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Title: Hugh Joined: Sep 23 2007 Posts: 1591

GPFontaine wrote:

As much as I would love to help the blind out, it would fuck over every automated vending machine that accepts money.

What you guys should do, to help the blind out and not fuck over automated vending machines, is do what we do, in Canada. We have Braille full cells in the corners of our bills, in different arrangements, so the blind can tell apart the different bills.

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

Captain_Pollution wrote:

GPFontaine wrote:

As much as I would love to help the blind out, it would fuck over every automated vending machine that accepts money.

What you guys should do, to help the blind out and not fuck over automated vending machines, is do what we do, in Canada. We have Braille full cells in the corners of our bills, in different arrangements, so the blind can tell apart the different bills.

A+ for logic and effort on the Canadian Government's part. That seems like an easy solution for us to do with our money that won't destroy the look or size of it.