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Please send your feedback to . For Immediate Release CONTACTS: Mike DeAngelis CVS/pharmacy 401 770 2645 Mitch Pomerantz American Council of the Blind 626 372 5150 Adrianna Montague Gray American Foundation for the Blind 212 502 7675 CVS/pharmacy Enhancing Accessibility for the Visually Impaired To Its WebSite and Store Point of Sales Devices Initiative Announced In Collaboration with State and National Organizationsfor the Blind WOONSOCKET, R. I. , July 30, 2009: CVS/pharmacy, the nation's largest retailpharmacy, announced today that it is implementing functional improvements tobenefit its customers with visual impairments and other disabilities. Thecompany has installed tactile keypads in all CVS stores and it will enhanceits website in 2009. Today's announcement is the result of a collaboration between CVS/pharmacy,the American Foundation for the Blind, American Council of the Blind andCalifornia Council of the Blind. CVS/pharmacy's actions were applauded bythese groups. "We are pleased to collaborate with organizations committed to advocacy forthe blind and introduce service enhancements in our stores and online thatwill increase access for our visually impaired customers," said HelenaFoulkes, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of CVSCaremark. Point of Sale Improvements CVS/pharmacy's point of sale improvements are designed to assist customerswho cannot read information on a flat screen point of sale device andtherefore cannot privately enter their PIN or other confidentialinformation. All CVS stores have been equipped, at a minimum, with atactile device at both the front check out counter and the pharmacy counterto ensure that customers unable to use a flat screen keypad do not have toprovide their PIN to a store employee. The company is also training itsstore employees to provide appropriate interaction with visually impairedcustomers regarding the use of the new tactile devices.

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The nice thing about professionally installed systems is you don't have to lift a finger; after you've placed your order a technician will come to your home, set everything up for you, and show you how the system works. It's important to note that in some areas you may have to file for a permit to have a security system installed in your home. Nearly all of the latest DIY and high end home security systems offer support for voice control via Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and in some cases Apple Siri, which allows you to unlock doors, change thermostat settings, open the garage, and arm or disarm your system with a spoken command to a connected device like an Amazon Echo or a Google Home speaker. Many also offer support for IFTTT If This Then That applets, which use triggers from IFTTT compatible web services and devices to create an action. For example, you can create an applet that says if a garage door is opened to turn on the floodlight. Whether you decide to go with a DIY system or opt for a professionally installed system, you'll have to pay a monthly or annual fee if you require monitoring, and in some cases, you'll be hit with a monthly fee to pay off the cost of hardware components.

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On the other hand, wireless items don’t require any maintenance, which is a great plus. So, now that we know the difference between two specific types of security equipment, we should move towards finding out how to get the best product. In the past, when hardwired home security systems were already well known and established, the wireless technology came knocking, giving us an alternative to the wall smashing, cable hell that hardwired systems produced. Obviously, in its first years, wireless home security was unstable, thus unreliable and despite its more convenient nature, these security holes as well as its higher price usually turned people away and back to the traditional hardwired systems. Quickly, this unreliability motif turned into a stamp that was slapped over anything involving wireless home security and although reliability and stability constantly went up during the years, people still preferred traditional methods over it. Nowadays, wireless home security more than caught up to its hardwired counter part in what involves the aforementioned factors of stability and reliability and although some are still reluctant to it, it's gained a lot in credibility as well. The only inconvenient is its higher price, but seeing how it offers the same performance and security as a hardwired system in a much more convenient, easy to maintain form, you should make an effort and dig deeper in your pocket to get a wireless home security system. What kind of wireless home security components can be found out there?Basically, anything that you can have hardwired you can easily create a wireless version. This means that you'll be able to replace all your old security cameras, your motion detectors, your burglar alarms, your keypads and even your smoke detectors to wireless form. You could go for a complete wireless home security system, including a control panel, a monitoring screen, keypads, security cameras, door and window sensors, motion detectors and so forth. The price of such a full wireless home security system varies heavily and is dependent on many factors, including the amount of zones it can cover, the quality of its components, the control panel's complexity and so forth.

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