[Electronics-talk] My brailled ATM cards are here
Drew Hunthausen
dhunthausen at gmail.com
Sat May 9 18:18:01 UTC 2015
Barb,
What I do for my credit cards as well as i.d. cards or gift cards is to
Braille a label on the labeling tape you can purchase from any of the blind
supply stores on line. I usually have a friend or family member help me with
this so I don't put the label over the magnetic strip or some important
information.
-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Barb O'Connor via Electronics-talk
Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2015 10:34 AM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Cc: Barb O'Connor
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] My brailled ATM cards are here
Will the KNFBReader read that number? I don't have it so am curious. I, too,
am fortunate to have friends and family that I can trust so I don't think
too much about that. When I get my new card, I take a 4 by 6 index card,
write down the name of credit card, account number, expiration date, the
all-important security code and, last, the customer service number. I've
just gotten so used to doing this that I don't even think twice about it.
The one thing I don't like about not having a braille card is that if I'm
shopping by myself, I have to ask someone else to get the card I want out of
my wallet. I usually try to remember to do that before I leave the house and
put it where I can locate it without difficulty but, sometimes I do forget.
Barb
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] My brailled ATM cards are here
Well, I think the blind have bigger issues then getting the security
code printed in braille on people's credit cards. I'm not saying this
isn't an important issue, but I don't think it should be the number one
issue being addressed by the blindness advocacy organizations. I'm also
not as defeatist as Gerald and just assume that the advocacy groups
haven't and aren't considering what to do about this issue. You may not
like the answer, but a solution like the KNFB Reader does tell me that
the advocacy groups are at least attempting something to address this
and other related issues. Let's be honest, even if the advocacy groups
were publicly addressing this issue, Gerald would be telling us how the
credit card companies don't care, won't do anything anyway and all of
the laws to force them to address this issue are too weak. Gerald always
has a reason why trying to change something and making something better
for someone else is a waste of time. I always find it ironic how much
negativity and selfishness is found on this NFB sponsored list.
On 05/08/2015 03:52 PM, cheez via Electronics-talk wrote:
> Gerald, when I had my brailled cards, I thought we had at least one
> barrier licked. But it seems they found the brailled cards' production
> too costly.
> The whole thing makes no sense to me at all. And apparently the
> blindness advocacy groups don't care about those that don't have a KNFB
> Reader or a trusted sighted person--like Jim Barbour stated in his
posting.
> So come down off your mountain Jim and get in touch with reality. Some
> aren't as fortune as others. I don't have the KNFB Reader as of yet.
> Hope that helps you understand the problem here.
> Vince
>
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>>
>> Yes, the inability to read the security code without having a sighted
>> person physically pick up the card and read it is a big problem. What
>> are the blindness advocacy groups doing to address this issue?
>> Nothing, as usual.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barb O'Connor via
>> Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: "Barb O'Connor" <broconnor1972 at comcast.net>
>> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 3:32 PM
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>>
>>> So, how do you get that all-important security number then? You'll
>>> once again have to wait till someone sighted whom you trust is
>>> available to help you as the credit card companies or banks won't
>>> help you at all. It would have been nice if they would have added
>>> that, too.
>>>
>>> Barb
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Diane Vlasoff via
Electronics-talk
>>> To: electronics talk n f b list serve
>>> Cc: Diane Vlasoff
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 4:54 PM
>>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] My brailled ATM cards are here
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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