Auckland bus passengers take their tickets with out a voice reminding them. It can be done!

Easy tiger... anyone riding the Hutt Valley or Newlands buses have been taking their own tickets for like, forever. It's only the Wgtn ones which have that tear-strip which they don't like you grabbing, cos half the time it's all stuffed-up anyways. But yeah, could do without the voice. Which I haven't heard yet. But every time I get on or off a Snapper-enabled bus, I hear beeping.. is it reading the CardAx rfid tab in my pocket?