cheating anyone makes you a horrible person, but I think its worse if you take a cheap shot at a blind person. At least a person with vision can see that the change isnt right, but a blind person wouldnt know any different and itd probably mess up their whole process
I mean how is cheating a blind person any different than a seeing person? Stealing is stealing. It's kinda patronizing to say blind people should be treated any differently.
In Argentina we also have braille on bills and the thing with coins, I thought they would naturally have it on American dollars and that's what the video would be all about... The more you know
Tommy you are great! My daughter was born blind last year, watching your video's has inspired us and helped us as a family in so many ways. We love you for it! Best wishes from Scotland!
In the UK, all pound notes (bills) are different sizes, and are noticeable enough for a blind person to tell the difference between a £5, £10, £20, or £50 note. Until about 5 years, blind people could tell the difference between coins not just by shape, but also by the number on the coin (numbers don't appear on our coins anymore). The Euro is the first currency designed, minted, and printed specifically to meet the needs of the blind and sight-impaired. All Euro-Notes are different sizes, and each Euro-Coin is a different size, thickness, and with different edges and textures.
Canada has had a system with tactile features specifically for the blind, on bills since 2002 and our coins have been distinguishable by touch since well before.... so no, not the first.
Canadian money has only introduced the tactile features recently (as you say, since 2002). But as for coins, yes it is true that Canadian coins have been distinguishable by blind people (as have US and British coins), but this has been coincidental; Canadian coins aren't the shape and size they are to help blind people, blind people have had to distinguish those shapes which happen to be different. Euro coins were actually mandated and designed specifically for amongst other things distinguishability for the blind.
Same situation in Costa Rica. All bills have different sizes and colors. You can also feel tactile features as well. The coins all have different sizes and you can easily feel the numbers and all
***** Sweden has the Krona as its currency. To join, you have to be a member of ERM-II (European Exchange-Rate Mechanism), which is voluntary, and then only if you meet its economic requirements. The exceptions to this are Sweden (which meets the economic requirements, but chooses not to join); Denmark (which is not obliged to join as a condition for staying in the European Union); and the UK (which was expelled from ERM-II for breaching its economic conditions back in 1992). Some Eastern European members of the EU don't have the Euro, because they haven't met the requirements for ERM-II.
The irony here is, despite being one of the few civilized countries that does not have Braille on it's notes, the U.S. mint has issued a Louis Braille bi-centennial dollar, to honor the inventor of Braille.
ashleighBeeBee123 They can't see the amount they're being charged on a credit card either, or read it on the receipt either. Or for that matter they can't see if anyone's watching them input their PIN.
Sam Pearman I thought the same too at the beginning. But on a second thought it is actually safer because a least they'll have a record of who overcharged them through their statement. And about the PIN don't know about other countries but Australia has a system called paypass where you just wave your card on the machine and the amount is deducted from it..
Well, my friend in wheelchair always says "go" or "going" even though she is technically driving ;-) It's what you hear other people say and you imitiate them
euros are different sizes at least there's braille on bills in Russia where i'm from, and it was always there as far as i can remember, so i assumed it's mandatory for every country and every currency had it, but wow that's kinda messed up
Euros have different sizes and the number is raised so it can be felt, also some has markings along the edges. Other currencies are even better - here in Poland every nte has a simple geometric symbol in the corner that can be felt - squer for ten, circle for twenty, cross for 100 etc - probably even faster to notice thaen braille. Dollars on the other hand have nothing.
You could only use singles. That way all you have to do it count what you need. You'll be walking around with a giant stack of 1's but at least you can count them
+Devoti, Who pays 250$ without a credit card or check anyways? I never carry more than about 50$ cash on me at any time. 50 singles would be a bit big, but it wouldn't be THAT tough to deal with.
Eragon7 I know a guy who doesn’t own a debit or credit card and only pays in cash, he’s bought cars in cash it’s ridiculous. This guys in his 80’s and doesn’t own a computer, (he does own a iPhone though 😂) so it makes some sense on why he wouldn’t want to switch over, but still, a car...
In India we have special identification mark intaglio feature (raised printing) on the left of the watermark window, on the obverse (front) on all banknotes except Rs.10/- banknote. This feature is in different shapes for various denominations (Rs.20-Vertical Rectangle, Rs.50-Square, Rs.100-Triangle, Rs.500-Circle, Rs.1000-Diamond) and helps the visually impaired to identify the denomination
+Nutone the coins if that's what you mean are all different shapes and sizes with different thickness and edges so it is easy to tell the difference and the notes are all slightly different sizes and colours. I always look at the colours when taking a note rather than looking for the number. there is no £1 note the smallest is £5 which is green and then £10 which is orange then a £20 which is purple then a £50 which is red. there is no £100
+Nutone there is no Braille as far as I can see which is understandable as everyone folds their notes all the time so as it gets passed on they get really creased up and you can see the amount of creases.
Sterling currency is not easy to tell blind at all, I mean, we have them stupid new fivers so you'd know it was five quid but still, it could be a wrapper off something😂 there's a very slight difference in size now I think about it but I thing there isn't enough difference between a tenner and twenty quid really. Things could be a lot more accessible, for example, how could a blind person tell if someone is looking at their pin number?
Ray Charles used to do this when getting paid for gigs at the beginning of his career and the manager ended up hating him because his cut reached over 200 dollars. Imagine having to find 200 one dollar bills and count them in front of him every time.
