[Electronics-talk] getting your drinks at fastfood places

[cheez]

At my job, we have two vending machines that accept credit or debit cards. 
One has recessed buttons and the other has a flat screen.  Since the 
majority of the workers are visually-impaired, I stuck braille on the flat 
screen machine.  The other machine is elementary.  The buttons are your 
keypad setup.  Thankfully, the supplier always puts items in the same slot.
Learning how long to wait before entering your selection is the only hurdle.
Vince

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brent Harding via Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
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Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] getting your drinks at fastfood places


>I thought the Coke ones are connected to the net, so maybe they could do 
>it. Another one I see being a problem is the new vending machines that take 
>cards, Apple Pay, etc. Aren't those soda machines a touch screen as well, 
>or do they have buttons?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Drew Hunthausen via Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
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>>I haven't seen one of these yet, but I wonder if there could be some kind 
>>of
>> software or app created to allow smart phones to access the machine
>> wirelessly, select what they want and pay for it all by the phone.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Brett Boyer via Electronics-talk
>> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 3:00 PM
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>> Cc: Brett Boyer
>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] getting your drinks at fastfood places
>>
>> Hey guys. I don't know how many of you have seen these new touch-screen
>> drink machines.
>>
>> These are the machines that are completely flat screen, and have pages 
>> and
>> pages of drinks and/or flavors to make your own combinations.
>>
>> They are very cool but I haven not been able to find a way for blind 
>> peple
>> to access them independently. I am pretty pissed that I can't get up and 
>> get
>> my own drink anymore without having a sighted person or an employee waste
>> time by helping me scroll through pages of flavors just to get a drink!
>>
>> Anyone have any ideas about this or anything we could do to get these
>> machines accessible?
>>
>> I hope this isn't off topic
>>
>> bb
>>
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