Sorry for an untraditional question that has more to do with terminology than with coding, but I believe that here at StackOverflow are lots of people whose native language is english, and they could make the right suggestions. So the deal is that I'm writing FrontEnd UI for self-service kiosk. First thing that an user must do to use kiosk is scan his RFID contactless card by bringing it to a reader.
Problem is simple but confusing at the same time - what's the best and most understandable expression to describe an action of quickly weaving card in front of reader that's located on a vertical kiosk surface right under screen and marked with LED circle?
My guesses and comments I've came up till now:
I guess that you can't use the expression "place on" if we talk about vertical surface and the fact that scanning only takes a tenth of a second, right? Some older folks can misunderstand and keep their cards pressed for minutes at time while making selections on screen.
Again - older folks maybe will not understand what "scan" means. In best case scenarios they may have used swipe-cards in past.
Very long phrasing for such a simple action?
Sounds a bit stupid, I guess..
This seems most understandable so far
Please, maybe some native speaker could give me his opinion on the subject, so I can at least have my consciousness clean that I've at least tried my best to come up with best solution. :)
This is by no means definitive, but what about Place card near circle - this is based on common verbiage that came to mind from Exxon's Speedpass. And since you will have a confirmation indicator (i.e. check mark animation) in addition to the text it seems enough to communicate the action required.
I agree you should make it as intuitive as possible, but it is difficult to fully educate a person who has never used an RFID card through a kiosk with universal text.
