Saturday, September 28, 2013

taxis in New York City



I was pleasantly surprised last night when taking two taxis in New York City. The monitor  in the back seat, normally just playing advertisements, says tap several times on the screen to enable visually impaired mode.

When you do that, you are presented with a bunch of options the most significant of which is hearing the fare. They tell you to tap upper left, upper right and so forth to activate different functions. One of those functions is location. It tells you what point of interest is nearby. There are probably many other options. I have no idea how many companies have this functionality but it was refreshing to experience access in a whole new area of travel.

Mike

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