[Electronics-talk] ATM's

Sat Jul 3 19:43:33 UTC 2010

Good for Bank of America.  If they were in my area I'd change banks
tomorrow.  When I lived in Texas and in Virginia I was with Bank of America
but when I came to WV, I was disappointed to learn that Bank of America had
no banks in this state.
Joyce

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[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dewey Bradley
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 3:33 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] ATM's

US bank also has them, with them you can blackout the screen
Also when I got a bank of america account, they gave me headphones and a 
braille user guide
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From: "Joyce Porter" <joyce.m.porter at verizon.net>
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Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] ATM's

> That's why I loved bank of America but we don't have Bank of America in 
> our
> area.  Chase bank also has accessible machines.
> Joyce
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Evans
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 9:54 AM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] ATM's
>
>
> Dear All,
>
> Bank of America has very accessible ATM's.
> They use the normal "phone pad" layout with and extra strip of keys 
> running
> down the right side with raised graphic symbols on them.
> Someone at the bank is assigned to be a trainer and will train you to do 
> all
>
> of the functions from cash withdrawal, shifting funds to and from 
> accounts,
> bill paying and making deposits.
> If a bank only has one ATM, they are required to make it accessible, even 
> if
>
> it is in the drive up lane.
> Braille is good, but having the keys marked is the most helpful thing as
> there is not enough space on the machines for a full instruction manual 
> and
> most Blind people can not read Braille well enough or at all.
> Some ATM manufactures can furnish such instructions to you, but you are 
> just
>
> not going to find allot of Braille on them.
> Most ATM's talk you through the steps to do whatever transaction you want 
> to
>
> do, after you make a selection from their menu.
> You will need to bring your own ear buds or you will need to go inside the
> bank to get some.  Banks have different polocies on providing such ear 
> buds.
>
> As transactions are suppose to be private and confidential, there is no
> requirement for them to have or use speakers.  After all, you don't want
> everyone in the area able to hear your account numbers, answers to 
> security
> questions or pin numbers.
>
> You also need to know , just where on the ATM to insert your bank card, 
> any
> deposits and to receive your cash and receipts.  Also what you can expect
> from the machine.  You need to take your card out of the machine right 
> away
> as some machines will suck your card back in , if you leave it there too
> long, and keep it or shred it to prevent your card from being found by
> someone else and used.  Also, you don't want the machine to drop your 
> money
> out and let the wind blow it away.
> Also beware of sudden new changes in the look or feel of your ATM as there
> are people out there who are fitting small cameras and card readers to 
> ATM's
>
> to steal your card account numbers, pins and passwords.  Report anything 
> you
>
> think is suspicious to the bank and maybe use another machines somewhere
> else until you are sure it is okay.
>  I have had my info stolen twice and my cards used and you don't need that
> to happen to you.
>
> David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
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> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 6:30 AM
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>
>> Speaking of ATM's, my bank has one with speech but guess where it is!  It
>> is
>> at the drive-up window.  Tell me how much sense that makes.  That is the
>> only ATM this bank has.  Today I plan to call them.
>> Joyce
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dhunthausen
>> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 12:25 AM
>> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] ATM's
>>
>> Steve,
>> The ATMs in my area have been slowly coming accessible with speech 
>> output.
>> The thing I have noticed when attempting to use these machines is that
>> when
>> they upgrade them with speech, a lot of times they remove the Braille
>> labels. This is a big problem as the ATM needs both speech and Braille
>> since
>>
>> without the Braille there is no way to identify what button you are
>> pressing
>>
>> unless you memorize every machine in your area. hope this helps
>> Drew
>>
>> Drew Hunthausen
>> 714-296-7111
>> Mailto: dhunthausen at gmail.com
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Steve Johnson" <stevencjohnson at centurytel.net>
>> To: "'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'"
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 4:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] ATM's
>>
>>
>>> What can anyone tell me about ATM's, your experiences with them, if 
>>> there
>>> are any known specification requirements for accessibility  etc.  Thanks
>>> in
>>> advance,
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tim Shaw
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 2:20 PM
>>> To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Does anyone know if a kindlereader is
>>> accessible?
>>>
>>>
>>> actually depends if you are totally blind or jsut legally blind because
>>> you
>>> can enlarge thef onts and its can read txt to you just not the menus so
>>> you
>>> either have to emmorize the menus or if you have some vision and you can
>>> see
>>> the eenlarge txt you are good
>>>
>>>> From: stephen at independentliving.com
>>>> To: tonysohl at cox.net; electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>> Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 13:18:06 -0500
>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Does anyone know if a kindlereader is
>>> accessible?
>>>>
>>>> It is not
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tony Sohl
>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 1:15 PM
>>>> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Does anyone know if a kindlereader is
>>>> accessible?
>>>>
>>>> Hi Sharon, not to my knowledge the kindle is not accessible.
>>>>
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