Steve 

I think that you are a bit oversensitive here.  Financial institutions 
always create special account packages targeted at given segments of the 
market.  And unlike some hypersensitive blind, these segments welcome, not 
curse, these offerings.
Look at all the special labeled accounts for seniors over 50, 55, or 
whatever which might include such perks as no-balance unlimited 
checkwriting, free notary service, free checks, free electronic bill 
paying, whatever.
Would you object, for instance, if a financial institution created an 
account reached online by a flash-free website?
Would you object to a checkbook displaying the logo of your favorite 
national organization?  Or, if you had a problem getting into your 
account, for whatever reason, customer service reps trained in the needs 
of screen reader users reached by a special toll-free number bypassing the 
normal customer service queue?
Or perhaps monthly statements emailed to you in whole on them being 
released?

This is marketing trying to capture customers from other financial 
institutions by attempting to figure out what specific customers might 
want and, in some instances, be willing to pay fees for.

And wouldn't it be a treat if the blind market were deemed so financially 
viable that it was worth catering to?

I hardly would have a problem with that.  Whether or not I'd go with such 
an account might depend upon a lot of other factors, but it would 
certainly be nice if such catering would be done as now occurs with my 
age, where I do business elsewhere, which credit card I carry, where I 
shop and the myriad of other things that might make up the life of my wife 
and I.





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And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who
comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek
Him.
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