A pilot project called the “Talking City” system has been launched for people with disabilities in St. Petersburg, Russia.
These intercoms allow people with vision disabilities and wheelchair users to move independently around the city, the NTV reported.
The system will help a blind person get to the right place using sound instructions, and a wheelchair user can communicate with someone in the building without going upstairs – the employee will hear a signal, see the visitor on the monitor and be able to consult him remotely.
The “Talking City” system is integrated into “smart intercoms.” To contact the “smart intercom,” you need to install a special application on your smartphone or use a small subscriber device.
When a user of the “Talking City” system approaches such an intercom, a smartphone or subscriber device reports the address, entrance number, or organization name, and the intercom itself beeps to determine the entrance’s location unlocks the door lock.
The potential of this pilot project “Talking City” system is quite large. Only in the Petrogradsky district of St. Petersburg, “smart intercoms” are installed in 1211 entrances. In total, about eight thousand houses have been equipped with them in the city.
