[Blindtlk] handling money

[humberto]

Hello everyone.  Hope you are having a nice spring break.  If 
you're not on spring break, still, have a nice week.  I have a 
question that I'm wanting to ask other blind people but I don't 
know if this is the correct list to ask this question.  My 
question deals with online purchases and electronic transactions.
First, how accessible are the buy-content forms with any screen 
reader? Second, I have a debit card and I would like to use it 
for, say, buying things off the site Amazon.com.  I heard that on 
online stores or sites, you have to enter details for credit 
cards only.  My question is, how do I enter the details for a 
debit card? Is there a specific number or character code printed 
on my debit card that I should memorize? Is there a place on the 
page (when I'm actually buying) to enter specifically debit card 
details? Are debit transactions secure online?
I'm sorry to go off-topic here, but I wanted to know how blind 
people deal with these experiences while purchasing content from 
Itunes, for instance, and things like that.  One of my blind 
friends does this independently, and I believe I can do this, and 
as a matter of fact one factor of independence is the ability to 
be able to do this and one of many other things on my own.  Plus 
I can manage my own life better when I move out! * smile * Any 
input on this matter is appreciated.

cheers, Humberto