[access-uk] Re: the uk rail app for the i-phone
- From: john gallagher <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:44:18 +0100
hi there well with the app you can do things so much faster and if you are in a
car or bus going to the station you cannot go online with your pc then. as i do
a lot of travelling about i find this app very well worth the £5 as it is so
easy to use. also the company that wrote the app have put in time to make it
accessible for blind people. now to making phone calls. well yesterday i rang
vodafone seven times yes seven times. all the people i talked to could not
speak good english at all and they kept putting me on to the wrong department.
i cannot login to my account online and use the billing section so round and
round we go calling on the phone for ages. the same happened a couple of weeks
ago with my isp provider demon you cannot get to speak tz someone at all. the
only people you could talk to was apart consultancy joe payton who demon are
terminating his post as was aired on in touch the other week. sometimes for a
totally blind person one needs to talk to someone so if
we have an app or something that is accessible for us it is a miricle. the
last ten times i have been on trains piano tuning eight of these times i have
had to stand up on the tlain with my tuning big bag and the dog with me.
the country is going to the dogs. everything we used to have is going away from
us. and if ever there was a time for all of us blind people to stand together
is now.
----- source message -----
from: "Barry Hill" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
to: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
date: 2010/04/12 19:35:09
subject: [access-uk] Re: the uk rail app for the i-phone
>
>
> Hi all
>
> I'm just guessing, but wouldn't it be easy to go on the net, via a
> favourites link on the I-phone, and use the British Rail site that does the
> same? The app will probably do that anyway, so the cost would be the same.
>
> Cheers
>
> Barry
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "john gallagher" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 6:37 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: the uk rail app for the i-phone
>
>
> hi will i think though for me it is well worth it as i can see where my
> train is or when i am out piano tuning i can look at diferent stations to
> find the best train if you try and ring up you never get through nowadays.. i
> am a great believer than paying for something as i think then you should get
> better value. someone asked me to tune his piano and when i told him my
> price he said the last time he used a tuner who only charged him £10 but he
> also broke four strings which he could not replace.
>
> ----- source message -----
> from: william lomas <lomaswilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> to: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> date: 2010/04/12 17:28:18
> subject: [access-uk] Re: the uk rail app for the i-phone
>
> >
> >
> > a fiver is disgusting just to get train times
> >
> > On 12 Apr 2010, at 14:33, john gallagher wrote:
> >
> > > hi yes but surely not as accessible be far.
> > >
> > > ----- source message -----
> > > from: Jonathan <digitaltoast@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > to: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > date: 2010/04/12 12:09:11
> > > subject: [access-uk] Re: the uk rail app for the i-phone
> > >
> > >ar
> > >ar
> > >ar It might be worth pointing out that while the National Rail app is £5,
> > >ar there are two other apps which use the same data and offer mostly the
> > >ar same features, free.
> > >ar
> > >ar One is the CrossCountry app (but works across the whole UK)
> > >ar http://itunes.apple.com/app/train-search/id331578824
> > >ar
> > >ar The other is the Trainline app which allows you to buy tickets, too:
> > >ar http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/thetrainline/id334235181
> > >ar
> > >ar I'd be interested to see how these other apps stack up for visually
> > >ar impaired users, compared to National Rail's own "pay us a fiver" app.
> > >ar
> > >ar On 12 April 2010 12:55, John Gallagher <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >wrote:
> > >>> Hi all,
> > >>> We hear so much about lack of access for us but I installed the uk
> > >>> rail app
> > >>> on my i-phone and could not really use it.
> > >>> I put out a message on the viphone list and a company got in touch.
> > >>> Dave Addey from the company said that they would like to make this app
> > >>> more
> > >>> accessible for blind people.
> > >>> I now have the updated app hear and it is truly amazing.
> > >>> you can set your home station and see all the trains leaving and
> > >>> arriving.
> > >>> You can set a route say from Leeds to Windermere and see the platform
> > >>> the
> > >>> train goes from and you can see where to change trains.
> > >>> When you do a search for trains you can scroll down the list of
> > >>> stations.
> > >>> this is truly brilliant.
> > >>> cheers.
> > >>>
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