Interestingly enough - with your example - the ticket machines of the german bahn are quite efficient if you know what you need, making their interface even bet

Interestingly enough - with your example - the ticket machines of the german bahn are quite efficient if you know what you need, making their interface even better. For example, there are regional tickets that allow you to take just about all the regional trains for a day with a group of people. You can find this ticket if you poke in your destination (the default prompt), select it, and then it gives you the option to use this or other types of tickets. Or you go ahead and select "all tickets", type NDS, skip options and pay. Takes less than a minute.