[vicsireland] Re: The end of talking ATMs at National Irish Bank
- From: RobbieS <robbiesin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 12:06:46 +0000
Hi Tim,
Sometime last summer, Emma Tracey did a good report on BBC Radio 4's *In
Touch* on the subject of talking ATMs. Apparently, in March of this year,
the US passed legislation making the provision of screen-reader facilities
compulsory and standard on all new ATMs in the US. How far we are from
that.
Robbie
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Tim Culhane <tim.j.culhane@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Its with great regret that as a result of the decision of National Irish
> Bank to close their entire branch network in the Republic, we will no
> longer
> have access to their talking ATMs machines.
>
> Naturally this is very disappointing news, but there isn't much we can do
> about it.
>
> I certainly hope that VICS will continue to lobby the remaining banks
> operating in the Republic of Ireland to improve accessibility of their ATMs
> machines, and perhaps in the future talking ATMs will return.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tim
>
>
>
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