In australia, the bills are all different sizes and colours. lightly blind people can distinguish by hue, and completely blind people can compare by size. the size is dictated by worth, which means the 5 dollar note is the smallest
the Australian money is now getting it as well. before our money was just different sizes, the bigger the bill the bigger the amount but now as of last month our five now has a tactile number on it. it's not braille exactly but it's a tactile print which is really cool.
zeke1220...If it works, it works! Plus Other countries seem to care more about everyone (not just able bodied & sighted people like America)... As far as the money goes & finding unique ways to make it easier for the blind to access...ANY money is all just a matter of customs & heritage & locality & people just coming to an agreement on what it is, will look like & how to use it. :-) That's pretty much how allot of things in individual societies work...you just get together & agree on using something or having something one way or another & there you go. So, if it works in Canada, Europe...there you go! We are not all the same, so customs will be different all over the world & like I said, as far as the money situation goes, Other countries seem to care more about EVERYONE receiving access as opposed to America... I'm from America & I still believe we need to take a tip or two or 100 on how other countries treat the disabled. America has allot of good scientific advancements & such, but as far as most people putting everyone as equal & seeing each person as an individual & such, we are quite behind the curve for sure & yes, I know there are people who do care in America... I am being general & talking about percentages of the American population... I am not pointing fingers to anyone specific, even if I can name names on uncaring people. HA! ;-p
+Barnacules Nerdgasm It's so weird! I stumbled on this channel, and here you are: a completely unrelated professional youtuber, just commenting away. XD
@@Falcrist bruh. People with lots of subs are humans too. They aren't robots or aliens that never interact or have thoughts other than in videos. Why can't he just comment and everyone treats him like a normal person?
Tommy, I found you channel and I really love it! And on the money subject, when I used to teach braille I also had this little trick I came up with for money issues: Paperclips $1 = 1 paperclip, $5= 2 paperclips, $10= 3 paperclips, $20= 4 paperclips, $50= 5 paperclips and $100= 6 paperclips sounds a bit... messy, I admit, but never failed! Good thing it isn't needed anymore now though, as here in my country they changed the bills so they differ in size
yea. you would have to replace all the bills in the states. and aint nobody got the time for that. besides, thats what credit cards are for, even though you cant trust that either, even if you have eye sight.
You can't make dots on anything, the material has to be at least a little stiff. Braille is always written on stuff like metal, plastic, or thick paper. I don't think you could do anything with the paper America is using currently. And if they changed the money they wouldn't use braille. Most countries have bills that are different size and shape so it's really easy to tell them apart, even if you're not blind. Same for coins.
Unfortunately there isn't that many blind people on the scale of things, like not enough to warrant a change with the currency, they can't make everything work fro everyone - It's a shame tho, if they started with that then it'd be fine but replacing it all now, jesus that would b so expensive
+Bethany Edings but how would he know that girls took their money like that? nobody walks up to his blind friend and says "i saw a girl take money like this"
It's crazy to me that the US bills not only do not have braille, but doesn't have any size distinction?! Every other country I know about uses different sized notes to make it easy for visually impaired people.
Saying things like seen is very common, and it would be weird if he said... "I felt a lot of women do this" or "I heard a lot of women do this". When explaining something that you have experienced yourself, people usually say seen. That's not as bad as me though... I have a disability and can't walk. I often find myself saying: "let's just walk around",or "I'm just walking over there." When a word like walk or seen is used so frequently in the English language, it only makes sense that a disabled person who either can't walk or can't see would use those words as well.
Hey Tommy, you should show people some of the really cool iPhone audio games out there. And by the way, as far as money goes, there's an app called look tell money reader. If you don't feel like spending, there is a free app called EyeNote
I know it's a simple thing, but as the girlfriend of a deaf person who loves to watch TH-cam videos with me, thank you for captioning your videos! So many people don't and TH-cam's automated captions suck!
a blind friend of mine does the folding method so he knows what bills are what but when going to town to make purchases he has someone he trust to tell him what change he has received back.
I wish they add holes on the money so they can just feel the holes to know if it's 20 dollars 5 dollars. 1 hole means 1, 2 holes mean 5, 3 holes means 20, etc.
Can't recall if our notes here in the UK are designed for the blind to be able to recognise the different amounts. Is a shame though that something as common and as needed as money is one of the things that aren't designed to be easily distinguishable to blind people. Even if they were just different sizes would help a little.
***** obviously coins are but he even says in the video "they're all the same size" Ik here in the UK bank notes are different sizes but appears not to be the case in the US.
I helped a legally blind person today, made me feel good about myself. I saw him going around in circles around a Walgreens. I asked him if he needed help he mentioned he was trying to head to Walgreens which he was in the back lot of the store. It was all because of TommyEdision's videos, I knew not to hold him and to ask him to grab on to me. He was happy I was around. Thanks Tommy for the great vids.
it helps. I have been living next to a blind man since I was a kid and of course I know the guy and over the years I learned a lot about him. In europe all currency has different sizes. this man can recognize all bills and coins just by touching them. hell, in a way, even I could do that. not as good as he does by far but better than in america where all money is the same size
solution: only pay for stuff in pennies. eventually, everyone will get so mad that they'll beg the government to cease production of the coin, and the usa will save mad money. money that can be spEND ON MAKING SURE OUR DAMN CURRENCY IS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY.
"1:20 i've seen a lot of girls.." This guy is awesome! He really seems to enjoy his life although hes blind! He doesnt seem to care, he even makes jokes about himself! love it!:b
riggerrogger101 Yeah, in Europe for Euro it's the same. So that blind people can feel the difference. I thought, this might be the same in all countries. But I guess, the USA is a little bit behind.
The new Canadian money has braille code so they can tell which is which. Not to mention they're waterproof and if you shine a flashlight underneath the maple leaves on the bills and look into them, you can see a bunch of numbers for whatever bill it is. Also the maple leaf on the $100 bill smells like maple.
Canadian money has Braille on it. One Braille cell on the lowest bill and they add a cell as the second smallest bill and third smallest... etc... The Canadian institute for the blind also sells bill readers. A box that tells you the bill your are holding. Another great video sir!
Hi Tommy, I love to watch your videos on youtube. I to am vision impaired, or as you say i the states visually impaired. I just thought I'd tell you how Australians who are vision impaired use money, because it's slightly different for us here. We have 5 notes: $5 $10 $20 $50 and $100 in notes, the rest being coins. All of our notes are different lengths and colours. For example, a 20 is red. Also, the notes are all different lengths as I said, a 5 is the smallest and the 100 is the largest. However, we have also got round coins, 5 cent, 10 cent, 20 cent, 50 cent, $1 and $2. All of those, apart from the 50 cent are round, and the 50 is a hexigon shape. All the cent coins are silver, and the $1 and $2 are gold, with the gold ones having both smooth and variegations around the edge. There are many different methads of finding out what note and coin you have includoing a iPhone app, and a paper money reader. Keep making great videos mate.
