Installations of this patented system have been successfully completed in the USA, Europe and Asia. A World of New Technology Working with MicroComputer Systems, Inc., of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Talking Signs, Inc. has continued to research and introduce new applications of this system. Mitsubishi Precision Company, a division of Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan, has joined the Research and Development team to accelerate development of even more dramatic uses of the breakthrough technology. The Company has an ongoing commitment that all improvements and new product releases are backwards compatible to previous generations of equipment. Orientation and Mobility Specialists and technical consultants in the field of wayfinding have helped the company develop performance criteria and uniform standards for messaging, placement and wayfinding for this emerging industry.
Travelers encounter Talking Signs environments with uniform standards throughout the world.
The Company's objective is to have a seamless system, allowing a blind person to leave their home to find the bus stop, identify the correct approaching bus, transfer to other modes of transportation, navigate crosswalks, get to the office, go shopping, dine out, and return home with a minimums of stress and confusion. These are both keys to independence. Luminator, a Mark IV Industries Company that makes electronic destination panels on buses throughout the country, has been licensed to incorporate Talking Sign, Inc.'s infrared technology in a new product that provides destination and route information from the approaching bus to blind transit users at a distance of 100 feet. Users of the technology will now be able to differentiate between several buses lined up along the curb at the bus stop platform. Working with Mitsubishi Precision Company, Talking Signs, Inc. has developed and successfully tested an infrared intersection for use in crosswalk pedestrian signal heads.