International Issues
This topic includes posts about digital accessibility and accessible technology, including Talking ATMs, in countries outside the United States. The companies that manufacture Talking ATMs, accessible pedestrian signals, and other accessible technology have buyers around the world. Because technology is global, advocacy needs to be too.
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Blind Turkish Pop Star Advocates for Talking ATMs and POS devices
[quote from=”CNN News article on blind Turkish pop star Metin Senturk”]Technological innovations are also widening access to some everyday activities, such as banking. Earlier this month, Turkey’s Yapi Kredi bank launched an ATM which talks visually-impaired customers through their transactions. It also rolled out point of sale machines that act in a similar manner.[/quote]On December 17, 2010, CNN ran the story reprinted here about Turkish pop star Metin Senturk who is blind. Mr. Senturk, who holds the Guinness record as the world’s fastest blind driver, started a disability rights organization in Turkey, and mentions disability issues on his weekly national television show.
Another aspect of disability advocacy in Turkey? As explained more fully in the article here, the leading bank in Turkey rolled out its first Talking ATM on December 3, 2010. Talking Point of Sale devices have also been introduced.
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