[Electronics-talk] My brailed ATM cards are here

[Gerald Levy]

For obvious security reasons,I highly doubt that the credit card customer 
service agent  would read me the credit card number, expiration date and 
security code over the phone if I claimed thatI was blind.  After all, 
anyone can claim that they are blind to obtain this information under false 
pretenses to commit identity theft or credit card fraud.  Credit card 
issuers are more vigilant than ever about such schemes, and it is highly 
doubtful that a customer service agent is going to provide this information 
over the phone if you purport to be blind and and have no trusted sighted 
person on hand to read it to you.

Gerald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beverly Crook via Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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Cc: "Beverly Crook" <bevie.k at comcast.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] My brailed ATM cards are here


> Hi,
>  I would like to share with
> you a couple of ideas.
>  If you have a Victor Reader, I have had someone read the number and put 
> it on the note taker part of the device, I also have them written on my 
> braille note, and I have brailed them and have them near my computer. If 
> you use the plastic to braille on you can take it with you and it will not 
> mash down.
>  I know that you have to have a person to read all of these ideas once, 
> but you might also be able to get this info. from the credit card company 
> by telling them the problem.
>        Hope this was helpful, Beverly
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Gerald Levy via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 4:16 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Cc: Gerald Levy
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] My brailled ATM cards are here
>
>
> Which leads me to ask:  How do you read the credit card number, expiration
> date and security code on your new credit, debit or ATM card if the 
> company
> does not offer the card in Braille, and you have no trustworthy friend or
> family member on hand to read it to you?  I am expecting a new credit card
> from Discover which does not offer it in Braille, and have no friends or
> family members nearby who can visit me to read me the pertinent 
> information.
> And I do not know my neighbors well enough to entrust one of them with 
> this
> seemingly simple task.  After all, identity theft has become rampant in 
> this
> country, and once somebody steals your credit card information, it can 
> take
> months and months of aggravation to straighten out the mess.  I have tried
> Open Book to scan credit cards, but it apparently cannot recognize either
> the embossed characters of the credit card number and expiration date or 
> the
> security code on the back.  How do you guys handle this situation if you
> can't obtain a Braille card?
>
> Gerald
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dennis Long via Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
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> Cc: "Dennis Long" <dennisl1982 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 6:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] My brailled ATM cards are here
>
>
>> does bank of america have this?
>>
>> On 5/7/2015 5:54 PM, Diane Vlasoff via Electronics-talk wrote:
>>> I told you all I would keep you up-to-date. My ATM card in braille 
>>> arrived today!
>>> They have my account number my name and the expiration date on them it 
>>> doesn't happen. It doesn't have the security number on the back ground 
>>> unfortunately but this is great! Also please excuse any odd things in 
>>> this message I'm using Siri.
>>>
>>> Diane Vlasoff
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