I’m from Houston and in the federal building downtown there’s cafe on the first floor and a blind person has always ran the cash register. And he’s so good he can for the most part tell the bills apart specially if their fresh new bills. I’ve always been in awe of it
I know this is an older comment, but only sighted people seem to believe the blind people aren’t allowed to use words like see, look, watch etc when, in fact, We use them all the time because they are just a part of every day language and we are just as used to using them as anyone to describe what we are experiencing. Most totally blind people will quite easily say “I watched a movie last night”, but then sighted people will get all freaked out over this for some strange reason.
Stone B...Have you ever texted to someone, "I hear what you are saying?!"...Same difference & of course you don't hear a text message if you can physically read it...But we all pretty much have typed that at one time or another to someone... No need to look for fake Easter eggs that are not there my friends... even if it is close to easter. HA! ;-p
I know this is an older comment, but only sighted people seem to believe the blind people aren’t allowed to use words like see, look, watch etc when, in fact, We use them all the time because they are just a part of every day language and we are just as used to using them as anyone to describe what we are experiencing. Most totally blind people will quite easily say “I watched a movie last night”, but then sighted people will get all freaked out over this for some strange reason.
Australian currency differs slightly in thickness, length and new notes introduce Braille, which my grandfather tried to introduce many many years ago. He was turned away as it was a waste of money to put Braille on the notes apparently
That's ridiculous, what a shitty way of excluding blind people. Australia has little plastic windows on our notes which have 3D printed shapes for blind people to feel what note it is. You'd think that'd be a pretty basic thing to include on money.
imperialphoenix Yeah within the last twenty years or so. I even myself find it useful if I'm just grabbing for notes from my pocket, as the windows also get larger with larger currency. Even aside from that, I'm surprised america hasn't assimilated to plastic money and ditched the one dollar bill, seems like an easy way to be wasteful of paper.
in singapore, the money bills come with circular indents at the corner. you can tell the denomination of the bill by feeling how many circles there are, and how they are arranged!
My great Uncle Frank was blind,thank you so much for wisdom Tommy,i enjoy the hank and jim show,you are the best Dj,always tune into the show's,keep the video's coming,always have my support my friend~
Fraxton I know this is an older comment, but only sighted people seem to believe the blind people aren’t allowed to use words like see, look, watch etc when, in fact, We use them all the time because they are just a part of every day language and we are just as used to using them as anyone to describe what we are experiencing. Most totally blind people will quite easily say “I watched a movie last night”, but then sighted people will get all freaked out over this for some strange reason.
TheMacGuy no, we don't. Im actually confused as to why he said that too. I only heard this type of language in uk TV shows. I thought it was weird he called his beer a pint as well.
i'm american born and raised and honestly Tommy is the first american i've EVER heard say tenner/fiver. i was surprised lol. i've only ever heard british people use that term.
When I was a little kid, I bought something from a store whose clerk I later realized was blind. I handed her the my money without telling her what denomination it was(because I'm a doofus), and she rubbed the bill between her fingers, then gave me back correct change. After thinking about this, I concluded that each bill was manufactured with a different texture, and I've assumed that ever since. Wow. I can't believe we haven't fixed this.
In Brazil all bills are different sized, the smallest is the R$2 bill and the largest is the R$100. Also, each one is a different color, they're textured, they have a water mark, the 20, 50 and 100 bills have holographic numbers, each one has a national animal that is endangered, no politicians or presidents. The coins are completely different from each other, they vary in sizes and in what material they're made, gold, silver or brass (at least those are the colors, the materials are probably always a mixture).
See, in the UK all our bank notes are a slightly different size. Bigger = more money. Granted, still hard to tell, but it gives a difference between a £5 and a £50. It's about 1cm difference per note. Our new (not the old) currency has braille in the top corner, but its super tiny, so you need to know where to look. We also have contrasty numerals to make it easier for partially sighted people too.
***** They are measurements in copper, nickel, etc. They can't just make them whatever size they want. If pennies were smaller, they wouldn't be worth a penny.
+teddymurphy95 you can guess which coin you have but just touching it, the 2 cent coin has a incision on its side so it's pretty easy with you nail to touch that
PJ MasterDiddy I know this is an older comment, but only sighted people seem to believe the blind people aren’t allowed to use words like see, look, watch etc when, in fact, We use them all the time because they are just a part of every day language and we are just as used to using them as anyone to describe what we are experiencing. Most totally blind people will quite easily say “I watched a movie last night”, but then sighted people will get all freaked out over this for some strange reason.
I remember when us here in Sweden got a 20 kronor bill, visually impaired people complained that they couldn't tell it apart from the other bills, so they changed the size and color of it. This was in the '90s. I thought all countries tried to accommodate people who can't see well when designing money.
Gotta love the solution we come up with is a free reader rather than changing our money in any way. They already added a strip inside, can't be to hard to make the thickness ever so slightly different.
In my country there are two ways to identify bills. One is by size, the other is by feeling two little symbols on the side of the money, either triangles, squares, circles or mixed, it takes some practice. As for coins, the numbers on them are big enough to feel.
"I've seen girls who fold it like this" Nice trick Tommy :P It's strange that you'd use that sort of language but it's kind of just a quirk of english I suppose :P
I realize this is an older comment, but you guys need to realize that blind people use words like see, look, watch etc. all the time. It’s just a part of the normal language and people who are blind are not going to alter the way they talk just to make sighted people feel comfortable. We, and yes I mean we because I am legally blind, will very easily say “I watched a movie last night, whether or not we could actually see it. Chill out, we’re just people like you and have the right use the same words you do to describe how we experience life.
In Australia, notes get longer as their value increases, but their width stays the same. Thus they're still easy to stack and put through machines, but people can learn to tell them apart without seeing them.
I genuinely love you brother keep up the good work! You probably see more than us seeing people everyday! your videos really opened up my eyes to a whole different world
In Europe the coins are not only different sizes, but the edges of the coins also has different surface riffles. I CAN see and despite that I always use the edges of the coins to find the right ones in my purse when I pay. It's just faster than first turning the coin and watching the print.
