The ATM by the Union Bank of India is the first of its kind for the visually challenged and 4000th in the countrywide network of the state-run bank.
"The foundation stone of Union Bank building in Mumbai had been laid by Mahatma Gandhi. I am happy that the first accessible ATM is being started in the state of Gujarat, janambhumi and karambhumi of Gandhi," Union Bank of India Chairman and Managing Director D Sarkar said after inaugurating the ATM at the Blind People's Association (BPA) here.
According to BPA functionaries, the users have to plug-in a headphone into the ATM which has a unique voice interface and once it is done the machine guides them into further operations.