Australia issued banknotes signs for the blind
From 1/9 to, the blind in Australia will first have to recognize the different denominations of paper money when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA - central bank) issued banknote denominations of 5 Australian dollars (equivalent to 4 dollars) new.
Currencies are two small raised dots for the blind can be identified by hand when pay for purchases.
Bruce Maguire, organizational vision Australia, said that the issuance of the new notes above is "the most significant actions" so far at the federal level for the visually impaired. This will benefit an estimated 360,000 Australians, as well as a lot of tourists have low vision.
According to Mr. Maguire, in recent years, the RBA has developed technology that allows identification of banknotes by touch. It is expected that in the future, the currency denomination will also be supporting this technology to help visually impaired people distinguish.
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