[nfb-talk] Talking menus.

[dmgina]

Now that will be grate.
Won't help those who are wishing to keep up with Brailing?
I wonder how long it will take for this to get across country.
Thanks for sharing.

--Dar
Every saint has a future,
Every sinner has a past
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From: "Alan Wheeler" <awheeler at neb.rr.com>
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Subject: [nfb-talk] Talking menus.


>>>PR Newswire
>>>Wednesday, April 18, 2007
>>>
>>>Menus That Talk(TM) - Restaurant Menus Get Table Smarts
>>>
>>>Miami company introduces portable electronic menus that speak; uniquely
>>>serves the special needs of the visually impaired, elderly and 
>>>non-English
>
> speaking guests
>>>
>>>    MIAMI, April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Taylannas Inc. announces the launch 
>>> of
> an electronic restaurant menu system, Menus That Talk(TM), a portable,
> compact
> device, approximately the size of a DVD case, that speaks to
>>>restaurant guests, describing selected food items from the hand-held
>>unit's illuminated buttons.   A lighted array of buttons displays major
> menu categories
> like DRINKS,
>>>APPETIZERS and SEAFOOD. Guests simply press a button corresponding to a
> category and hear brief descriptions of cuisine, wine suggestions, sides 
> and
> prices. At the touch of a button, Menus That Talk describes what's for
>>>dinner.
>>>    No habla ingles? No problem: Just press the language button for  >>
> Spanish or another language. No more squinting in dim light or turning 
> page
> after
> page of complex printed menus. No more awkward conferences with busy
>>>waiters.
>>>    Ready to order? A Service button pages your waiter. For the visually
> disabled, the buttons are also imprinted in Braille. Guests who can't see
> the
> button names and don't use Braille can browse the menu simply by tapping
> buttons to hear categories. Another tap brings up the details.
>    In noisy restaurants or for the hearing-impaired, Menus That Talk
> features a detachable hand-held earphone. The earphone also interfaces 
> with
> Tele-coil
> equipped hearing-aids.
>>>    Menus That Talk(TM) serves the needs and comforts of all restaurant
> patrons with its simple layout, ease of use and ability to deliver voice
> anywhere
> in the restaurant. Benefits for the restaurants include
>>>streamlining menu selections, reducing server assistance time and 
>>>bringing
> the menu to a larger, appreciative audience.
>>>    "Menus should be able to communicate without being a challenge," said
> President and CEO Susan Perry. "We're making a restaurant's entire menu
> available
> to all its customers, and we're making it a pleasurable
>>>experience."
>>>    The idea originated in an Olive Garden restaurant where Ms. Perry was
> having lunch with her niece Jessica, a pretty 24-year-old with advanced
> macular
> degeneration who cannot read a menu from any distance. Jessica asked her
> aunt to please read the menu to her. Susan had forgotten to
>>>bring her reading glasses. They laughed about it, but Susan thought, "Why
> shouldn't menus be able to talk?"
>>>    Menus That Talk(TM) premieres to the public at the National 
>>> Restaurant
> Association show in Chicago, May 19-22, 2007.
>>>    More:
> http://www.menusthattalk.com
>
>


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