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From: KNOCK Alistair
Date: Jan 19, 2005 3:20AM

Aren't we making a lot of fuss over nothing?

Read the article first. As I understand it, currently banks receive
checks (or cheques) from customers, enter them on a system, then send it
back to the issuing bank for verification that the check is valid.
Since checks are entirely visual, the existing system requires a sighted
user, as Mike B says. All the proposed system replaces in this exercise
is the need to physically post/courier checks from one bank to another;
instead, they are transferred electronically. Nothing changes with the
verification stage except the verifier is looking at a screen rather
than a piece of paper.

Yes, it's inaccessible, and it's always been inaccessible, but it isn't
customer facing and if a blind person was accepted for the job of
verifier/cashier, the bank would make adjustments to allow that person
to do their job effectively. An easier way of proceeding is to get rid
of checks altogether, which is what the banks are trying to do with
electronic payments anyway.

Incidentally, I was confused about this thread initially since I thought
it was about image validation. Should've stuck to Blighty spelling eh!

Have a nice day,

Alistair

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