Vending accommodation and accessibility

摘要

Vending accommodation and accessibility is described in connection with completing transactions by a machine. In certain aspects, the method includes entering an accommodation mode based on a user selection, displaying an accommodation menu comprising at least one selection button and a list of items available for vending, and announcing a selected item of the list of items available for vending. In other aspects, the method includes determining whether an item has been selected for vending based on touching at least one selection button according to instructions to a relative position of the selection button on a display screen. When determining that an item has been selected for vending, the method further includes prompting for payment to complete a transaction for the item.

主权项

1. A method for accommodation and accessibility, comprising:
operating a vending machine in a primary mode; announcing instructions for entry into an accommodation mode; before receiving an instruction to enter the accommodation mode, resetting and starting an accommodation announcement timer; determining whether the accommodation announcement timer has expired; when determining that the accommodation announcement timer has expired, announcing accommodation mode instructions and resetting the accommodation announcement timer; receiving an instruction to enter the accommodation mode; after receiving the instruction to enter the accommodation mode, entering the accommodation mode and resetting and starting an accommodation mode timer, wherein the accommodation mode is an alternative mode of operation from the primary mode designed to accommodate persons having disabilities; announcing a selected item of a list of items available for vending; determining, by a computing unit, whether the selected item has been selected for vending based on a touch of at least one selection button on a display; and when determining that the selected item has been selected for vending, prompting for payment.