[Nfbnet-members-list] New Accessibility Features Coming to PrestoPrime EMV System
National Federation of the Blind
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Wed Jan 10 02:58:25 UTC 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Accessibility Features Coming to PrestoPrime EMV System
E la Carte, Applebee’s® Grill + Bar, National
Federation of the Blind, and LightHouse for the
Blind and Visually Impaired of San Francisco
Announce Collaboration to Make In-Restaurant
Table-top Tablets Accessible to Blind Guests
Redwood City, Calif. (January 9, 2018):
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la Carte, Inc., creators of the PrestoPrime™ EMV
System™ for full-service restaurants, and
Applebee’s® Neighborhood Grill + Bar, announced
today a partnership with the National Federation
of the Blind (NFB) and LightHouse for the Blind
and Visually Impaired of San Francisco to produce
a text-to-speech capability for the PrestoPrime
EMV System that will be incorporated into all
current and future Presto tablets, including
those used in Applebee’s Grill + Bar restaurants
nationwide. This enhancement is a result of
collaboration among these organizations and
several blind members of the NFB in California to
develop new functionality that enables blind
persons to interact with the Presto System.
The new Presto tablet functionality enables blind
persons to independently order menu items, pay
their bills, and perform other functions using
the tablet that is provided for guests to enhance
their in-restaurant dining experience. By
performing certain gestures, blind patrons can
turn on the text-to-speech capability of the
tablets in order to access the new functionality.
In addition, blind patrons can take advantage of
the audio jack available on newer PrestoPrime EMV
tablets to activate the text-to-speech capability
by simply plugging in a pair of headphones. The
audio jack on PrestoPrime EMV tablets can be
found and identified by a Braille tactile label located next to the jack.
E la Carte and Applebee’s have been working with
the National Federation of the Blind and
Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired of
San Francisco for the past several months to
develop the new functionality, which has been
tested by blind consumers. This continued
testing, and the related feedback, will help E la
Carte to fine-tune the technology to provide a
user-friendly experience for blind consumers that
is similar to other mobile and small screen device applications.
“Like many new technologies, the E la Carte
system has the potential to provide the blind
with greater independence than ever before, since
we will now be able to access a restaurant’s menu
choices in the same way that other customers do,”
said Mark Riccobono, President of the National
Federation of the Blind. “We therefore applaud E
la Carte in its efforts to provide to blind
diners the same access to the Presto System that
sighted persons enjoy, while also helping the
restaurants who deploy the system comply with the
Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable laws.”
“E la Carte is proud to have produced a
PrestoPrime EMV user experience for blind
persons,” said Rajat Suri, founder and CEO of E
la Carte. “The assistance we received from the
National Federation of the Blind and Lighthouse
for the Blind and Visually Impaired of San
Francisco was invaluable to the achievement of a
user experience that is familiar and comfortable for blind users.”
“We are thrilled with this outcome,” said
LightHouse CEO Bryan Bashin, “Thanks to this
collaboration, the E la Carte tablet will work
for blind people, not just at Applebee’s, but at
any restaurant that uses it. We hope others will follow their lead.”
The new accessibility functionality will be
included as a standard part of the Presto System
and tablets and is available to all E la Carte customers.
Attorneys at Brown Goldstein & Levy LLP,
Disability Rights Advocates, and TRE Legal
Practice helped facilitate this collaboration.
About E la Carte and PrestoPrime EMV System
E la Carte, developers of the PrestoPrime EMV
tablet and PrestoPrime EMV System, leads the
table-top dining revolution with its
guest-facing, pay-at-the-table, e-commerce
system. Installed in over 1,800 restaurants
across the nation, including Applebee’s (a
division of DineEquity, NYSE:DINE) and selected
Outback Steakhouse Restaurants (a division of
Bloomin’ Brands, Inc., Nasdaq: BLMN), the Presto
System enables restaurant guests to take greater
control over their dining experience by allowing
them to order from a full menu, play exciting
interactive games, and pay their bill directly
from the table. The PrestoPrime EMV tablet also
provides operational and financial benefits to
restaurant operators which drives increased
profitability, and unlocks restaurant data that
was previously inaccessible, enabling smarter
decisions around guest satisfaction. E la Carte’s
new dual processor, secure PrestoPrime EMV System
is software compatible with the current
generation Presto System - more than 90,000 of
which are at work every day in more than 1,800
restaurants across the United States - and
includes twice the memory and four times the
flash storage of the current generation, and a
securely partitioned payment module that enables
point-to-point encryption (P2PE) security, EMV,
and multiple forms of payment, including
PIN-entry payment, Magstripe, and NFC capability
for contactless payment systems such as Apple Pay and Samsung Pay.
About National Federation of the Blind
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB),
headquartered in Baltimore, is the oldest and
largest nationwide organization of blind
Americans. Founded in 1940, the NFB consists of
affiliates, chapters, and divisions in the fifty
states, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico. The NFB
defends the rights of blind people of all ages
and provides information and support to families
with blind children, older Americans who are
losing vision, and more. We believe in the hopes
and dreams of blind people and work together to
transform them into reality. Learn more about our
many programs and initiatives at
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About LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired of San Francisco
Founded in 1902, San Francisco’s LightHouse for
the Blind and Visually Impaired promotes the
independence, equality and self-reliance of
people who are blind or have low vision. We offer
blindness skills training and relevant services
such as access to employment, education,
government, information, recreation,
transportation and the environment. We also
pursue the development of new technology,
encourage innovation, and amplify the voices of
blind individuals around the world.
CONTACT:
Chris Danielsen
Director of Public Relations
National Federation of the Blind
(410) 659-9314, extension 2330
(410) 262-1281 (Cell)
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