Specification of Requirements for Visually Impaired Persons in Services in Transportation Electronic Information System
Michal Jerabek, Jan Krcal, Tomas Zelinka
This article highlights the basic concept of the expansion of the current transportation information system in the Czech Republic by employing the Near Field Communication technology for the visually impaired passengers. Nowadays are electronic information systems an integral part of transportation arrangements in every city. They are built with the aim to offer to its constituents various services and to facilitate their orientation in a complex transportation network. These systems, however, do not necessarily take into consideration the needs of the handicapped, for example the visually impaired, although precisely this group needs correct and aptly transmitted information more than any other segment of the population. Full Text
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