Patent ID: 7637421

Claim:
A cash dispensing automated banking machine comprising: at least one computer a cash dispenser in operative connection with the at least one computer; an external port in operative connection with the at least one computer, wherein the external port is adapted to enable a portable speaker device to be releasibly connected thereto by a user performing a transaction with the machine; wherein the at least one computer is operative to determine whether the portable speaker device is connected to the external port, wherein when the portable speaker device is determined to not be connected to the external port, the at least one computer is operative to cause a display device to output visible information associated with the transaction, wherein when the portable speaker device is determined to be connected to the external port, the at least one computer is operative to: cause the display device to output a message indicating that information not being shown through the display device may be displayed through the display device by providing an input through an input device of the machine; prior to receiving the input, not cause the display device to output the visible information associated with the transaction and to cause the external port to produce an audible output through the portable speaker device which includes verbal information associated with the transaction; and after receiving the input: i) cause the display device to output the visible information associated with the transaction; and ii) cause the external port to produce an audible output through the portable speaker device which includes verbal information associated with the transaction.