TALKING SIGNS REMOTE INFRARED SIGNAGE: A GUIDE FOR TRANSIT MANAGERS
This guide is one of three documents that resulted from the project entitled "Transit Accessibility Improvement through Talking Signs Infrared Remote Signage: A Demonstration and Evaluation" funded by Project ACTION. The main activity of the project was installing Talking Signs in a tri-level transit station in San Francisco and testing their effectiveness in providing wayfinding information to visually impaired people. The guide is designed to provide the scope of information needed by transit property managers to evaluate, specify, purchase and install Talking Signs remote infrared signs in transit facilities for use by passengers who are visually impaired or print disabled.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This report was developed with assistance derived from the Federal Transit Act, as amended, through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration and Project ACTION of the National Easter Seal Society.
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Corporate Authors:
Project ACTION
National Easter Seal Soc, 1350 New York Ave, NW, Suite 915
Washington, DC United States 20005Federal Transit Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center, 2232 Webster Street
San Francisco, CA United States 94115 -
Authors:
- Crandall, W
- Bentzen, B L
- Myers, L
- Steed, D
- Publication Date: 1995-6-15
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: 20 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Infrared imagery; Management; Passenger information systems; Public transit; Remote control; Signals; Speech; Visually impaired persons; Voice communication
- Old TRIS Terms: Print disability; Remote systems; Transit management; Visual signals
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Public Transportation; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00719168
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Federal Transit Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: FTA-TRI-30-95-1
- Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Mar 26 1996 12:00AM