible be far.
>
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> date: 2010/04/12 12:09:11
> subject: [access-uk] Re: the uk rail app for the i-phone
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>>
>>
>> It might be worth pointing out that while the National Rail app is £5,
>> there are two other apps which use the same data and offer mostly the
>> same features, free.
>>
>> One is the CrossCountry app (but works across the whole UK)
>> http://itunes.apple.com/app/train-search/id331578824
>>
>> The other is the Trainline app which allows you to buy tickets, too:
>> http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/thetrainline/id334235181
>>
>> I'd be interested to see how these other apps stack up for visually
>> impaired users, compared to National Rail's own "pay us a fiver" app.
>>
>> On 12 April 2010 12:55, John Gallagher <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> We hear so much about lack of access for us but I installed the uk rail app
>>> on my i-phone and could not really use it.
>>> I put out a message on the viphone list and a company got in touch.
>>> Dave Addey from the company said that they would like to make this app more
>>> accessible for blind people.
>>> I now have the updated app hear and it is truly amazing.
>>> you can set your home station and see all the trains leaving and arriving.
>>> You can set a route say from Leeds to Windermere and see the platform the
>>> train goes from and you can see where to change trains.
>>> When you do a search for trains you can scroll down the list of stations.
>>> this is truly brilliant.
>>> cheers.
>>>
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