In Touch

A new way of booking assistance on trains


Listen Later

Virgin Trains offers customers a new way of booking assistance during travel on its routes. It has developed a skill for Amazon Alexa-enabled devices. Emma Tracey tries it out for us and Vic Whitehouse from Virgin Trains explains why they've developed it.

Hester, an eleven-year-old visually-impaired student from Bath, is going on a fund-raising journey to Ethiopia. She'll be visiting other visually-impaired schoolchildren and doing a 5km run to raise money for the school. Hester says she's nervous but looking forward to the experience.

Mike Lambert believes more resources and effort should be put in to inclusion for visually-impaired people, after Liz Smith, a Conservative in the Scottish Parliament, put forward a motion questioning the current "presumption of mainstreaming" for visually-impaired students. He explains his personal reasons for why he is sure inclusion should work.

Presenter: Peter White

Producer: Lee Kumutat

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

In TouchBy BBC Radio 4

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

5 ratings


More shows like In Touch

View all
Global News Podcast by BBC World Service

Global News Podcast

7,595 Listeners

The Archers by BBC Radio 4

The Archers

1,087 Listeners

The Archers Omnibus by BBC Radio 4

The Archers Omnibus

394 Listeners

More or Less by BBC Radio 4

More or Less

892 Listeners

Newshour by BBC World Service

Newshour

1,057 Listeners

Woman's Hour by BBC Radio 4

Woman's Hour

390 Listeners

Money Box by BBC Radio 4

Money Box

34 Listeners

In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,462 Listeners

The Documentary Podcast by BBC World Service

The Documentary Podcast

1,799 Listeners

6 Minute English by BBC Radio

6 Minute English

1,749 Listeners

Learning English Conversations by BBC Radio

Learning English Conversations

1,041 Listeners

The Infinite Monkey Cage by BBC Radio 4

The Infinite Monkey Cage

2,087 Listeners

Comedy of the Week by BBC Radio 4

Comedy of the Week

490 Listeners

Last Word by BBC Radio 4

Last Word

45 Listeners

The Food Programme by BBC Radio 4

The Food Programme

265 Listeners

The Week in Westminster by BBC Radio 4

The Week in Westminster

30 Listeners

Political Fix by Financial Times

Political Fix

145 Listeners

The Life Scientific by BBC Radio 4

The Life Scientific

235 Listeners

Daily Politics from the New Statesman by The New Statesman

Daily Politics from the New Statesman

138 Listeners

RNIB Tech Talk by RNIB Connect Radio

RNIB Tech Talk

1 Listeners

Double Tap by Double Tap Productions Inc.

Double Tap

32 Listeners

Sliced Bread by BBC Radio 4

Sliced Bread

125 Listeners

You're Dead to Me by BBC Radio 4

You're Dead to Me

3,193 Listeners

The Bomb by BBC World Service

The Bomb

1,032 Listeners

When It Hits the Fan by BBC Radio 4

When It Hits the Fan

51 Listeners