Here in Brazil each note has a different size now. It gets bigger when value grows too. Like 100 "Reais" (which is our note) is bigger than the 50 "Reais".
I remember when I went to Italy, all of the Euro bills were different sizes. And we have braille on our bills here in Canada, although it flattens out quite a bit over time.
In Denmark the bills have different sizes and the coins are easy to identify because of size, weight, and rims, and some of them has a hole in the middle
I used to work where there was a blind man in the cafeteria, and he could tell the bills by feel. He was always correct it was amazing. He also knew who you were based on your footsteps.
If you're someone who cheats a blind person out of money, you are the lowest of the low
cheating anyone makes you a horrible person, but I think its worse if you take a cheap shot at a blind person. At least a person with vision can see that the change isnt right, but a blind person wouldnt know any different and itd probably mess up their whole process
Someone could say... They never saw it coming.
I agree
most people in america would do this
I mean how is cheating a blind person any different than a seeing person? Stealing is stealing. It's kinda patronizing to say blind people should be treated any differently.
Thats unfortunate that US currency doesn't have braille. Here in Canada our money has braille to distinguish the denominations.
+KThachPSN Our money in the UK is all different sizes. £5 is the smallest, then £10, £20 and £50 is the largest.
+KThachPSN same in Switzerland. Also our money has different sizes.
In switzerland we have (diffrent sizes and) circles, triagles or squares etc. for the blind person to feel, like braille
+KThachPSN Agree, It kinda surprizes me. In Russia we also have special signs on the bills for blind people and some of them are different sizes
+TheBeetrootman canadas coins are different sizes. same with in the usa
In Canada there's braille on the bills here. :) And our coins are all different sizes so even a blind person can distingush between them.
In Argentina we also have braille on bills and the thing with coins, I thought they would naturally have it on American dollars and that's what the video would be all about... The more you know
All america's coins are different sizes also
Noah Day
Which hardly matters here because the biggest coin is, what, 50 cents?
Where is "here"
This video; This topic. The US money only goes up to 50 cents I believe? I'm an Aussie living in Japan though, so I'm not sure
Tommy you are great! My daughter was born blind last year, watching your video's has inspired us and helped us as a family in so many ways. We love you for it! Best wishes from Scotland!
In the UK, all pound notes (bills) are different sizes, and are noticeable enough for a blind person to tell the difference between a £5, £10, £20, or £50 note. Until about 5 years, blind people could tell the difference between coins not just by shape, but also by the number on the coin (numbers don't appear on our coins anymore). The Euro is the first currency designed, minted, and printed specifically to meet the needs of the blind and sight-impaired. All Euro-Notes are different sizes, and each Euro-Coin is a different size, thickness, and with different edges and textures.
Canada has had a system with tactile features specifically for the blind, on bills since 2002 and our coins have been distinguishable by touch since well before.... so no, not the first.
Canadian money has only introduced the tactile features recently (as you say, since 2002). But as for coins, yes it is true that Canadian coins have been distinguishable by blind people (as have US and British coins), but this has been coincidental; Canadian coins aren't the shape and size they are to help blind people, blind people have had to distinguish those shapes which happen to be different. Euro coins were actually mandated and designed specifically for amongst other things distinguishability for the blind.
Same here in sweden, our notes and coins are all different sizes.
Same situation in Costa Rica. All bills have different sizes and colors. You can also feel tactile features as well. The coins all have different sizes and you can easily feel the numbers and all
***** Sweden has the Krona as its currency. To join, you have to be a member of ERM-II (European Exchange-Rate Mechanism), which is voluntary, and then only if you meet its economic requirements. The exceptions to this are Sweden (which meets the economic requirements, but chooses not to join); Denmark (which is not obliged to join as a condition for staying in the European Union); and the UK (which was expelled from ERM-II for breaching its economic conditions back in 1992). Some Eastern European members of the EU don't have the Euro, because they haven't met the requirements for ERM-II.
The irony here is, despite being one of the few civilized countries that does not have Braille on it's notes, the U.S. mint has issued a Louis
Braille bi-centennial dollar, to honor the inventor of Braille.
that is very ironic.
Wow thats kind of....sad...probably screaming in his grave "DON'T ISSUE THIS STUPID COIN! MAKE MONEY WITH BRAILLE!!!"
I feel like thats why blind people should use credit/debit cards
ashleighBeeBee123 They can't see the amount they're being charged on a credit card either, or read it on the receipt either. Or for that matter they can't see if anyone's watching them input their PIN.
Sam Pearman I thought the same too at the beginning. But on a second thought it is actually safer because a least they'll have a record of who overcharged them through their statement. And about the PIN don't know about other countries but Australia has a system called paypass where you just wave your card on the machine and the amount is deducted from it..
"I have SEEN a lot of girls have taken money this way"
Wait, WHAT?
Yeah! What the fuck!??
Well, my friend in wheelchair always says "go" or "going" even though she is technically driving ;-) It's what you hear other people say and you imitiate them
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tarananajaika Ok but that was REALLY weird :D
US currency doesn't have braille?? Wow I didn't know that
Cyn V yeah we suck.
Haven't seen many bumps in euros either
euros are different sizes at least
there's braille on bills in Russia where i'm from, and it was always there as far as i can remember, so i assumed it's mandatory for every country and every currency had it, but wow that's kinda messed up
Euros have different sizes and the number is raised so it can be felt, also some has markings along the edges. Other currencies are even better - here in Poland every nte has a simple geometric symbol in the corner that can be felt - squer for ten, circle for twenty, cross for 100 etc - probably even faster to notice thaen braille. Dollars on the other hand have nothing.
Our Rand in South Africa has braille
You could only use singles. That way all you have to do it count what you need. You'll be walking around with a giant stack of 1's but at least you can count them
That's probably what I would do haha
im sure thats too much work
With that he'd be great at the strip club...
+Devoti, Who pays 250$ without a credit card or check anyways? I never carry more than about 50$ cash on me at any time. 50 singles would be a bit big, but it wouldn't be THAT tough to deal with.
Eragon7 I know a guy who doesn’t own a debit or credit card and only pays in cash, he’s bought cars in cash it’s ridiculous. This guys in his 80’s and doesn’t own a computer, (he does own a iPhone though 😂) so it makes some sense on why he wouldn’t want to switch over, but still, a car...
