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Emirates NBD introduces Traveller HD to assist customers with low vision

Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the Middle East region, today revealed the intro of Traveller HD, an assistive innovation created to enhance the branch experience for consumers with lowd vision.

Emirates NBD branches in Dubai Festival City, Hamriya and also Al Qusais in Dubai will be the first to supply the high definition reader, being presented as part of the bank's flagship advocacy platform #TogetherLimitless that supports financial addition of individuals with impairments (individuals of determination) in the UAE.

The Traveller HD is a light-weight video magnifier that offers adjustable magnification of up to 30 times the original text size, enabling consumers with damaged vision or age relevant troubles to review kinds, cheques as well as other files easily, with the help of a distinct slide-and-read mechanism. Pictures are shown in hd along with in different contrasting color mixes, with a slanted display offering ergonomic watching as well as an all-natural reading experience.

"Making banking accessible for people of determination is key to our commitment to financial inclusion," said Suvo Sarkar, Senior Executive Vice President, Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Emirates NBD. "Our investment in innovative assistive technologies is helping us to not only enhance the banking experience for people of determination but also empower them towards independence in their day-to-day lives."

The World Health Organization (WHO) states that an estimated 285 million people globally are visually impaired, of which 246 million deal with reduced vision. As part of its commitment to monetary inclusion, Emirates NBD provides a Braille-enabled account opening service to clients with visual impairments at four of its branches, in addition to Braille money issued by the Central Bank of the UAE throughout all of its disability-friendly branches on demand.

Until now, the bank has actually changed 38 branches to come to be disability-friendly. Various other efforts implemented consist of continual training of branch managers as well as cutting edge team in the basics of American Sign Language (ASL); piloting KinTrans, a modern technology that allows simple two-way communication in between sign language communicators with hearing specials needs and also individuals who use spoken languages; as well as a hearing loop in 2 of its branches for consumers using a listening devices.

Emirates NBD's commitment to with disabilities (people of determination) sustains the 'My Community' effort introduced by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council that aims to transform Dubai to a disability-friendly city by 2020.

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