Look at it this way. Let's say you're unable to walk and need a way to get around. Would you want to be told "We don't have time to invent the wheelchair because we're hoping to make you walk in 10 years."

Perfecto! :thumb:

We (meaning it is available) have refrigerators that can tell you that you are out of milk, and trash cans that make a shopping list of you. Why can't we have a wallet that verbally tells you what quantity of bill you just removed from you wallet?

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) scanners are already commonly available. A small handheld unit seems like an easy fix to me.

Did their written opinion discriminate against the plaintiffs?

Did their written opinion discriminate against the plaintiffs?

No, because I'm sure it is available in braille.

Or more importantly the denomination of the currency you just received. Most blind people learn to "mark" their currency so they can tell what denomination it is. The real problem is when others hand them money.

 

 

Not to sound insensitive to the blind, but wouldn't the blind person pretty much always have someone with them when they are spending or receiving money? I mean doesn't someone always have to take them to where they are going. I realize that there are probably a few that walk to where they are going, but I can't imagine that there are too many that do.

Not to sound insensitive to the blind, but wouldn't the blind person pretty much always have someone with them when they are spending or receiving money? I mean doesn't someone always have to take them to where they are going.

Absolutely not. Most blind people live relatively normal lives. They go places (public transportation), and do things entirely on their own.

Absolutely not. Most blind people live relatively normal lives. They go places (public transportation), and do things entirely on their own.

 

 

I'm sure you're right, and I apologize for being stupid. I guess you see it a lot more than I do living near a big city. I never see it.

I'm sure you're right, and I apologize for being stupid. I guess you see it a lot more than I do living near a big city. I never see it.

You were blinded by the light.

I'm so sick of stories like this.