In the U.K. All paper money is a different size
My blind friend has a note reader. you slide the note through and it gauges the size and says what it is.
Jack Dog and the new Euro bills now have different stripe textures
We also recently introduced braille onto the polymer ones:)
Yep the bumps are very noticeable @Stettafire
In India we have special identification mark intaglio feature (raised printing) on the left of the watermark window, on the obverse (front) on all banknotes except Rs.10/- banknote. This feature is in different shapes for various denominations (Rs.20-Vertical Rectangle, Rs.50-Square, Rs.100-Triangle, Rs.500-Circle, Rs.1000-Diamond) and helps the visually impaired to identify the denomination
American money is so ridiculous, I live in the UK and all the money is made so blind people can tell the difference.
+Cσℓє Łσηgσ (Vuze) I would say that's the main reason, and so that even non blind people know the difference immediately.
+Nutone the coins if that's what you mean are all different shapes and sizes with different thickness and edges so it is easy to tell the difference and the notes are all slightly different sizes and colours. I always look at the colours when taking a note rather than looking for the number. there is no £1 note the smallest is £5 which is green and then £10 which is orange then a £20 which is purple then a £50 which is red. there is no £100
+Nutone there is no Braille as far as I can see which is understandable as everyone folds their notes all the time so as it gets passed on they get really creased up and you can see the amount of creases.
johnnypocketrocket all countries except the us and they call UAE is a third world country lol
Sterling currency is not easy to tell blind at all, I mean, we have them stupid new fivers so you'd know it was five quid but still, it could be a wrapper off something😂 there's a very slight difference in size now I think about it but I thing there isn't enough difference between a tenner and twenty quid really. Things could be a lot more accessible, for example, how could a blind person tell if someone is looking at their pin number?
I would just ask for all 1s
Then they play you by giving you all 20s
Ray Charles used to do this when getting paid for gigs at the beginning of his career and the manager ended up hating him because his cut reached over 200 dollars. Imagine having to find 200 one dollar bills and count them in front of him every time.
Son Of Montreal I was just about to make the same comment
you could still receive fake 1 dollars with the face of a clown on it
I know right? Simple solution.
In australia, the bills are all different sizes and colours. lightly blind people can distinguish by hue, and completely blind people can compare by size. the size is dictated by worth, which means the 5 dollar note is the smallest
hue
In canada, our bills have braille
switzerland too
the last German currency had braille on it, too. Nowadays the Euro currency has different horizontal parallel lines on it, and / or length difference
the Australian money is now getting it as well. before our money was just different sizes, the bigger the bill the bigger the amount but now as of last month our five now has a tactile number on it. it's not braille exactly but it's a tactile print which is really cool.
Canada: outamericaning the USA by making their money out of plastic!
zeke1220...If it works, it works! Plus Other countries seem to care more about everyone (not just able bodied & sighted people like America)... As far as the money goes & finding unique ways to make it easier for the blind to access...ANY money is all just a matter of customs & heritage & locality & people just coming to an agreement on what it is, will look like & how to use it. :-) That's pretty much how allot of things in individual societies work...you just get together & agree on using something or having something one way or another & there you go. So, if it works in Canada, Europe...there you go! We are not all the same, so customs will be different all over the world & like I said, as far as the money situation goes, Other countries seem to care more about EVERYONE receiving access as opposed to America... I'm from America & I still believe we need to take a tip or two or 100 on how other countries treat the disabled. America has allot of good scientific advancements & such, but as far as most people putting everyone as equal & seeing each person as an individual & such, we are quite behind the curve for sure & yes, I know there are people who do care in America... I am being general & talking about percentages of the American population... I am not pointing fingers to anyone specific, even if I can name names on uncaring people. HA! ;-p
OMG I lost it at the stripper joke :D #Dying.
+Barnacules Nerdgasm It's so weird! I stumbled on this channel, and here you are: a completely unrelated professional youtuber, just commenting away. XD
+Young Shaman Are you telling me that isn't the right way to put on pants?
Made me stumble. I thought he was joking but he didn't laugh after he said it so I was totally unsure. He's such a funny guy.
@@Falcrist bruh. People with lots of subs are humans too. They aren't robots or aliens that never interact or have thoughts other than in videos. Why can't he just comment and everyone treats him like a normal person?
@@EmailBacon please don't put words in my mouth.
Paper money? Screw that. I would just use a debit card 100% of the time.
That way people can screw you more. You can't see what they type in before you sign or type in your code.
That way people can screw you more. You can't see what they type in before you sign or type in your code.
+Toalla True but they can be caught much easier like that.
+Pk Biggums nope. it would be harder. because you would'nt know until the end of the month that you have less money.
Aarix not on credit cards. "you do there you" lol. credit cards update once a week here in canada.
Come on, even in India we have Braille on currency notes.
That's interesting to know.
And different sized notes too🙂
Same in the UK
India doesn't use cash
+Sspx The Resistance To be fair, a lot of places don't use cash anymore. Like it's illegal to use it on Swedish buses for example.
the euro bills get larger the higher the amount
Same in Australia, also kind of faint 3D printing on our too
+Yami No Yuusha Same in the UK
I'm pretty sure the plastic window bits in the corner are all different shapes too so that would provide another method of tactile feedback.
Yami No Yuusha Same in South Korea😁
Russian money also have different sizes
i love how he said
"ive 'seen' girls take there money like this"
i just found it funny.
Tommy, I found you channel and I really love it!
And on the money subject, when I used to teach braille I also had this little trick I came up with for money issues: Paperclips
$1 = 1 paperclip, $5= 2 paperclips, $10= 3 paperclips, $20= 4 paperclips, $50= 5 paperclips and $100= 6 paperclips
sounds a bit... messy, I admit, but never failed! Good thing it isn't needed anymore now though, as here in my country they changed the bills so they differ in size
I didn't even think about this! Why don't they have braille on money? Is it really that hard to add a few dots on there?
yea. you would have to replace all the bills in the states. and aint nobody got the time for that. besides, thats what credit cards are for, even though you cant trust that either, even if you have eye sight.
yoface5494 You wouldn't have to replace the money. Just start making them with the dots from now on.
