please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . july 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message access is type private industry manufacturing founded reading england 1985 headquarters reading berkshire uk products computer keyboards bar code readers msr ocr passport readers website access is website access is develops and manufactures electronic systems designed to accurately capture and transfer information into electronic systems based on 30 years experience in image processing rfid nfc technology and barcode reading . access is also manufactures specialist keyboards for banking and pos point of sale applications . operating in over 72 countries access is is focussed on three specialised verticals ; airline airport id document readers & security and transport ticketing . in addition to its custom keyboards which are used by banks trading floors airlines and retailers the product range also includes boarding gate readers a range of document readers for id document and age verification and paper and electronic ticket readers for ground transport and access control . access has its headquarters in reading uk with approximately 60 salaried staff . in addition it has a sales subsidiary in atlanta usa and an associate company in melbourne australia . access is is the trading name of access limited . for further information on the brand name see below . contents 1 background to the name 2 technology 3 history 3.1 1980s 3.2 1990s 3.3 2000 onwards 4 references 5 external links background to the name edit access is is an abbreviation of access interfacing solutions . 1 originally access keyboards limited the company was renamed access ltd and adopted the brand name access is in october 2007 to reflect the broader product offering the company offered . the new logo device was intended to allude to the company s history in keyboard design by using the shape of a keyboard return key . the two interlocking shapes that make up the logo device was intended to represent the process of interfacing to pass data between systems or between media and host systems . 2 technology edit optical character recognition reading micr magnetic stripe card reading biometric fingerprint readers smart card and contactless smart card reading e passport decoding and reading bar code scanners and airport boarding gate readers . history edit 1980s edit 1984 the company was incorporated in december 1984 and was wholly owned by the videcom group of companies . access is then named access keyboards began trading january 1985 . 1989 became authorised distributor for cherry keyboards . 1990s edit 1992 gained iso 9001 accreditation . 3 1994 became autonomous in 1994 after a management buy out with funding provided by 3i . 1997 first programmable point of sale keyboards launched . 2000 onwards edit 2004 3i s shares were sold back to the company . 2006 access manufacture bgr boarding gate readers . 2007 subsidiary established in atlanta . 2007 access keyboards limited renamed access limited and began trading as access is . 2009 access is gained iso 9001 2008 . certificate no. 21703 2011 access is released a range of id document readers for document authentification 2014 the kingdom of saudi arabia accredited two access is electronic passport readers for use by hajj and umrah tour operators and agents worldwide to process the passports of pilgrims . products airports airline access is designs and manufactures technology for reading barcodes rfid nfc and passports id cards for a range of applications from check in to boarding . id & security products include ; e passport e id and e driving license readers for government and commercial applications . from small oem ocr readers for integration into mobile devices to full half page passport readers access is products are designed for applications such as ; border control immigration document issuance law enforcement banking gaming retail kyc and anti money laundering etc. transport ticketing barcode and rfid nfc readers for self service data capture applications products include ; ticket readers and validators for public transport systems event and stadium entrance and exit as well as other applications . references edit http www.access is.com access is history.php http www.access is.com access is history.php http www.access is.com iso9001 at access is.php external links edit access is website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title access is & oldid 712989233 categories computer peripheral companiescomputer hardware companieselectronics companies of the united kingdomcomputer companies established in 1984hidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2014all articles needing additional referencesorphaned articles from july 2009all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 april 2016 at 07 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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