Comments on: why do they have brail at the atm for ? Do blind people drive?

By: Arry

Arry — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:41:59 +0000

Keypads from all the major ATM manufacturers have to conform to many standards, including PIN security standards from Visa and Mastercard, as well as ADA compliance standards in regards to handicapped accessability. In order to cut manufacturing costs, they don’t not include braille on drive thru models. It wouldn’t make sense to have two assemblies, not would it? I mean truely, are you going to save that much money by excluding the little plastic bumps?

Bottomline is: You don’t create different keypad assemblies for different installations unless you absolutly have to. If the world can live with one standard assembly, then that’s the one that gets put in ALL their machines.
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4 years experience in the ATM service and installation industry

By: The Mr. Pine

The Mr. Pine — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:12:59 +0000

It is a built in standard now.
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By: Firecracker

Firecracker — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:01:59 +0000

They use a standard keypad that is commercially available. It’s not special for ATMs.
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p.s. It’s Braille

By: Al M

Al M — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:51:59 +0000

This question has been asked and answered many times before, which means that you have a kind of blindness.

ATMs are installed many different places. It is cheaper to manufacture one kind of ATM that can go any place, than have a different one where blind people rarely go.

You could have a passenger in car who is blind.

Some day blind people will be drinving, after SMART CAR highways are perfected in all nations.
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By: yanta_1999

yanta_1999 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:18:59 +0000

That was my question the other day. I can see it for the walk-up atms but the drive-up ones don't make any sense at all. That is taking political correctness a bit too far for me. Banks are scared to death that they might be accused of discriminatiion. i worked for a huge nationally know bank and one year at Christmas, we were told we could not put up anything pertaining to Christmas, no decorations, no trees, etc. Because that might offend someone. It is totally ridiculous
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By: helms10

helms10 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:54:59 +0000

not all ATM's are "drivethru" ATMs and im sure they only make one type of ATM for all the locations that they are placed.
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By: mybuttstinks2001

mybuttstinks2001 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:13:59 +0000

Not all ATM's are drive through
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By: Stimpson J. Cat

Stimpson J. Cat — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:53:59 +0000

I had to wonder about that one myself.
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By: richard d

richard d — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:11:59 +0000

no but they do have bank accts
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