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NY A04766
Bill
Status
5/11/2009
Primary Sponsor
Thomas Alfano
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AI Summary
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Requires all automated teller machines to be "speech enabled" with operating instructions, transaction prompts, error messages, and displayed information accessible to and independently usable by visually impaired individuals through audio output via industry-standard connectors or telephone handsets.
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Mandates at least one accessible ATM at each location where ATMs are installed.
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Applies to all ATMs installed six months after the effective date, and to previously installed ATMs whenever they are replaced or fully rehabilitated.
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Permits audible tones instead of speech for security-related visual output (such as asterisks masking personal identification numbers) and exempts non-transactional advertisements from audio requirements unless they convey transaction-related information.
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Takes effect 120 days after becoming law; authorizes the superintendent of banks to promulgate rules and regulations for implementation.
Legislative Description
Requires ATMs to use both audio and visual system of relaying messages to its customers; provides that this provision would enable those individuals that are visually impaired to access ATMs without the assistance of another person; requires the audio system to convey substantially the same information as the visual; provides for rules and regulations to be promulgated by the superintendent of banks.
Last Action
REFERRED TO BANKS
5/17/2010