deeptub
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Cash Registers
Speaking of cash register noise...did any stores outside of the Chicago-area Jewels have talking registers? They appeared sometime in the early 80's. They've all disappeared in the last 5 years or so.
I think the registers were NCR, and they had a box called a POSitalker mounted on a pole. A woman's voice would speak the price of each item as it was scanned.
TWO FORTY NINE
ONE NINETY NINE
NINETY NINE CENTS, etc.
The conclusion of a sale went something like this:
TOTAL--FORTY ONE FIFTY SIX
CASH--FIFTY DOLLARS
CHANGE DUE--EIGHT FORTY FOUR
Agony would be the shopper with a big stack of coupons:
FIFTY CENTS--CREDIT!
TWENTY FIVE CENTS--CREDIT!
ONE DOLLAR--CREDIT!
ad nauseum
I'm surprised that they've disappeared. Now that we're really trying to address the needs of individuals with diabilities, they've eliminated something that was so useful the visually impaired (though doubtless annoying to the cashier who listened to it for an entire shift).
T.
Speaking of cash register noise...did any stores outside of the Chicago-area Jewels have talking registers? They appeared sometime in the early 80's. They've all disappeared in the last 5 years or so.
I think the registers were NCR, and they had a box called a POSitalker mounted on a pole. A woman's voice would speak the price of each item as it was scanned.
TWO FORTY NINE
ONE NINETY NINE
NINETY NINE CENTS, etc.
The conclusion of a sale went something like this:
TOTAL--FORTY ONE FIFTY SIX
CASH--FIFTY DOLLARS
CHANGE DUE--EIGHT FORTY FOUR
Agony would be the shopper with a big stack of coupons:
FIFTY CENTS--CREDIT!
TWENTY FIVE CENTS--CREDIT!
ONE DOLLAR--CREDIT!
ad nauseum
I'm surprised that they've disappeared. Now that we're really trying to address the needs of individuals with diabilities, they've eliminated something that was so useful the visually impaired (though doubtless annoying to the cashier who listened to it for an entire shift).
T.