APPENDIX 22: Comments about Opinion of RIAS

Question: “What is your overall opinion of Talking Signs?”

Ss #

Response

1

Helpful, know where you are

2

Don't have to ask others, pretty good, needed for blind travelers

3

Great, wonderful, helpful

4

Should be installed all over, really needed, would make travel easier, make travel safer, never would get lost

5

Great help for blind, able to find more information, know where you're at, helps find transit, I'm impressed

6

Very useful but don't ignore normal cues; it's unobtrusive so public should like

7

Pretty good device, helpful, makes life a lot easier

8

Great invention for blind travel

9

Very good for blind, vision-impaired, dyslexic, learning differences & developmentally disabled

10

Very helpful for independent travel, non-intrusive device to provide visual info for blind & vision-impaired, safer, confident, independent, financial benefits, less accidents & fatalities

11

They're great, (I am) very supportive, want them installed all over

12

Represents a major breakthrough, independent travel for blind & vision-impaired

13

Should be installed where there are signs, I love them, want them, very helpful, needed wayfinding tool

14

Good, make travel easy, gives good info, hope they are installed universally

15

Love them, very useful, great tool for vision-impaired, should be involved per ADA

16

Very good, needs lots of user input, likes getting angle of intersection, wants more

17

Should be installed everywhere, they are cool, they make travel easier, more independent, don't have to rely on others, don't get lost

18

Good, better for those with no vision, likes them at bathrooms, street crossings, bus stop

19

Excellent system, needs fine tuning

20

Simple & eloquent solution to the problems of blind, independence, important to have more TS installed, should be in malls

21

Pretty good, needs input from users

22

Increases independence dramatically, provides new info about unfamiliar locations, can find out about things you wouldn't normally find, saves time locating hard to find places, not asking for help

23

It's great for blind travelers, make you socially able to live like a sighted person

24

Really like it, love the street sign information, helps make for more effective travel

25

They are absolutely great, endorse city-wide installation

26

Very positive, was apprehensive at first, very helpful, would use it many times a day, love the block # info

27

Extremely important tool for access to the environment

28

Awesome, provides equality, provides safety, confidence, hell of a lot less stress

29

Great if installed all over, greatly enhances vision-impaired to become productive

30

Great, the public needs it, could benefit everyone sighted also

 

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