Have you tried using a splitter so that you can have voiceover while plugging in the card reader?
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 26, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Karl Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Square is accessible as I use it all the time and am totally blind. So far I > haven’t found a way to use the swiper as it does take away voiceover when you > plug it in and blue tooth audio doesn’t work either as that goes away as > well. Some folks have said they can plug in the swiper, swipe the card and > then remove it and continue with voiceover but I haven’t tried this. I just > type the card number in manually which costs a little more per transaction. > This doesn’t mean much for me as most if not all my transactions are done > over the phone or via fax so I don’t have the card physically with me anyway. > I’m supposed to be receiving a new reader which will handle cards as well as > Apple Pay soon and it is a blue tooth device I think so maybe it will work > with voiceover but I’m not sure. The bottom line for me is that even though > the transactions are a bit more expensive when entered manually Square is > still cheaper than what I used to use because it has no other fees than those > associated with a transaction so if you don’t charge anything this month you > don’t pay anything. Some providers require a monthly fee whether you use the > system or not. I hope this helps. > > Karl > > > __________ > > Karl Smith, Access Technology Consultant Axis > 4304 South El Camino St. > Taylorsville, Utah 84129 > > Phone: 866-824-7885 > Fax: 866-824-7885 > E-mail: [email protected] > Alternate E-mail: [email protected] > > Twitter http://twitter.com/axistech > > My blog http://www.samobile.net/users/oksaxis/blog/ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Rhonda Scott > Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 1:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Accessible Credit Card Apps Revisited > > Hi all, > > I have already posted this question, but haven’t resolved my problem yet, so > in hopes that someone here has found an answer I’m asking again. > > My husband owns and operates a small business. I assist with that, both of us > being totally blind. We feel it is necessary to accept plastic as well as > checks and cash, as most people use credit and debet cards. He has an iPhone > 6, I have an iPhone 5C. We are looking for a credit card processing app that > is completely accessible for blind folks, no sighted help necessary. Is there > such a thing in anyone’s experiences? > > Some say Square might be accessible, but you need a blue tooth ear piece to > see if hearing voiceover is possible, as the Square card reader takes over > the headphone jack on the phone. But no one had ever tried that to see if it > would actually work last I knew. > > Any help is appreciated. > > Rhonda > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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