Get the latest tech news

New York metro transit systems add on-demand sign language interpreters


Deaf commuters can get access to real-time ASL interpreters for free.

For many New Yorkers, hardened over years of bad weather, prevalent trash and cohabitation with rats, this is just another recurring event that’s made less nerve-wracking by experience. I went to look for these QR codes when I was at Moynihan Train Hall (an extension of Penn Station) this weekend, and once I spotted the first one at a ticketing counter at the LIRR service area, I started noticing them all over. I do have to point out that as a T-Mobile user, I frequently lose my signal in Moynihan Train Hall and have to use the station’s public Wi-Fi, which in my experience has unreliable speeds.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Endgadget

Read more on:

Photo of New York

New York

Photo of Demand

Demand

Related news:

News photo

Demand for Warframe's 10th fan convention, TennoCon 2025, was so high it sold out in less than 35 minutes

News photo

The Leaning Tower of New York

News photo

Expedia Jumps Most in Over a Year on Holiday Bookings Beat