[nfb-talk] Talking menus.

[Steve Jacobson]

there are many unanswered questions here, though.  First, what does each unit cost.  Second, how would they be updated?  Third, and perhaps this is first, how 
would the buttons for categories be accessed?  We cant assume any more that a "button" is somthing you can feel.  I'm not saying this cannot work, only that we 
need to know much more to judge how effective this approach and this specific model would be.

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:00:51 -0600, dmgina wrote:

>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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>>>>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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