[Electronics-talk] My brailled ATM cards are here

[Gerald Levy]

Retrieving my credit card information once I obtain it is not the problem. 
The problem is finding someone trustworthy enough to read it to me in the 
first place.

Gerald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Evans via Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'" 
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Cc: "Tom Evans" <tevans2003 at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] My brailled ATM cards are here


> Gerald,
> Here is some thoughts.  I have American express, which brags about what 
> they
> have to offer, reference theft.  I have been with them for 9 years, and 
> had
> 3 problems and all were resolved.  None were security.  The other thing I 
> do
> is to put the data in my contacts and then when I buy online I can copy
> paste info and on the phone I can tap over to hear the info
> HTH
> tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Gerald Levy via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 4:17 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>
> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
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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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