Comments on: Strangeness and Awesomeness: Campus at 1 am on a Monday morning http://www.complich8.net/archives/134 complacence is the enemy Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:57:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: the Pat http://www.complich8.net/archives/134/comment-page-1#comment-23 the Pat Thu, 06 Oct 2005 11:40:39 +0000 /blog/?p=134#comment-23 I visited a friend at U of I the other day and I heard almost the same type of thing. I heard a loud beeping sound created by a post which held the "press here for the crosswalk dude" button. It was just a loud "dink! dink!" So I pressed it. Same shit ... and I thought to myself "GOD that's annoying but it comes in handy for the blind." So U of I (or at least the Champaign city municipal services) got it right by only making it voice when it's needed. The dinks aren't nearly as loud as you described either. I visited a friend at U of I the other day and I heard almost the same type of thing. I heard a loud beeping sound created by a post which held the “press here for the crosswalk dude” button. It was just a loud “dink! dink!” So I pressed it. Same shit … and I thought to myself “GOD that’s annoying but it comes in handy for the blind.”

So U of I (or at least the Champaign city municipal services) got it right by only making it voice when it’s needed. The dinks aren’t nearly as loud as you described either.

]]> By: Tim http://www.complich8.net/archives/134/comment-page-1#comment-22 Tim Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:29:15 +0000 /blog/?p=134#comment-22 I hate crosswalk signs that do that they are all over Europe. I once informed an Irish person of my discontent at the loud and very irritating sound. Their reply was "how else would blind know when to cross the street". My thought, unvoiced cause you don't start shit in other peoples houses, was "if blind people can find the street I think they might be able to cross it". I hate crosswalk signs that do that they are all over Europe. I once informed an Irish person of my discontent at the loud and very irritating sound. Their reply was “how else would blind know when to cross the street”. My thought, unvoiced cause you don’t start shit in other peoples houses, was “if blind people can find the street I think they might be able to cross it”.

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