[vicsireland] Re: Public Services Smart Card

Hi all,

 

I think a hole in the one end of the card half way across the top would be a
good way of finding the right orientation  of the card, and you could put a
neck strap on the card to carry it if you needed to.

  My work ID card has one like this and it is very handy.

  _____  

 

Kind Regards,

 

Gus

From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Antoinette Fennell
CFIT
Sent: 06 August 2010 12:39
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Public Services Smart Card

 

Hello all, 

The Department of Social Protection (formerly the Department of  Social
Welfare) is currently developing a new Public Services Card, available to
all Irish citizens, which will contain smart card technology. Familiar forms
of smart cards include credit cards, debit cards, prepaid telephone cards,
public transport cards and mobile telephone SIM cards. One potential role of
the proposed public service card is to provide more secure access to welfare
benefits and to reduce the amount of benefit fraud. It is also proposed that
the free travel pass, for those people who are entitled to free public
transport, will be incorporated into the card. 

After meeting with the Department last week, NCBI is preparing a tailored
guideline document to pass on to the Department, aiming to improve the
accessibility of the card and its related services. We would like to hear
your experiences, both positive and negative, relating to smart cards and
smart card services. 

Do existing technologies and services meet your needs? Are there specific
problems that you have encountered when using, for example, your credit or
debit card? Comments may relate to the physical design of the card itself,
or to the related services. 

Further information can be found at the following link
http://tinyurl.com/2cdsm4p

I look forward to hearing from you. 

Kindest regards, 

Antoinette

 

Dr Antoinette Fennell 

ICT Accessibility Researcher

Centre for Inclusive Technology (CFIT)

National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI)

Whitworth Road

Drumcondra

Dublin 9

 

Tel: +353 (0)1 8821 988

Email: antoinette.fennell@xxxxxxx

Web: www.cfit.ie

 

 

 



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