View PhotoVisually-impaired Emirati Lawyer Manar Al Hammadi uses the new ATM at The Emirates Association for the Blind in Sharjah.
An ATM for the visually impaired, the first of its kind in the Middle East, has opened in Sharjah.
The new cash machine launched by Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) helps the blind to complete the entire transaction unassisted.
It has a large Braille keypad in both Arabic and English, a high resolution screen and voice assisted interface.
According to Mohammad Abdullah, CEO of SIB, the ATM provides the visually impaired user with speed, security, privacy and ease.
“The ATM is very effective and it enables me to be completely independent and complete my money transaction alone without any assistance and so provides me with privacy and security,” local daily Gulf News quoted Awatef Ahmad Akbari, Head of Internal Operations at Tamkeen, a training centre for the visually impaired in Dubai, as saying.
The ATM is located at the Emirates Association for the Blind in Mueillah, near University City, Sharjah.
The project was initiated after a phone call about six months ago from a visually-impaired Emirati Lawyer, Manar Al Hammadi, to Sharjah radio and TV’s “Direct Line” programme, complaining that banks do not have facilities for the blind, Abdullah said.
“Banking services had been a long standing need for us visually-impaired and the ATM is very accessible and easy to use,” Gulf News quoted Adel Al Zamar, Vice Chairman of Emirates Association for the Blind as saying.
The new cash machine launched by Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) helps the blind to complete the entire transaction unassisted.
It has a large Braille keypad in both Arabic and English, a high resolution screen and voice assisted interface.
According to Mohammad Abdullah, CEO of SIB, the ATM provides the visually impaired user with speed, security, privacy and ease.
“The ATM is very effective and it enables me to be completely independent and complete my money transaction alone without any assistance and so provides me with privacy and security,” local daily Gulf News quoted Awatef Ahmad Akbari, Head of Internal Operations at Tamkeen, a training centre for the visually impaired in Dubai, as saying.
The ATM is located at the Emirates Association for the Blind in Mueillah, near University City, Sharjah.
The project was initiated after a phone call about six months ago from a visually-impaired Emirati Lawyer, Manar Al Hammadi, to Sharjah radio and TV’s “Direct Line” programme, complaining that banks do not have facilities for the blind, Abdullah said.
“Banking services had been a long standing need for us visually-impaired and the ATM is very accessible and easy to use,” Gulf News quoted Adel Al Zamar, Vice Chairman of Emirates Association for the Blind as saying.
2 comments:
Hi,
It's really useful for blind people. Nice step for common people.
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Yeah its a great step for blind people for their deepest needs could be done without taking someone else help...
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