[real-eyes] Re: $5 System
- From: "Reginald George" <sgeorge@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 10:52:39 -0600
Hi Em,
Not a bad idea at all. I just wish we had that option at A.T.Ms as I find
myself having to use those a lot. Also this doesn't eliminate the fear in
larger cities for some folks that people will tell you they are giving you
fives and give you ones instead. And often folks won't have enough fives
to give you. Then lines get held up while they try to find proper change
and so on. There's just a certain comfort in being able to count ones own
money and knowing the count is accurate just as we do with coins from the
moment you cash the check and have it in your hands. I fold my money and,
that works quite well for me. But often I still must stop the cashier
momentarily to make sure of the order they are handing me the bills. When
I'm alone for weeks at a time mistakes get made. Using an identifier is
only a partial solution. I was talking to my roommate yesterday and, he's
right about one thing. This isn't the most important issue in the world by
a long shot. We just can't always pick the order things come up in the
courts and if the decision should hold it will send a strong message that
inclusiveness for everyone should be a priority in access to lots of
products and services like books, the web, and other electronics. It's a
small victory for universal design principals like medicine bottles and
packaging that older folks with bad hands could open, talking prescription
bottles and magnifiers for those who can't afford them, I could go on and
on.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Emily M. Parris" <emily@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 1 December 2006 Friday 9:53 AM
Subject: [real-eyes] $5 System
Since everyone is talking about money I thought it would be a good time to
tell about my $5 System that could be implemented by any blind person.
1. Get all your money from the bank in $5 bills only! Keep those in one
place.
2. As you pay for items all your change will be $1 bills. So keep those in
another place. You never have to wonder whether a bill is a $10 or a $20
because you won't be dealing with them. You just build upwards to pay a
larger bill and all your change comes back in $1 bills or in change. You
only need to keep track of 2 categories of money and you would always know
what was happening.
Emily
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Epley" <gregepley@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:20 AM
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: money follow up
> Since I went blind in my late thirties and will likely never know braille,
I
> like the idea of the different sized bills over using dots, unless they
can
> do the dots in a way that any blind person could understand. Braille's
all
> fine, well and good for those who know it. I'm fortunate to at least have
> one of the electronic readers right now. I'm just afraid their solution's
> going to be putting braille dots on the money and I'll still have to
resort
> to my electronic device because braille will never be an option for me.
> -Greg Epley
> Thinkzo Systems
> Web: http://www.thinkzo.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chip Bloch" <wbloch@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 6:09 PM
> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: money follow up
>
>
> Howdy,
>
> Thanks to all of you who have participated in this debate, no matter what
> your point of view. There is nothing so controversial that it can't be
> talked about. I do agree with Reg, however, that timing is everything. I
> personally like the idea of different size bills with the one dollar bill
> remaining the same size to minimize problems with the vending machines.
>
> Also, thanks to all of you for not pointing out that I do not know my
period
> from my comma when I originally posted the vote totals. My fingers were
> going faster than my brain, which isn't that hard to do. <grin>
>
> Chip
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chip Bloch" <wbloch@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 9:51 PM
> Subject: [real-eyes] money follow up
>
>
> > This is an interesting follow up to the story about accessible money for
> > the visually impaired. CNN has been running an on line poll on their
> > webpage at www.cnn.com
> > The question is "Should dollar bills be printed so that blind people can
> > tell the difference between denominations?"
> >
> > As of 9:50 pm Central Standard Time tonight the results are:
> > yes 70% or 60.523 votes
> > no 30% or 26,152 votes
> >
> >
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