Tactile marks on currencies This post is primarily created to help blind people who travel to a different country and would like a quick reference on how to recognize the local currencies. There is of course currency recognition apps which one can use, here I will only concentrate on currencies, which do have tactile features. …
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The Bank of Canada Museum
A few days after my presentation about accessible coin exhibits, I got a call from the Bank of Canada Museum, which was previously called the Currency Museum, to enquire about my presentation, and it turned into an on-site visit. I spent a day with the museum’s employees where we discussed my ideas about accessible exhibits, …
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 is not new, it has been used in Canadda since 2004, but for some reason most recently it has been picked up by other countries.
Dora de Pedery-Hunt
Dora de Pedery-Hunt is known to be the first Canadian designing the effigy of the queen, but it is a less known fact that she was also Hungarian. I have heard her name before, but given her last name I never thought that she was Hungarian, until I had a dinner with Kevin Day-Thorburn in …
The Currency Museum in Ottawa
Another dream coming true. I guess I don’t have big dreams, or I’m just way too lucky. I had to go back to Ottawa for a few days, when I thought I missed out on the Currency Museum. Last year when I was in Ottawa, it was just before it opened, so I only missed …
The Ottawa Mint, Checking Off A Bucket List Item
I still have a few things on my bucket list, one of them was visiting a mint. Until recently. A business trip took me to Ottawa, where it was just the right thing to do. I don’t even know why some things take so long to complete from my bucket list, after all, these are …
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Collecting in Toronto
Recently I got a new work assignment, I will be traveling to train how to make information technology usable for people with disabilities. So, you can imagine. It is not just a job or an assignment, this is something I am passionate about. Both the travel and the work aspect of it. I started in …