[IL-Talk] Use an accessible kiosk for the first time at Chili's

[Leslie Hamric]

Hi all. I wanted to write about an awesome experience I had over the weekend when Andy and I went to Chili's for dinner. They have these kiosks at every table and I had asked Andy if ours had a headphone jack. It did. It was also braille near the headphone jack that's an audio.

Leslie Hamric
Cello and Braille Music Teacher
Board member of National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts Division
Graduate Council Member of Guiding Eyes for the BlindThere was also braille near the headphone jack that  saidaudio. I happen to have earbuds in my pocket so I thought, why not? I'll give this a try. The only thing Andy had to do was to turn accessibility mode on. After that, I was able to navigate the menu, Deciddecide what I wanted to order, and even pay our bill independently. The kiosk used talk back which is similar to voice view for android devices. The kiosk also had a very thorough tutorial on how to navigate the screen using talk back. There was even a place were you can insert your credit card. And you got verbal indication that your credit card was excepted. I certainly hope that I am counter accessible kiosks in more restaurants in the future.
Leslie