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From: shprentz@bdmrrr.UUCP (Joel Shprentz)
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Subject: Re: UPC Scanners
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Date: Wed, 25-Dec-85 13:42:49 EST
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I heard a criticism of the voice synthesizer attached to a cash
register from a midwestern friend.  His grocery will accept
a paycheck at the cash register in payment for food, returning
the balance of the paycheck in cash.  His complaint is that
the voice announces the value of his paycheck for all to hear.

It seems that the quality of service provided by the UPC scanners
is more a function of store management than technology.  At the
Giant food stores I shop in, every product's price and unit price
is on a large shelf label.  I've seldom seen a mistake at the
register.

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Joel Shprentz			Phone:  (703) 848-8614
BDM Corporation			Uucp:  {seismo,rlgvax}!bdmrrr!shprentz
7915 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, Virginia  22102