@Umesha - yes that's one of the drawbacks of memorising. Last week I used my Citibank mastercard debit card to withdraw some cash at a HDFC ATM, but after several tries I was unable to complete my transaction. I tried to eject and reinsert the card again and again but I couldn't withdraw the cash. Fortunately I had my dad with me and he helped me out. He told me that just after entering the password, the machine is displaying the message - "dear customer, RS 200/- will be charged per transaction if this card is used outside India" So basically, I had to press OK to bypass the message which I did not expect because I had not anticipated the occurance of that message. Having said that, as per the information provided in Wikipedia about ATMs, I remember reading somewhere within that article that ATMs are driven by a computer inside the vault, and many ATMs are based on Windows platform. If the information given there is accurate, then isn't it possible for ATM vendors to make the ATM application accessible and then install at least NVDA and provide a 3.5 mm audio jack where the blind can operate the ATMs using a headphone?
Quoting the para found in the article I'm talking about on Wikipedia - Today the vast majority of ATMs worldwide use a Microsoft Windows OS, primarily Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Embedded. A small number of deployments may still be running older versions of Windows OS such as Windows NT, Windows CE, or Windows 2000. ---Quote end http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_teller_machine -----Original Message----- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Chetan Sharma Sent: 20 April 2012 15:53 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] ATM/DEBIT CARDS/CREDITS CARD I use the card for online payments, I have also used the talking ATM two years ago, that was not pretty accessible that time. Regards, On 4/20/12, Umesha Economics <umesha....@gmail.com> wrote: > be careful while using memorization method for operating ATM. some > times ATMs display some error messages which are difficult to guess. > > Umesha > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "SYED IMRAN" <syed.f...@gmail.com> > To: <mujta...@gmail.com>; <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Thursday, 19 April, 2012 6:38 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] ATM/DEBIT CARDS/CREDITS CARD > > >>I find it quite useful to memmorise keys / menu sequence of >>withdrawing cash in those ATM machines which I frequently happen to >>access. As per my experience, all ATM machines asked for the password >>just after inserting the card. >> And one more thing what I've observed is ATM machines have a key >>marked "X" >> in capital letter. This key when pressed will eject the debit card >>out which has been of some help whenever I failed to remember the >>menu sequence while transacting. Yes happens with me sometimes when >>my memory eludes me. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in >> [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Mujtaba >> Merchant >> Sent: 19 April 2012 18:01 >> To: anish.kha...@yahoo.com; accessindia@accessindia.org.in >> Subject: Re: [AI] ATM/DEBIT CARDS/CREDITS CARD >> >> Yes, debit card. But not alone with sighted assistance, someone I can >> trust withdraws my money for me... >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in >> [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of >> anish.kha...@yahoo.com >> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 5:33 PM >> To: AccessIndia@accessindia.org.in >> Subject: [AI] ATM/DEBIT CARDS/CREDITS CARD >> >> COjuld any blind person use ATM/DEBIT!CREDIT CARDS???! >> Sent from my Nokia phone >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.or >> g.in >> >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.or >> g.in >> >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.or >> g.in >> > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org > .in > > -- The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. 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