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Article: Banknorth and the National Federation of the Blind Announce Plan for Talking ATMs.
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- April 2, 2002
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PORTLAND, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2002
Banknorth, NA ("Banknorth") will install voice-activated ("talking") automated teller machines (ATMs) at its 400 ATM locations in Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and upstate New York, according to an agreement announced today by the bank's holding company, Banknorth Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), and the National Federation of the Blind (NFB).
Banknorth plans to launch a pilot program to install talking ATMs in its Vermont locations later this year. That pilot effort will be followed by a five-year, $4.8 million rollout program in which talking ATMs will be ...