[optacon-l] Re: OT Accessible Point of Sale Terminals
- From: "C. Pond" <cpond@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 00:11:40 -0400
Security indeed. When people press in their pin number and other options on
the keypad, others can see their fingerss positions and the numberpads, and
so there they are able to know the person's security codes and options.
Some manufacturers try to work around this by having a touch screen, on
which a virtual keypad changes its layout at any time throughout the
process. So, for these two reasons at least, having earphones alone and
speech output for the display and keypad options (or braille
telemetry)wouldn't mean accessibility. It has been done for ATMs.
Personally, I have learned kinaesthetically by default the layout and
pattern of the several routine terminals where I mostly shop, and a few
different ones now and then don't make a difference. The chips in the
various consumer cards mean tighter security, and in this case therefore
accessibility for its own sake is less critical. In this case,
accessibility might mean accepting.
If you are a merchant, you need access no other person's point of sale cards
than your's.
If nonkinaesthetic memory serves correctly, Science Products who did work in
adapting point of sale terminals is now called Captek.
Charles
-----Original Message-----
From: Carrie Green
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 11:54 PM
To: Optacon List
Subject: [optacon-l] OT Accessible Point of Sale Terminals
Dear Listers,
Thank you to those that have responded to my query. However, my point of the
email is to actually get the point of sale developers to make their current
point of sale terminals accessible to us now. I cannot understand why this
cannot be done, and am willing to make an effort for us blind customers and
merchants to do this. I am hoping to contact anyone who may have knowledge
of any developments with any point of sale developer with regards to
built-in accessibility via speaker/earphone jack. I am guessing my last
email with regards to this issue was not clear enough as individuals are
suggesting alternatives to the current POS terminal I have here at my
business, which is great, but not the answer I'm looking for. Different
countries have extremely high-security with regards to Point of sale
terminals such as Canada, and going with an older machine, will not work
with the current security technology, or work with interac debit (direct
from bank account via client card), such
as Square, as some will only accept credit cards or debit credit cards).
Accessibility needs to be developed in to the machine as they are being
developed at the factory or wherever they do such things.
Hopefully I've made myself a little more understandable, and I'd be grateful
for any information.
Sincerely,
Carrie Green
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