That I do agree with Iain. Cash Machine's aren't quite as acceesible as they should be. What does make me laugh is that the Halifax (where I bank) have tried to make their new machine's screen accessible by making the print large on screen. To an extent, I can just about work with this. What would have made it a lot easier for me to work with is, if the screens were flat and not the traditional curve lol. As of concenquence I'm having to get real close up the screen and literally stair at it to make sense of the info on screen ad, work out which of the buttons, by the screen, to press. They've only half got it right, even then, still not a lot of cop for those who can't read the screen. In my experience, near all cash machines, maybe all of them, have the key pad number in the same order. This really "does" make a different to someone who cannot see the numbers on buttons. At least it gives me the security to know that I'm not pressing the wrong buttons. Plus, I don't need to get into a panic if I find the keypad layout is different. Some just need to get their screens sorted out, lol. Justin ----- Original Message ----- From: Iain Lackie To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:15 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Fw: Disabled People and Chip and Pin I Agree. It seems to me that when it comes to Chip and Pin, the DRC and the RNIB are fighting the wrong battle. If there is a fight to be fought, it is to make sure that keypads are standard. However, an accessible ATM machine would be much more worth fighting for. Iain. ----- Original Message ----- From: Graham Page To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 9:51 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Fw: Disabled People and Chip and Pin I don't think speech would be that valuable here as the transaction is not that complicated. Another old chessnut though is the talking cash machine which occasionally seems to get tried out but never catches on at all to my knowledge. The difference here is that there is a keypad plus about 8 buttons, may be 10, arranged in colums either side of the screen. The purpose of these buttons is different depending on the operation being carried out so it is necessary to either learn the sequence for the banks you want to use or ask someone for help, a risky business. It would be a shame therefore if the DRC and TUC concentrated on Chip and Pin where broadly speaking we have a good solution that just needs a bit of tinkering and ignored the issue of cash machines where there are really genuin access issues. Regards Graham Graham Page Mobile: 07753 607980 Fax: 0870 706 2773 Email: gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx MSN: gabriel_mcbird@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: gabriel_mcbird ----- Original Message ----- From: James O'Dell To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:59 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Fw: Disabled People and Chip and Pin I agree with most of the points raised here, I often ask for help and have no problems, I was just trying to think of possible applications for speech in this situation - whether it is actually necessary or worth the effort is a different point altogether. James ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray's Home To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:25 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Fw: Disabled People and Chip and Pin We seem to be going all round the houses with this one, and we've done it before too! Tristram is right of course. Human assistance, usually helpful is there at the cash point. Don't be afraid or too proud to use it. On the question of devices communicating wirelessly with a very small device we carry around, ; don't dismiss this idea too lightly. I could forsee, or is it dream? of a device that could do this and more. Why not something combining EPOS communication with electronic signage - if only this pathetic country could get its act together and enable us to identify things when out and about. Maybe too it could be combined and work alongside Sat Nav. Handheld Sat nav devices are already around I believe, and there's even been talk, (pub unintended) that a talking hand-held sat nav device might become available, I mean a truly hand held one, that is. Dream on. Ray Personal emails: Email me at mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: Tristram Llewellyn The cashier should be able to let you all of those things, including where to put the card which varies with different types of terminal as part of the transaction and do it better than any synthetic speech could. They will let you know also if the PIN is entered incorrectly. Regards. Tristram Llewellyn __________ NOD32 1.1459 (20060327) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com