You can't make dots on anything, the material has to be at least a little stiff. Braille is always written on stuff like metal, plastic, or thick paper. I don't think you could do anything with the paper America is using currently.
And if they changed the money they wouldn't use braille. Most countries have bills that are different size and shape so it's really easy to tell them apart, even if you're not blind. Same for coins.
Unfortunately there isn't that many blind people on the scale of things, like not enough to warrant a change with the currency, they can't make everything work fro everyone - It's a shame tho, if they started with that then it'd be fine but replacing it all now, jesus that would b so expensive
Stephen Lee hey jackass they'd come off also it'd cost way too much for just a few people to benefit
1:20 Did he say "I've seen a lot of girls"?
My God...WE are the blind ones! HE PLAYED US LIKE A DAMN FIDDLE!!
+Alber Made me laugh
+Hector De la Rocha noticed it to...
you do realize that blind people use the same terms as sighted people... it would be weird to say oh I heard a lot of girls.
+Bethany Edings
but how would he know that girls took their money like that? nobody walks up to his blind friend and says "i saw a girl take money like this"
It's crazy to me that the US bills not only do not have braille, but doesn't have any size distinction?!
Every other country I know about uses different sized notes to make it easy for visually impaired people.
1:21 "IVE SEEN A LOT OF GIRLS DO LIKE THIS"
SEEN
SEEN
Lol nah. I have a friend who was born blind. He says "seen" and things like that too. :P
Saying things like seen is very common, and it would be weird if he said... "I felt a lot of women do this" or "I heard a lot of women do this". When explaining something that you have experienced yourself, people usually say seen. That's not as bad as me though... I have a disability and can't walk. I often find myself saying: "let's just walk around",or "I'm just walking over there." When a word like walk or seen is used so frequently in the English language, it only makes sense that a disabled person who either can't walk or can't see would use those words as well.
ReeceDGAF...Have you ever texted a person & said, "I hear what you are saying!"... Same difference! :-)
Stephen Lee...Exactly! Well put! :-)
ReeceDGAF I
Hey Tommy, you should show people some of the really cool iPhone audio games out there. And by the way, as far as money goes, there's an app called look tell money reader. If you don't feel like spending, there is a free app called EyeNote
I know it's a simple thing, but as the girlfriend of a deaf person who loves to watch TH-cam videos with me, thank you for captioning your videos! So many people don't and TH-cam's automated captions suck!
Finally a person that acknowledged this stuff
In Canada our paper notes have braille on them.
Canada is not a real country though so your point is invalid
TheLastSpartan04 Oh, okay.
AT 1:20 -- HEY WAIT A MINUTE TOMMY - YOU DID WHAT?????
a blind friend of mine does the folding method so he knows what bills are what but when going to town to make purchases he has someone he trust to tell him what change he has received back.
I'm so entertain by your video while crocheting, I ended up crocheting my headphones to the hat i am making
Kitty Cat as a swede I thought off the "golf-like sport" of a similar name and thought "did they hit them with a club?
Canadian paper money has braille on it.
plastic*
glockwise it had braille even when it was paper
It would be so easy to make money blind friendly, why isn't it?! :o
Funny Shorts it is in Canada
I guess the us is cheep
Why not put different folds in the money? for ones fold a corner, for 5's fold lengthwise, for 10's fold widthwise, for 20's fold some other way.
I wish they add holes on the money so they can just feel the holes to know if it's 20 dollars 5 dollars. 1 hole means 1, 2 holes mean 5, 3 holes means 20, etc.
Canadian money has braille printed on it.
Delta X yeah Canada is great
Can't recall if our notes here in the UK are designed for the blind to be able to recognise the different amounts. Is a shame though that something as common and as needed as money is one of the things that aren't designed to be easily distinguishable to blind people. Even if they were just different sizes would help a little.
they are thats why they are different sizes the same reason all out coins are different shapes and sizes
***** obviously coins are but he even says in the video "they're all the same size" Ik here in the UK bank notes are different sizes but appears not to be the case in the US.
yeah us seems to be slacking alot when it comes to stuff like this
www.rnib.org.uk/developing-accessible-bank-notes-with-the-Bank-of-England
That's why English paper money is brilliant, it's all a different size, £5 is he smallest, then £10 and so on and so forth.
So are Euros!
Also Australia!
Pretty much all countries in the world except the US have different sized bills.
I would actually trade dollars for euros if I had to choose a dominant currency
Eddy Proca Well in Canada, they're all the same size bills, but they're different colours.
I helped a legally blind person today, made me feel good about myself. I saw him going around in circles around a Walgreens. I asked him if he needed help he mentioned he was trying to head to Walgreens which he was in the back lot of the store. It was all because of TommyEdision's videos, I knew not to hold him and to ask him to grab on to me. He was happy I was around.
Thanks Tommy for the great vids.
Since 1981 bills in Iceland have had markings for the blind, a type of braille. In the form of raised dots or stripes. They are also different sizes.
Over here all the notes are a different size, not sure whether its to help people with visual impairments.
Where is 'here'?
George Bakewell That's true, even my country has different sized notes :D
thats what he said
it helps. I have been living next to a blind man since I was a kid and of course I know the guy and over the years I learned a lot about him. In europe all currency has different sizes. this man can recognize all bills and coins just by touching them. hell, in a way, even I could do that. not as good as he does by far but better than in america where all money is the same size
solution: only pay for stuff in pennies. eventually, everyone will get so mad that they'll beg the government to cease production of the coin, and the usa will save mad money. money that can be spEND ON MAKING SURE OUR DAMN CURRENCY IS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY.
"1:20 i've seen a lot of girls.."
This guy is awesome! He really seems to enjoy his life although hes blind! He doesnt seem to care, he even makes jokes about himself! love it!:b
no bro we are the blind ones he can see as good as we lol
Here in Brazil the notes are all in very different colors and size. There's no braille, but I guess the size diference is enough.
I love this guy even though he is blind he still can do almost anything we can, and he is such a positive person.
