[blindlaw] touch screen credit terminals at C&K market

[William ODonnell]

That happened here in at many places all over NY/NJ and elseware for some years.  I guess since early 2006 or so.  Good luck with that one especially using a debit card or something.


--- On Tue, 7/27/10, Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] touch screen credit terminals at C&K market
> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 11:54 AM
> There is a touch screen terminal at
> King Super's.  That's the local
> store here in CO.  They used to have a touch pad that
> was accessible
> but now it's been replaced with a touch screen that is
> inaccessible.
> That, I say, is the wrong move.
> Beth
> 
> On 7/27/10, Mark BurningHawk <stone_troll at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> > Hello, list.
> >
> > I would like legal advice concerning inaccessible
> touch-screen credit
> > card terminals currently employed by my local
> supermarkets.  I shop at
> > two stores in southern Oregon which use these devices;
> their only
> > gesture toward access is a telephone keypad with which
> to input a
> > PIN.  In speaking with the legal representative
> for C&K Market, the
> > company which runs both these markets, he has told me
> that the ADA
> > does not, in fact, cover these, since they are not a
> federal business
> > and receive no federal money.  Having no further
> option, I told him
> > that I would research the issue, the laws for the
> state of Oregon, if
> > any, concerning these touch-screen terminals and get
> back to him.  Can
> > someone point me in the right direction, if there is
> one, as to how I
> > can get these touch-screens removed or supplemented
> with a credit card
> > terminal accessible to a totally blind person?
> >
> > Thanks for any information you can provide.  Have
> a great day! :)
> >
> > Mark BurningHawk
> > Skype and Twitter:  BurningHawk1969
> > Home:  Http://MarkBurningHawk.net/
> > Namaste!
> >
> >
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