So is Curtis Chong of NFB aware of this?
I read that he was complaining about touch screens!


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On Thu, 31 May 2001, Sam Troia wrote:

>         Hi, gang,
>
> I just returned from my branch of Citibank where one of the new talking
> atm's has been installed.  They have done a most excellent job!  The bank
> gave me a pair of earbuds to keep.  The synthesized voice is Eloquence's
> Reid.  The menus talk the user through absolutely everything.  And despite
> the fact that the system uses a touch screen there is no problem; the
> screen is divided into five zones: three along the bottom edge--left,
> center and right as well as two for volume up and down on the top right and
> left corners.  There are also Braille labels along the bottom edge for
> "next", "previous" and "select".  This is an absolutely wonderful
> advancement and Citibank is to be highly commended.
>
>
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