Accessibility

New trend in tactile currencies

Among the most recent tactile currency markings, a new trend is emerging: indicating the value using dot patterns. The idea…

3 years ago

Lawsuit to make the new Brazilian 200 Reais accessible

The Brazilian National Association of the Blind, Organização Nacional de Cegos do Brasil, with other organizations is suing for the…

4 years ago

The Bank of England describes their collection for visually impaired people

The Bank of England started an interesting initiative, describing their collection. As they claim on their site, it is suitable…

4 years ago

Will electronic payments solve the accessible currency problem?

I often hear the argument that electronic payments can ultimately replace currency in which case it won't matter if bank…

5 years ago

The Reserve Bank of India makes available a new Indian currency identification app

On January 1, 2020 the Reserve Bank of India issued a press release in which they announced the launch of…

5 years ago

Should coin museums be accessible for the blind?

Throughout my travels, I have visited several coin museums and coin exhibits. Thanks to all the people who made this…

5 years ago

Accessible currency in 2019

It seems that we have heard more about accessible currency this year than in any year before. If we read…

5 years ago

Finding news about accessible currency

It takes dedication and creativity to find out about the accessibility features of newly released currency. This information is not…

5 years ago

The challenges of collecting paper money

Originally the title of this post was going to be why I am not collecting paper currency. But over the…

5 years ago

Will the currency of India be usable for the visually impaired?

In recent news, we can read that the Reserve Bank of India is soliciting bids from companies to create a…

5 years ago