British pound notes are all different sizes, £50s are biggest, £5s are smallest... it would be easier for you if American money was the same
riggerrogger101 Yeah, in Europe for Euro it's the same. So that blind people can feel the difference. I thought, this might be the same in all countries. But I guess, the USA is a little bit behind.
riggerrogger101 I heard Japan does something similar to that as well.
riggerrogger101 No that's ridiculous. The sizes should be the same. In Canada we have braille on our notes.
Colton Blumhagen Same in Argentina
If I was blind I would just use 5's. You can't really get incorrect change or if u did it would be for less than a dollar
Sliq true
all euros are different sizes, in the proper order. bigger or heavier=more money
and additionally tangible structures, too.
The new Canadian money has braille code so they can tell which is which. Not to mention they're waterproof and if you shine a flashlight underneath the maple leaves on the bills and look into them, you can see a bunch of numbers for whatever bill it is. Also the maple leaf on the $100 bill smells like maple.
Canadian money has Braille on it. One Braille cell on the lowest bill and they add a cell as the second smallest bill and third smallest... etc...
The Canadian institute for the blind also sells bill readers. A box that tells you the bill your are holding.
Another great video sir!
the Americans with disabilities act, where a bunch of companies have to abide by it, but the federal government doesn't.....sounds rather typical
Canadian bills have braille stuff on 'em. So maybe move to Canada?
On our Canadian money now, there's braille code on it
Hi Tommy, I love to watch your videos on youtube. I to am vision impaired, or as you say i the states visually impaired. I just thought I'd tell you how Australians who are vision impaired use money, because it's slightly different for us here. We have 5 notes: $5 $10 $20 $50 and $100 in notes, the rest being coins. All of our notes are different lengths and colours. For example, a 20 is red. Also, the notes are all different lengths as I said, a 5 is the smallest and the 100 is the largest. However, we have also got round coins, 5 cent, 10 cent, 20 cent, 50 cent, $1 and $2. All of those, apart from the 50 cent are round, and the 50 is a hexigon shape. All the cent coins are silver, and the $1 and $2 are gold, with the gold ones having both smooth and variegations around the edge. There are many different methads of finding out what note and coin you have includoing a iPhone app, and a paper money reader. Keep making great videos mate.
I’m from Houston and in the federal building downtown there’s cafe on the first floor and a blind person has always ran the cash register. And he’s so good he can for the most part tell the bills apart specially if their fresh new bills. I’ve always been in awe of it
1:20 I have seen alot of girls folding their money this way
ikr wtf
hold up how does he know they can fold it that way if hes blind
bear grylls survivor man He said it in one of his videos that "it's part of the English language and I can use it to say things "
if the person giving him the money is a woman (you can most of the time tell by voice) and he can FEEL the way the money is folded
I know this is an older comment, but only sighted people seem to believe the blind people aren’t allowed to use words like see, look, watch etc when, in fact, We use them all the time because they are just a part of every day language and we are just as used to using them as anyone to describe what we are experiencing. Most totally blind people will quite easily say “I watched a movie last night”, but then sighted people will get all freaked out over this for some strange reason.
"I've seen a lot of girls take money this way." 1:20
Lol
Stone B...Have you ever texted to someone, "I hear what you are saying?!"...Same difference & of course you don't hear a text message if you can physically read it...But we all pretty much have typed that at one time or another to someone... No need to look for fake Easter eggs that are not there my friends... even if it is close to easter. HA! ;-p
I know this is an older comment, but only sighted people seem to believe the blind people aren’t allowed to use words like see, look, watch etc when, in fact, We use them all the time because they are just a part of every day language and we are just as used to using them as anyone to describe what we are experiencing. Most totally blind people will quite easily say “I watched a movie last night”, but then sighted people will get all freaked out over this for some strange reason.
In New Zealand out bills are different sizes.
Australian currency differs slightly in thickness, length and new notes introduce Braille, which my grandfather tried to introduce many many years ago. He was turned away as it was a waste of money to put Braille on the notes apparently
Notice how he smiles, even thought he hasn't seen anyone else smile.
Why don't you buy stuff by ones
Only?
"I'd like to buy this flat screen"
Why would he buy a T.V.? What is he gonna watch? Spongebob?
Carl Brown
He reviews films lol
Carl Brown He was just giving you an example of something more expensive.
I know it was an example
That's ridiculous, what a shitty way of excluding blind people. Australia has little plastic windows on our notes which have 3D printed shapes for blind people to feel what note it is. You'd think that'd be a pretty basic thing to include on money.
+KidsWithGuns1992 Genius! I knew Australia had recently switched to a plastic-based bill, but that little window with the shapes is great.
imperialphoenix Yeah within the last twenty years or so. I even myself find it useful if I'm just grabbing for notes from my pocket, as the windows also get larger with larger currency.
Even aside from that, I'm surprised america hasn't assimilated to plastic money and ditched the one dollar bill, seems like an easy way to be wasteful of paper.
Hong Kong has different sized bills. The larger the bill the more it is. 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000
in singapore, the money bills come with circular indents at the corner. you can tell the denomination of the bill by feeling how many circles there are, and how they are arranged!
My great Uncle Frank was blind,thank you so much for wisdom Tommy,i enjoy the hank and jim show,you are the best Dj,always tune into the show's,keep the video's coming,always have my support my friend~
"I've SEEN a lot of girls take money like this" that's it, he isn't blind 😂
1:20 you saw a lot of girls doing this?
Fraxton I know this is an older comment, but only sighted people seem to believe the blind people aren’t allowed to use words like see, look, watch etc when, in fact, We use them all the time because they are just a part of every day language and we are just as used to using them as anyone to describe what we are experiencing. Most totally blind people will quite easily say “I watched a movie last night”, but then sighted people will get all freaked out over this for some strange reason.
Wait, Americans say tenner and fiver too? 😂
Yeah I'm quite amused by that too 😂 xx
TheMacGuy no, we don't. Im actually confused as to why he said that too. I only heard this type of language in uk TV shows. I thought it was weird he called his beer a pint as well.
citizens of the global millennium
He is from the East, so it makes sense.
i'm american born and raised and honestly Tommy is the first american i've EVER heard say tenner/fiver. i was surprised lol. i've only ever heard british people use that term.
