The ONCB (National Organization of the Blind in Brazil) will present an accessible credit card machine for people with visual impairments.
The launch takes place at the inclusion and accessibility fair held this week in São Paulo.
According to the entity, the equipment, developed by the banking and commercial automation company Perto, has a physical keyboard, enlarged letters and a synthesizer that verbalizes all the information.
Also according to the ONCB, the product has already received the Soina seal, created by the entity to certify services accessible to people with disabilities.
Joana Cunha with Paulo Ricardo Martins and Diego Felix
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