[optacon-l] Re: Identifying Money From The Archives
- From: "Shari" <shariweir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 19:57:54 -0400
Sounds like this is a matter of personal preference. I need to ID a bill
maybe once every few months. With the optacon it takes me a minute or two,
which is a perfectly good solution for me. Good to have choices and listers
to share techniques for doing things with the optacon.
Shari
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Blier" <mblier@xxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 6:44 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Identifying Money From The Archives
> Hi, All,
>
> This is all very nice, but, why not just use the IBill? It's quick, and
> you're done in very much less time.
>
> Mark Blier
>
> <-->
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 2:47 AM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Identifying Money From The Archives
>
>
> Below is a set of messages taken from the Optacon User list archives. I
> hope that some of the information is helpful.
>
> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:30:41 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Catherine Thomas <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [optacon-l] Reading U.S. Currency Lesson One
>
> Hi, everyone,
> I spent an informative half hour with my reader yesterday examining the
> various denominations of U.S. bills or at least the ones, fives, tens and
> twenties. Below is some general information which may help you to be able
> to read the bills. Also, if you asked 100 sighted people who use the bills
> every day, I bet none of them could tell you off-hand the information in
> this message.
> PICTURES:
> U.S. bills have pictures on both sides but not the same picture. Each
> denomination has a picture of a President on one side and something else
> on the other.
> The names of the Presidents are black-onwhite but in each denomination
> they are located in a slightly different place and position.
> On the dollar bill the president is Washington and on the back is no
> picture but instead a very large ONE.
> On the five dollar bill, the President is Lincoln and on the back is the
> Lincoln Memorial.
> On the ten The President is actually Hamilton and the back picture is the
> U.S. Treasury building.
> On the twenty, the President is Jackson and the back picture is the White
> House.
>
> On all denominations, in all four corners on both surfaces (except for one
> corner on the twenty), there is the denomination written in digits.
> However, these eight renderings on each bill are not identical. The best
> one on all the denominations is on the non-President side in the lower
> right-hand corner. it's black and clear.
>
> At the top of all the bills on the President side in white (as opposed to
> black" lettering is "federal Reserve Note.
> Near the bottom of each denomination is its value written in words. I
> forget off-hand which color this print is, but I think it's somewhat
> white.
> On the one dollar bill in each of the eight corners where the 1 is
> located, the number 1 is crossed by the word ONE. Both of these can be
> read on invert.
>
> The President pictures with the names in black are in more or less the
> middle of the left-hand protion of the bill.
>
> As we all try some of these things in hopes that we can make use of any of
> them, it's no wonder that the bills are tough to read. Let us hear the
> results of any experiments that you try based on this information. The
> names of the pictures on the non-President side are too dim to read easily
> even with sight. You can also look for In God We Trust near the top
> somewhere, also rather hard to read.
> I think the best hope might be that black number in a particular bottom
> right corner. That's the one I plan to experiment with first for myself.
> Catherine
>
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> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 05:49:48 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Catherine Thomas <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: optacon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: new U.S. Money Optacon-Friendly
>
> There is an easy way for the Optacon to read new U.S. five, ten, and
> twenty dollar bills. In the bottom right-hand corner of one of the long
> sides of each bill you will find a very big five, ten or twenty. To read
> this, use your regular optacon setting (not invert) and reduce it in size
> as though you were trying to read something in very large print. The 5 and
> the 20 are very clear. The 10 has a litle line on it so that it looks more
> like a seven than a one but it is also clear.
> For one dollar bills, you can use the same setting but you are looking for
> something different. In the bottom right-hand corner of one of the long
> sides of the bill, you will find two ovals one inside the other. These
> contain a figure which is not really readable. You can determine that you
> found the right thing because on the one dollar bills only these same two
> ovals with the figure inside appear on the left-hand corner of the same
> side of the bill also. So, if you are reading correctly, you'll find the
> same shape in both the left and right-hnad corners of one side only of the
> one dollar bill.
> I hope I have explained this all clearly. If anyone tries it and has
> trouble, let me know.
> Catherine
> ----------
> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:30:12 -0700
> From: JBliss Judy <judy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading Money (was: Re: Re: Margaret Smith)
>
> The technique I found easier for students to try to read paper currency
> was to find the large oval shape in the middle, and look for the
> president's name at the bottom of the oval, and determine the value by the
> name, e.g. Jackson was on a $20. That said, it's tiny print and of course
> easier on a fresh bill!
>
> Speaking of money, I remember being very excited years ago when I found a
> coin, I think it was in Italy, where they had put braille on the face of
> the coin, in a ring around the center, but it was very, very tiny and
> really only visually accessible as braille - useless tactually!
>
> Judy Adams
> ----------
> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:46:54 -0500
> From: Nancy Shackelford <ladym74731@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading Money (was: Re: Re: Margaret Smith)
>
> Here's what I always do when I can't make out the number on the corner of
> the front of the bill:
> Make sure the bill is right-side-up by finding and reading the serial
> number. This also tells you that you are on the front of the bill. Then,
> turn the bill over from right to left, like turning a page. Do not turn it
> over shortways and do not turn it around. Then, go almost to the bottom of
> the bill. Switch the Optacon to Invert, and the print will tell you O N E
> D
> O L L A R, F I V E D O L L A R S, and so on.
>
> Nance
> ----------
> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:25:36 -0400
> From: Cindy Handel <cindy425@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading Money (was: Re: Re: Margaret Smith)
>
> I've been able to read money with the Optacon. It is a little difficult,
> sometimes. There's a large number in the corner of the bill, (I know it's
> at least in the right top corner and may be in both top corners, but not
> sure). The thing about the numbers is, even though they're pretty large,
> they're light with dark surrounding it, and they're kind of fancy; not
> being
> the same width through the whole number. The 10 of the $10 bill has a
> pretty clear, thick 1, but the 0 is tall and thin with almost non existent
> lines at the top and bottom, but both sides are thicker. So, it does take
> practice.
>
> Cindy
> ----------
>
> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 09:28:30 -0700
> From: Mark Blier <mblier@xxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading U.S. Currency Lesson One
>
> Hi, All,
>
> When reading currency, I just turn on Invert, and look in a corner to find
> something legible -- I don't care if it is a word or a digit. All I want
> to know is the denomination of the bill, and I do not want to have to
> spend a lot of time figuring it out. One can go nuts by turning the bill
> this way and that way in order to find the lower righthand corner of the
> back side just to be able to say that you read the clearest number. I
> don't think I have all that time to waste.
>
> Mark Blier
>
>
> ----------
> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:40:57 -0500
> From: Lerae Olesen <lerae@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading U.S. Currency Lesson One
>
> Hi Catherine and list,
> First, I got my Optacon to work again. I just plugged it in and waited to
> use it, rather than turning it on immediately. Anyway, now that it is back
> up and running, I tried to read a 20 and a 10 dollar bill. I could read
> what
> I imagine were serial numbers on both, and the clearest thing I read, not
> on
> invert, was In God We Trust, on the 10. I tried a couple of different 20
> dollar bills, on invert and regular, turning them this way and that, both
> sides, and, at least, today, for me, it didn't work. Thanks for the tips
> though, and maybe I'll try a 5 or a 1 later.
> Lerae Olesen
> (Le rae Olson)
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