[Blindtlk] credit card readers help please

Sat Feb 20 20:25:34 UTC 2016

Well the splitter will mess up the signal the credit card reader needs 
due to audio from voiceover going over the same wires.

On Sat, 20 Feb 2016, Mike Freeman via blindtlk wrote:

> Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 11:54:22
> From: Mike Freeman via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] credit card readers help please
> 
> In deference to Peter's post on Square, it used to work. However, my
> understanding is that our folks registering people for our state convention
> last fall had some difficulty with it even when using a splitter although I
> can't swear to that.
>
> In sum, I believe *all* such systems now have some difficulty wen one is
> running VoiceOver. Don't take this as gospel; it's just my impression.
>
> Mike
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> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie J.
> via blindtlk
> Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2016 5:10 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] credit card readers help please
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> I tried a headphone splitter.  It doesn't work.  The Pay Pal Here ap gives
> me a message to unplug my headphones immediately.  I get this same message
> if I plug the headphones in directly.
>
> I don't have a blue tooth headset or speaker.  So trying that will have to
> wait a bit.
>
> Does anyone know of a different way to be able to process credit card
> transactions using a phone or tablet?   I know there are a lot of different
> companies that offer this service.  If someone knows of one that is
> accessible, I would appreciate very much the name of it.
>
> Thanks!
> Julie
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> From: Jason Polansky via blindtlk
> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 12:42 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] credit card readers help please
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> You may also want to try a headphone splitter.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Feb 19, 2016, at 1:17 PM, Jude DaShiell via blindtlk
>> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Have you tried pairing a bluetooth speaker with your iPhone or a
>> bluetooth headset before plugging in that credit card reader?  I think
>> one or both may solve this problem for you.
>>
>>> On Fri, 19 Feb 2016, Julie J. via blindtlk wrote:
>>>
>>> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 12:15:50
>>> From: Julie J. via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Julie J. <julielj at neb.rr.com>
>>> Subject: [Blindtlk] credit card readers help please Is anyone
>>> familiar with the Pay Pal Here ap?  It allows you to be able to
>>> accept payments in person by accepting credit cards.   So you run the ap
>>> on your phone or iPad with the credit card reader plugged into your
>>> device.   Very awesome for things like craft shows, garage sales or other
>
>>> similar temporary location type of sales.
>>> I have checked out the ap and it appears to be accessible, although I
>>> have not tried every single feature.  I received my credit card
>>> reader today.  However it plugs into the audio jack of my iPad.  So
>>> when I plug it in, Voice Over no longer uses the speaker. Voice Over
>>> is still running and working, I just can?t hear it because it?s
>>> sending the audio to the headphone jack, which of course is being used by
> the card reader.
>>>
>>> Any ideas on what I can do to get this to work?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Julie
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