METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A VOICE OUTPUT FOR CARD-BASED AUTOMATIC TRANSACTION SYSTEM

In an automatic transaction system such as a cash dispenser, a telephone or a ticket vending machine having a card reader for reading the content of a card and a voice output unit for guiding an operation procedure following a card loading with synthesized speech, when a card in which a data of user's hearing sensitivity is recorded/embossed is inserted, the hearing sensitivity data is read out from the card the voice output unit is accordingly controlled to output an indication voice or a guidance voice for the user with a volume and a quality of tone corresponding to the read hearing sensitivity data, and the hearing sensitivity data set for the voice output is updated each time a predetermined time for an operation of the user lapses to increase the volume of the output voice, and/or modify the tone quality thereof to thereby aid the hearing of the speech guidance.