[gui-talk] Fwd: article: Safeway Installs New Equipment to Protect Financial Privacy of Shoppers With Visual Impairments

Wed Nov 8 06:23:22 CST 2006

I didn't notice any mention of audible feedback here.  Did I miss something?

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From: "Steve Pattison" <srp at internode.on.net>
To: "GUI Talk" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>; "Access-L" <access-l at access-l.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 4:10 AM
Subject: [gui-talk] Fwd: article: Safeway Installs New Equipment to Protect 
Financial Privacy of Shoppers With Visual Impairments

>From: Susan Thompson susan at sthompson.net
>To: vip-l at softspeak.com.au
>
>Business Wire
>Tuesday, October 31, 2006
>Safeway Installs New Equipment to Protect Financial Privacy of Shoppers 
>With
>Visual Impairments Blind Community Leaders Applaud Safeway's Commitment
>PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a move praised by state and 
>national
>blind organizations, Safeway (NYSE:SWY) today announced that it has begun
>installing equipment to protect the privacy and security of Safeway 
>shoppers
>with visual impairments.
>The new devices plug into existing point of sale payment machines and have
>tactile keys arranged like a standard telephone keypad. They will allow
>Safeway shoppers who have difficulty reading information on a touchscreen 
>to
>privately and independently enter their PIN, telephone number, and other
>confidential information.
>Safeway operates stores across the country under the banners Safeway, Vons,
>Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Genuardi's, Dominick's, Pak'n Save Foods 
>and
>Carrs stores. Every Safeway store in California has already been equipped
>with several of the devices, and they will be installed across the country
>over the next 12 months.
>Today's announcement is the result of collaboration between Safeway and
>major blindness organizations including the American Foundation for the
>Blind, American Council of the Blind and the California Council of the
>Blind. "ACB and CCB are membership organizations with thousands of members
>across the country and in California who will benefit from Safeway's
>commitment," said Jeff Thom, President of the CCB. Carl Augusto, President
>and CEO of the AFB, also praised Safeway's announcement: "Today's
>announcement by Safeway demonstrates the Company's commitment to the 
>privacy
>and convenience of its blind and visually impaired customers."
>"Safeway has a long history of supporting our communities and people with
>disabilities.
>This decision is one way we can help customers who are blind or visually
>impaired experience a better shopping experience in every Safeway store
>throughout the country,"
>said Larree Renda, Safeway Executive Vice President Chief Strategist and
>Administrative Officer.
>According to the website of the American Foundation for the Blind, there 
>are
>approximately 10 million blind and visually impaired people in the United
>States.
>About Safeway
>Safeway Inc. is a Fortune 50 company and one of the largest food and drug
>retailers in North America based on sales. The company operates 1,767 
>stores
>in the United States and Canada and had annual sales of $38.4 billion in
>2005. The company's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange
>under the symbol SWY.
>About the American Council of the Blind (ACB) and the California Council of
>the Blind
>(CCB)
>The American Council of the Blind is a national consumer-based advocacy
>organization working on behalf of blind and visually impaired Americans
>throughout the country, with members organized through seventy state and
>special interest affiliates. The California Council of the Blind is the
>California affiliate of the ACB, and is a statewide membership 
>organization,
>with 40 local chapters and statewide special interest associations. The ACB
>and CCB are dedicated to improving the quality of life, equality of
>opportunity and independence of all people who have visual impairments.
>Their
>members and affiliated organizations have a long history of commitment to
>the advancement of policies and programs which will enhance independence 
>for
>people who are blind and visually impaired. More information about the ACB
>and CCB can be found by visiting www.acb.org  and http://www.ccbnet.org/ .
>About the American Foundation for the Blind The American Foundation for the
>Blind (AFB) is a national nonprofit that expands possibilities for people
>with vision loss. AFB's priorities include broadening access to technology;
>elevating the quality of information and tools for the professionals who
>serve people with vision loss; and promoting independent and healthy living
>for people with vision loss by providing them and their families with
>relevant and timely resources. AFB is also proud to house the Helen Keller
>Archives and honor the over forty years that Helen Keller worked tirelessly
>with AFB. For more information visit us online.
>Contacts
>Safeway Inc.
>Brian Dowling, 925-467-3787
>Teena Massingill, 925-467-3810
>or
>AFB, ACB, CCB
>Lainey Feingold, 510-548-5062
>lfeingold at earthlink.net
>Linda Dardarian, 510-763-9800
>ldardarian at gdblegal.com
>http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_vie
>w&newsId=20061031005360&newsLang=en

Regards Steve
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