[Blindtlk] credit card readers help please

Sun Feb 21 18:25:54 UTC 2016

Hi Justin,

I believe the app works in conjunction with the physical card reader. I do
not use it myself, so cannot tell you exactly how it works.

On Saturday, February 20, 2016, justin williams via blindtlk <
blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Is this an app on the IPhone?
>  Justin
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> You could probably also use a braille display.
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> On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 12:52 PM -0800, "Judy Jones via blindtlk"
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> Thank you.  I have always wondered how that would work.
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> judy
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> Merry and I use Square frequently. We have found the splitters don't seem
> to
> work well, though there are some who use them successfully. It may be my
> technologically challenged self. This being said, what I do is swipe the
> card and then remove the reader to complete the transaction. This is also
> how we did it at the NAGDU table during convention. HTH!
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> Marion
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Mike
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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.
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> I don't have a blue tooth headset or speaker.  So trying that will have to
> wait a bit.
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> 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.
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> Thanks!
> Julie
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> You may also want to try a headphone splitter.
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> > On Feb 19, 2016, at 1:17 PM, Jude DaShiell via blindtlk
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> > 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.
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> >> On Fri, 19 Feb 2016, Julie J. via blindtlk wrote:
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> >> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 12:15:50
> >> From: Julie J. via blindtlk
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> >> Cc: Julie J.
> >> 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
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> >> 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.
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> >> Any ideas on what I can do to get this to work?
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> >> Thanks,
> >> Julie
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