Make Money Talk
The RNIB has been running this campaign for quite a while now, and most of the financial retail services have announced their commitment to upgrade most of their cash machines to provide a voice prompt and messages to help a blind person use an ATM.
Here is a sample of what a cash machine will sound like when you plug in a headphone:
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(This was recorded off a Barclays Bank cash machine in Great Yarmouth)
and here is a live recording of using a cash machine:
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(On a busy road outside Barclays Bank in Great Yarmouth)
For instructions on where the headphone socket is and the new method for blind users to withdraw cash from a Barclays Bank and similar cash machines, please read the following article.
Latest News
- Barclays Bank - Instructions in using their talking cash machines (January 2013)
- COOP Bank and Nationwide joins Project to make their ATMs talks
- Barclays Bank Announces that 75% of all their ATMs now Talks!
and you can visit RNIB’s web site for the latest news of their campaign at Your Money – Cash Machine News
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