[nabs-l] Accessible Currency

[Daniel Romero]

With who ever said that the iBill should be much more afordable? I
agree completely! I'm not saying that people should be stuck to using
iPhones if they don't choose them, or can't aford them. However,
there is an app out for $1.99 that just by holding a bill under the
back camera, it'll tell me the amount in a second. $1.99 for this app
as apose to $99. That's a little rediculous, I would say. Now this
cimply becomes a problem with people who don't happen to be iPhone
owners, i understand that. That's why I agree on the iBill's price
being brought down.
This is a tough subject because I see all the reasons on both sides.
But I thought I'd add my two sense in about the price on the iBill.
Thanks guys

On 6/24/11, Arielle Silverman <nabs.president at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have only been cheated with money once in my life, and that was by a
> blind person, who got possession of my wallet and replaced a $20 bill
> with a $1. In theory it can happen, but in practice being cheated in
> business transactions is quite rare.
> For the most part I feel that the cost of making money identifiable by
> the blind outweighs the benefit. The only argument I would make for
> accessible currency is that it might allow more blind people to obtain
> employment as cashiers, bank tellers, etc. I am curious to know if any
> blind people currently work in these kinds of vocations and, if so,
> how they handle the need to identify bills. While I imagine that in
> banks or cash registers bills are pre-sorted, I would think that many
> employers would be unwilling to hire someone who is unable to verify
> that they are being given the right bills.
> Thoughts?
> Arielle
>
> --
> Arielle Silverman
> President, National Association of Blind Students
> Phone:  602-502-2255
> Email:
> nabs.president at gmail.com
> Website:
> www.nabslink.org
>
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