[Electronics-talk] talking check writers

[ckrugman at sbcglobal.net]

Years ago APH offered raised checks that could be inserted in to a 
typewriter that they had printed and if using them you could fill in the 
lines by lining them up in the typewriter. This was back in the early 70's.
Chuck
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>
> To print individual checks on a printer requires a lot of sighted 
> assistance to align the check properly.  You could waste a whole checkbook 
> trying to print all the fields on the check just right.  Probably the best 
> way to print individual checks is to use an old-fashioned manual 
> typewriter, if you can find one, and tab to each field.  But again, 
> sighted help might be needed.  Of course, you could always use a plastic 
> check guide and fill in the fields by hand if you can write small enough 
> and legible enough in the narrow slits. Thank goodness for online banking. 
> I use JP Morgan Chase's online bill pay service , which is totally JAWS 
> accessible, to pay most of my bills.
>
> Gerald
>
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>> There are check writing programs that can be installed on computers and 
>> the checks can be printed out on a computer printer. I don't know how 
>> accessible they are though.
>> Chuck
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>> From: "Tim Shaw" <tshaw2007 at hotmail.com>
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>> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 5:16 PM
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>>
>>>
>>> honestly I would be afraid to use one, you are jus tasking someone to 
>>> steal it and use it tot forge checks in your name
>>>
>>>> From: stevencjohnson at centurytel.net
>>>> To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>> Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:28:06 -0500
>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] talking check writers
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone tell me if there is such thing as an automatic check writer 
>>>> that
>>>> you can write the check through a key pad and then print it out? 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>
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