The following information may be of some use for someone who is working to make ATMs accessible, however this information is relevant for US residence only.
Regards Dinesh Kaushal blog at dineshkaushal.blogspot.com ----- Wednesday, June 27, 2007 Owner of ATMs to retool them for the blind The nation's largest nonbank owner of ATMs has agreed to improve access for the blind at its machines. Cardtronics Inc., of Houston, will make all of its ATMs accessible to the blind by 2010, under an agreement with the National Federation of the Blind and Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley. Cardtronics operates about 24,000 ATMs in locations including Albertson's supermarkets, CVS pharmacies, CostCo., Hess Corp., Sunoco, and Target. The machines will employ voice guidance technology, which is commonly available at many bank ATMs. It is activated by plugging headphones into a jack on the machines. The federation and the attorney general's office filed suit in 2003 against E-Trade Access Inc. and E-Trade Bank. Cardtronics purchased the E-Trade ATM fleet in June 2004. The 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act required ATMs to be made accessible to and independently useable by the blind, Coakley said. (AP) Posted by Boston Globe Business Team at 02:49 PM To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
