HELPS THE SWEDISH TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION TO SIMPLIFY TRAVEL FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE
A new mobile text-to-speech service called Tågprator makes it simpler for visually impaired people to travel by train in Sweden. Tågprator reads out traffic information both before and during the journey. The new service has been developed by HiQ and commissioned by the Swedish Transport Administration.Many major railway stations are equipped with so called “talking points”. These computer terminals are designed for users who have a range of functional impairments. However, because visually impaired travellers have had difficulties in locating these “talking points”, the Swedish Transport