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And we're talking just paper money, for now.
What about menus? That will be next. They would also have to be in braille in both English and Spanish.
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Originally posted by SlowwHand
Wallets, for one thing. Built for a huge 100 dollar bill that swallows the 1 dollar bills.
Bah! Europeans don't seem to have any problems with different sized money, and we're way smarter than they are. Besides, the difference in sizes wouldn't need to be much, just a couple of millimeters.
Originally posted by SlowwHand
And we're talking just paper money, for now.
What about menus? That will be next. They would also have to be in braille in both English and Spanish.
Good point. I like burritos. What's the Spanish word for burrito??
Sounds reasonable enough. It's not like it would be terribly expensive to have different-sized money. There'd be the initial cost of designing, ordering and installing new presses, but that's a drop in the bucket compared to the mountains of cash we regularly spend on irrelevant pork.
Vending machines and bank cash counters/bundlers being something else to change.
They would also have to be in braille in both English and Spanish.
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I doubt braille would work on a bill. Either the bill material wouldn't work for braille in the first place or through constant use they'd wear down or something.
Putting small holes in money though I think could work. Like in one corner or edge put a small arrangement of holes. One for $1. Two for $5, 3 for $10, etc. Shouldn't be too hard to do, and the bill would still work in vending machines and such.
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Braille wouldn't work. Different sizes or papers are pretty much the only option. Holes *might* work, but it would be tough I think.
Vending machines wouldn't need much retooling. Just keep the $1 the same and change the OTHER bills... Not that many $5 vending machines out there (relative to the number that take only $1). You could also change the $5 relatively little (so machines could still take it)...
Or, just go to a cashless economy and hand out plastic cards to everyone (For that matter, could that be a government workaround - give anyone who needs it (ie blind) a gov't-issued debit card that debits from a gov't account that they can put all of their money in? Then only vending machines are relevant, and those are just not that big of a deal... just withdraw only $1 bills, or use coins )
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Originally posted by SlowwHand
What about menus? That will be next.
More like over a decade ago, when the ADA first effect. A restaurant either has to have brille menus or the waiter has to remain with the blind customer and read it for him. The biggest current area of ADA non compliance is commerical web sites without adequate vison impared alternatives.
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Originally posted by SlowwHand
I'm color blind. I think I'll petition for adult Geranimals, or whatever it was called, where the label has a number so children can match up clothes.
What really pisses me of is that way too many times, if I mention it, what do you think is overwhelmingly the first response?
"What color does this look like to you?"
You damn dumb bastard! How in the HELL am I supposed to answer that question?
But I digress.
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How do you know how much to pay in the first place Lots of scams involve cashiers overcharging - or undercharging, depending on the register setup - to get cash they can take without being caught. They usually work very well until noticed through other means than the customer noticing...
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How about when there done on the toilet. How are they suposed to know when they're done wiping?
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We have bumps printed on rouble notes for the blind (they are quite palpable), and every denomination has its own colour.
I actually hate euro note sizes. They are too wide and don't align nicely.
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Originally posted by snoopy369
How do you know how much to pay in the first place Lots of scams involve cashiers overcharging - or undercharging, depending on the register setup - to get cash they can take without being caught. They usually work very well until noticed through other means than the customer noticing...
Like a forensic accountant?
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have different sized bills and we don't have a problem with our wallets.
Not that many $5 vending machines out there (relative to the number that take only $1). You could also change the $5 relatively little (so machines could still take it)...
(For that matter, could that be a government workaround - give anyone who needs it (ie blind) a gov't-issued debit card that debits from a gov't account that they can put all of their money in? Then only vending machines are relevant, and those are just not that big of a deal... just withdraw only $1 bills, or use coins 
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