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A byproduct of accessibility. This week I have observed it for a second time: a child was playing with a ticket machine on the public transport here. Those can talk so that a blind person can purchase the ticket independently. Before you begin, you have to choose the language for the spoken instructions and each choice is pronounced in the corresponding language, so English for English, deutsch for German etc. The kids are, either by themselves or with the help of their parents, flicking between the available languages, trying to repeat the foreign words. QDos to the Austrian child ppronouncing the word "Cestina", also the one saying "Mom, do the Italiano thing again" - priceless. I think we have found the new favorite educational toy in this place. #Accessibility #A11y #UniversalDesign #Blind

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in reply to Paweł Masarczyk

Quick, tell someone to manufacture toy transit machines. It's no different that the pretend cash registers we had back in the day.
in reply to Summer Dawn and Company

@RandomFire Oh yeah, I have played with one of those and also the telephone box, even had a plastic toy magnetic card and some pretend coins for those. It would have to be a pretty good simulation, though, so that the accessibility features are preserved.