brian <sackriderbrian45@...>
Lets not forget that not everyone has a smart phone and not
everyone has a credit card or a debit card because they don't have
a bank account. They are just defying the judgment against them
they are just lazy and they are hoping that the total cashless
society will come quick enough so they don't have to make our
money accessable. The Usa is the only country that does not have
accessable money how sad. We have to depend on sighted people to
tell us what our money is and trust them to tell us the truth.
This does not make me proud to be an american. our goverment is
telling us loud and clear that they don't care about our needs and
we are American citizens what a shame. I hope that those of you
who live in countries and do have accessable curency are most
greatful and thankful for the gift of financial independence. We
Americans would love to have this but who knows if we will ever
have it. Our paper money just all feels the same. a hundred
dollar bills feels like a one dallar bill. I do wish that we had
the kind of money that Canada has they have done it right so if
they can do it then so can the Usa. We have been provided with
money readers by nls as a sulution but try to use this device at
the check out counter and see what happens you will be holding up
the line. this is a very bad sulution to the problem of
inaccessable curency. It does not matter if you fold your bills
in different ways or you have a billfold with 4 compartments as I
have you first have to know what the bills are. If you get in a
hury you could miss fold the bill or put it in the wrong
compartment I have done this. We need to be able to identify our
paper curency quickly and acuratly.
Brian Sackrider
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On 6/8/2018 11:37 PM, Holger Fiallo
wrote:
Do we need it? Now that we have apps that can tell us
what is what? Just asking.
From: Andy
Sent: Friday, June 8, 2018 10:27 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] accessible money
In 2008 the Federal courts
ruled that the U. S. Treasury Dept. had to make currency
accessible. They have diddled around for years, with
study after study, and still no accessible money. They
just don't want to do it, and are hoping that people
will use credit and devit cards, etc.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: Jaffar Sidek
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Sent: Friday, June
08, 2018 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [nvda]
accessible money
Hi. I am in a rather unique position because i get to
experience both sides of money, accessible and
inaccessible. Here in Singapore, we have currency notes
of different sizes and made of different materials. $2,
$5 and $10 are of different sizes and are made of
plastic, $2 being the smallest and $10 being the biggest
size of this sub group. Then there
is the group of $50, $100, $500 and $1000 currency notes.
These are made of tough paper, again of different sizes.
It is easy to tell the diference between one denomination
from the other once you get use to it. On the other hand,
I am married to a Filipina, and The Philippines Peso notes
are all of the same size, no matter which currency, so i
need guidance on that score when I am back in the
philippines with wife and family. Cheers!
On 6/9/2018 11:03 AM, Gene
wrote:
It isn't reasonable to
ask that switching to coins be done.
I'll use American
denominations in examples since I don't know your
denominations. Who is going to be willing to carry
nothing but coins? If I pay for something with a
ten dollar coin, I'm not going to want to get four
coins for dollars and two quarters, a dime and a
nickel back. If I pay for something with a ten
dollar coin and I'm owed eight dollars and twenty
cents, I am not going to want to receive a five
dollar coin, three one dollar coins and two dimes.
People aren't going to walk around with lots of
heavy coins jingling in their pockets and wearing
out the material in their clothes.
and think of all the
different coins you would have to learn. The penny,
nickel, dime, quarter, dollar, five dollar, ten,
twenty, fifty, assuming you never have a higher
denomination.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Canazzi
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2018 8:05 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] accessible money
Hi Kerryn,
If you can convince the powers that be in Trinidad to
switch to all coinage rather than paper money, that
would be the ideal thing to do. Most blind people
here in the United States have no difficulty with
coinage. The pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters are
all differently rimmed and of different sizes and
weights. In the United States, we like our paper
money. There was great resistance to any change for
large denominations than quarters. However in a
smaller country like Trinidad, you might have less
resistance. Good luck.
On 6/8/2018 8:29 PM, Kerryn
Gunness via Groups.Io wrote:
hi
we in trinidad would like to make our money
accessible to our blind or visually impaired
persons
what guidelines we should work with as to
approach the powers that be, in our meeting on
tuesday 12th june, in having this done, in terms
of technology, tack tile immages etc
thanks
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