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From: Jim Allan
Date: Tue, Aug 28 2018 3:15PM
Subject: point of sale app
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Hi All,
here at the school the students run a bistro (10 items on the menu). We are
looking for an accessible usable point of sale app on iOS or android. Any
ideas?
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Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9452 http://www.tsbvi.edu/
"We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
From: Pratik Patel
Date: Tue, Aug 28 2018 3:26PM
Subject: Re: point of sale app
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Hello,
Here are a few things to consider. Will your students be swiping
credit/debit cards with the app? Or will they be keying in the information?
Generally, those systems which provide swiping have a card reader that
connects to the headphone jack of the phone or device. In that case,
listening to the output will not be possible. However, if you choose to key
in the data, you will not need the card reader. It is also possible to use a
braille display connected to the device to read input and output.
By all accounts and experience, the app by Square is the best option for
your needs.
Let me know if you have specific questions.
Regards,
Pratik
From: Jim Allan
Date: Tue, Aug 28 2018 3:35PM
Subject: Re: point of sale app
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Hi Pratik
we want the card swipe. On the ipad have found MagTek that works through
the power plug so now Voice over works without an audio jack splitter.
Will check out Square... alas they don't have a card reader that doesn't
use the audio jack.
I am looking at android, talkback and audio jack issues now.
Jim
On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 4:26 PM Pratik Patel < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Here are a few things to consider. Will your students be swiping
> credit/debit cards with the app? Or will they be keying in the information?
> Generally, those systems which provide swiping have a card reader that
> connects to the headphone jack of the phone or device. In that case,
> listening to the output will not be possible. However, if you choose to key
> in the data, you will not need the card reader. It is also possible to use
> a
> braille display connected to the device to read input and output.
>
> By all accounts and experience, the app by Square is the best option for
> your needs.
>
> Let me know if you have specific questions.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pratik
>
>
From: Jim Allan
Date: Tue, Aug 28 2018 3:51PM
Subject: Re: point of sale app
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although it seems clumsy will look at the audio splitter for iPad.
On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 4:35 PM Jim Allan < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Hi Pratik
> we want the card swipe. On the ipad have found MagTek that works through
> the power plug so now Voice over works without an audio jack splitter.
> Will check out Square... alas they don't have a card reader that doesn't
> use the audio jack.
> I am looking at android, talkback and audio jack issues now.
> Jim
>
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 4:26 PM Pratik Patel < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Here are a few things to consider. Will your students be swiping
>> credit/debit cards with the app? Or will they be keying in the
>> information?
>> Generally, those systems which provide swiping have a card reader that
>> connects to the headphone jack of the phone or device. In that case,
>> listening to the output will not be possible. However, if you choose to
>> key
>> in the data, you will not need the card reader. It is also possible to
>> use a
>> braille display connected to the device to read input and output.
>>
>> By all accounts and experience, the app by Square is the best option for
>> your needs.
>>
>> Let me know if you have specific questions.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Pratik
>>
>>
From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Wed, Aug 29 2018 6:41AM
Subject: Re: point of sale app
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Several years ago we had looked into this and I'm not sure an audio splitter was an option because the card reader that relied on the audio jack prevented the user from hearing VoiceOver. I had thought that Bluetooth audio might be an option as well as braille. As an alternative I did read that Square has a card reader that does not use the audio jack -- it uses Bluetooth. However, the new hard reader only supports chip cards and NFC and not magnetic strip only cards.
Jonathan