Ahmedabad gets ‘talking’ ATM for blind people (photos)

Ahmedabad, 6 June 2012

A ‘talking’ ATM with a headphone attached to it was launched today at Blind People’s Association(BPA) campus in Ahmedabad by CMD of Union Bank of India Shri D. Sarkar.

This ATM is specially designed for visually impaired people. Blind people’s Association(BPA) campus is chosen for its launch because as many as 20,000 blind people of Ahmedabad do visit this place regularly.

According to Shri D.Sarkar, this is 4000th ATM of Union Bank in India, and the city of Ahmedabad was chosen for the launch of this ATM due to city’s association with Mahatma Gandhi.

He said there has been a wheel chair kept outside the ATM which can be used by handicap visitors.

For the first time visitor, the ATM has provision of specially developed ‘help’ section.