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The rise in the popularity of touchscreen Eftpos machines is leaving some blind low-vision New Zealanders with no option but to share their private details with strangers.
The terminals are one of the newer rollouts in a decade of transition towards buttonless self-checkouts.
But the advancement in technology means those who are vision impaired can no longer punch in their pin-code, if Paywave is not an option.
Wellington's Callum McMenamin, a digital accessibility advocate who has low vision, speaks to Kathryn Ryan.
