This sounds great!!  Be sure to encourage people to cover the screen to
appreciate the full effect of the audio interface.  Otherwise, it may
just seem like a novelty.

I should caution though that not all talking ATM deployments have what I
would call a model interface worthy of holding up as a good example.  If
certain students of yours outside southern California do not know which
banks in their area offer talking ATM's or want to know good examples,
let me know and I will try to identify model talking ATM deployments in
their area.  Talking ATMs are in or near all major American cities.
Coverage can be spotty though in certain regions or in places outside the
reach of the big banks.

Kelly


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kynn Bartlett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: Talking ATMs


> Kelly Pierce wrote:
> > No there is no master list, but most of the individual banks
deploying
> > talking ATM's make it possible to search for them using the ATM
locator
> > on their website.  I understand that you live in Fullerton,
California.
> > There are five banks that serve southern California that have or will
> > soon have talking ATM's in your area.  These are Bank of America,
> > Citibank, Wells Fargo, Union Bank of California, and Washington
Mutual.
> > In fact, there is a bank of America talking ATM less than a mile from
> > your address.
>
> Yeah, I've used them from Bank of America and Washington Mutual.
>
> The reason for my question wasn't to locate one for myself (my local
> branch
> of Washington Mutual has a talking ATM -- as do all of the branches
I've
> seen lately!) but for the students in my online Web accessibility
class.
>
> As part of the less on understanding assistive technologies, I've
> suggested
> that they could check out an accessible ATM for themselves.  Most
> sighted
> users, even if they're aware of the existence of talking ATMs, will
> never
> even try to use one.
>
> Thanks for the pointers, Kelly!
>
> --Kynn
>
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