Transaction terminal and adaptor therefor

A transaction terminal comprising:

• a terminal housing having a touch screen disposed within a recess in said terminal housing;
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• an insert having a deck defined by a flange that extends upwardly and outwardly from a perimeter of said deck, said insert supported on said housing with said deck disposed in operative engagement with said touch screen, said deck having at least one discrete opening therethrough providing access to a selected portion of said touch screen, said at least one discrete opening in said deck including a concavely contoured recess, said recess generally conforming to a human finger tip.

An insert for use in connection with a transaction terminal having a touch screen region, said insert comprising a recessed deck adapted to be supported on the terminal over the touch screen said recessed deck being defined by a flange that extends upwardly and outwardly from a perimeter of said recessed deck, said recessed deck having at least one discrete opening therethrough through which a user may touch a selected portion of the touch screen.

An adaptor assembly for adapting a display screen having a touch screen for use by the vision-impaired, said touch screen surrounded by a raised frame, said adaptor comprising:

• an insert having a recessed deck defined by a flange that extends upwardly and outwardly from a perimeter of said recessed deck, said insert adapted to be supported by the raised frame surrounding said touch screen with said recessed deck disposed over the touch screen region of said touch screen, said recessed deck having a plurality of discrete openings therethrough providing access to selected portions of said touch screen;
• an overlay disposed atop said recessed deck, said overlay having a plurality of keys displayed on an observe side thereof, said plurality of keys having a one-to-one correspondence with said plurality of discrete openings through said recessed deck, one key being juxtaposed over each of said plurality of discrete openings through said recessed deck.