National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

Remote Infrared Signage Developmen to Address Current and Emerging Access Problems for Blind Individuals

Part II

Smith-Kettlewell Research on the Use of Talking Signs®
for Use by People with Developmental Disabilities

CONCLUSION

The Talking Signs system is an excellent aid to travel for persons with developmental disabilities. It can enable them to independently confirm the location and identity of key features in a transit station such as the correct faregate, the correct side of a platform, or the correct exit from a platform or station to a street or to a connecting bus or train. The best use of the Talking Signs technology for persons with developmental disabilities are expected to be labeling transit facilities, transit vehicles identification, and next stop messages.

Training should be integrated with a regular program of travel training for persons with developmental disabilities.

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