[gui-talk] smart card reader

[richard kurlander]

do you know anything about the reader? is it just called a smart card 
reader? I will check on amazon. wonder how you can hook it up to the 
smart card machine? in nyc companies don't want to use coins because 
of stealing?At 08:33 PM 5/25/2015, Don Moore via gui-talk wrote:
>I saw a Smart Card Reader on Amazon.  Interesting, I wonder if that would
>work.  Since I'm the president of our condo association, we're still using
>quarters. <grin>
>
>
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>Andrews via gui-talk
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>Cc: David Andrews
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] smart card reader
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>This is a hard one, because it is probably a closed system.  You
>might be able to use the KNFB Reader to OCR the screens, but this
>might or might not work, and might not be available to you.
>
>As this sort of stuff moves into the cloud, speech-enabling might get
>easier, like with Comcast's X3 system.
>
>Another thing to look into is to see if the system has a iOS or
>Android app that can control it.  One of these might be more accessible.
>
>Dave
>
>At 12:00 AM 5/21/2015, you wrote:
> >totally blind want to know is there any voice that will work with
> >the pinmate smart card system that hercules laundrey uses. In my
> >building where I live in brooklyn the coop uses hercules which uses
> >a smart card for working the washers and dreyers. I know the buttons
> >on the washers and there are locater dots on the dreyers so I know
> >the various temperatures but when I put the card in the washer or
> >dreyer can't read anything since I am totally blind and there is no
> >voice. also when I want to add money to my card I am able to buy a
> >code on line after telling the website how much money  I want add to
> >my  card however when I put the card in the smart card reader no
> >voice so I don't know when to enter the code from the keypad on the
> >card reader. any help would be grately appreciated.
>
>          David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
>E-Mail:  dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org
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