-
Cash Reader – App for recognizing currency
NOW YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE WITHOUT ASKING YOUR NEIGHBOR’S COUSIN! Cash Reader is a commercial money reading mobile app for the blind and vision impaired that enables the user to distinguish amongst a variety of currencies. Some of the currencies that this app can currently recognize include South African Rand, Bolivian […]
-
Launch of new Mobile @Vodacom Kiosk for the blind and visually impaired at @CouncilForBlind
In partnership with Vodacom, the South African National Council for the Blind (SANCB) officially launched a mobile service kiosk at their Pretoria offices yesterday (Wednesday 8 June), bringing mobile communication closer to visually impaired people. These days, smartphones come with built-in accessibility features on both Android and iOS platforms enabling people with various disabilities to […]
-
South African Banking Accessibility Survey for blind and visually impaired persons
If you are living in South Africa and live with a visual impairment, you are no doubt one of those who might have received terrible service from your bank. Or, just perhaps they might have amazed you with their accessibility of their products and/or services. You may also recall the difficulty that I’ve […]
-
Three years later: FNB and inaccessibility to blind and visually impaired customers
The below is an email response on a mailing list where the topic of FNB seems to be quite hot at present. There are some members who want to keep it quiet as they would like to keep it internal but, as another poster pointed out: “We have a right to our independence […]