When I was a little kid, I bought something from a store whose clerk I later realized was blind. I handed her the my money without telling her what denomination it was(because I'm a doofus), and she rubbed the bill between her fingers, then gave me back correct change. After thinking about this, I concluded that each bill was manufactured with a different texture, and I've assumed that ever since. Wow. I can't believe we haven't fixed this.
1:20-1:23 Interesting...
I have "seen" a lot of girls lol
1:20
"ive SEEN girls taking money this way"
omg hes a fraud!
1:20 I've seen a lot of girls fold t this way???? WTF?!?!? EXPOSED!
i was looking for a comment like this
RJ NOVA I hope you're joking
yeah the exposed bit was joking
I don't get it
In Brazil all bills are different sized, the smallest is the R$2 bill and the largest is the R$100. Also, each one is a different color, they're textured, they have a water mark, the 20, 50 and 100 bills have holographic numbers, each one has a national animal that is endangered, no politicians or presidents. The coins are completely different from each other, they vary in sizes and in what material they're made, gold, silver or brass (at least those are the colors, the materials are probably always a mixture).
Eduarda Gomes Sim! Deve ser muito fácil de identificar para uma pessoa cega. Legal ver brasileiros por aqui! Tommy é um amorzinho né? ☺️
See, in the UK all our bank notes are a slightly different size. Bigger = more money. Granted, still hard to tell, but it gives a difference between a £5 and a £50. It's about 1cm difference per note. Our new (not the old) currency has braille in the top corner, but its super tiny, so you need to know where to look. We also have contrasty numerals to make it easier for partially sighted people too.
1:19 "I've seen"
EXpOseD
american money is stupid. euro bills are different in size for each denomination
Tecnovlog Same with pound notes.
***** They are measurements in copper, nickel, etc. They can't just make them whatever size they want. If pennies were smaller, they wouldn't be worth a penny.
+teddymurphy95 you can guess which coin you have but just touching it, the 2 cent coin has a incision on its side so it's pretty easy with you nail to touch that
***** yes coins are different in size but bills are all the same
***** No, the wallet fits the biggest note you idiot.
Did he say he see's girls do it that way at 1:20
PJ MasterDiddy I know this is an older comment, but only sighted people seem to believe the blind people aren’t allowed to use words like see, look, watch etc when, in fact, We use them all the time because they are just a part of every day language and we are just as used to using them as anyone to describe what we are experiencing. Most totally blind people will quite easily say “I watched a movie last night”, but then sighted people will get all freaked out over this for some strange reason.
I have seen like 5 videos of this guy and i'm already in love with him! I wish all my friends were like this awesome guy!
I remember when us here in Sweden got a 20 kronor bill, visually impaired people complained that they couldn't tell it apart from the other bills, so they changed the size and color of it. This was in the '90s. I thought all countries tried to accommodate people who can't see well when designing money.
does anyone know why his hands are so shaky?
I feel so bad for him. Why DON'T we have braille money?? It'd be so hard now with so many bills in circulation but we could do it!
It's easier to just make money different sizes, like in Europe.
Alba Cronopio Ganímedes even the bills?
Yes, check the euros!
Alba Cronopio Ganímedes wow.. we need to catch up
We have Braille on ours in Canada
I've seen a lot of girls take their money this way 😂😂😂😂
Gotta love the solution we come up with is a free reader rather than changing our money in any way. They already added a strip inside, can't be to hard to make the thickness ever so slightly different.
In my country there are two ways to identify bills. One is by size, the other is by feeling two little symbols on the side of the money, either triangles, squares, circles or mixed, it takes some practice. As for coins, the numbers on them are big enough to feel.
"I've seen girls who fold it like this"
Nice trick Tommy :P
It's strange that you'd use that sort of language but it's kind of just a quirk of english I suppose :P
Altorin the daredevil method like in the movie.
Wait. Your name is Thomas Edison?
Yes. And your name is Daniella Cartwright.
+Bryan Frank not really, but yes, you can say so. lol
+Bryan Frank Hi Frank I'm Frank
+FrankTheArmyTank lol
Ironically his biggest fear is electricity.
1:20 "I've seen a lot of girls take their money this way." ...No, you haven't.
glad im not the only one who caught that lmao
I just had to pause right there and search for this comment
I realize this is an older comment, but you guys need to realize that blind people use words like see, look, watch etc. all the time. It’s just a part of the normal language and people who are blind are not going to alter the way they talk just to make sighted people feel comfortable. We, and yes I mean we because I am legally blind, will very easily say “I watched a movie last night, whether or not we could actually see it. Chill out, we’re just people like you and have the right use the same words you do to describe how we experience life.
In Australia, notes get longer as their value increases, but their width stays the same. Thus they're still easy to stack and put through machines, but people can learn to tell them apart without seeing them.
I genuinely love you brother keep up the good work! You probably see more than us seeing people everyday! your videos really opened up my eyes to a whole different world
Here in Sweden the paper money is in different sizes, the bigger the bill the bigger the value:)
Because Sweden is awesome. (All of the Nordic countries are!)
Come on! Didn't you see Daredevil? He solved this whole problem :D lol
+Barnacules Nerdgasm Didn't you "see"... HEH ... HEHEH heh
+Barnacules Nerdgasm Haven't seen Daredevil in a while, how does he sort out the problem?
Doesn't he just fold it like Tommy talked about?
Canadian Money has braille on it and is all different colours lol...
...like blind people make a big deal of different colours..
same here in argentina
I am an argentinian and I can tell you for jure that Argentina's money does not has braille
F Dombrowski but braille does? That's the point of having braille? Do you know what braille is?
Colin Blight He was questioning that you mentioned color in the context of the money being usable by blind people.
In Canada the bills have these raised dots in the corners, sort of like braille, to distinguish each bill.
In Europe the coins are not only different sizes, but the edges of the coins also has different surface riffles. I CAN see and despite that I always use the edges of the coins to find the right ones in my purse when I pay. It's just faster than first turning the coin and watching the print.
Here in Brazil each note has a different size now. It gets bigger when value grows too. Like 100 "Reais" (which is our note) is bigger than the 50 "Reais".
Thanks for the subtitles
I remember when I went to Italy, all of the Euro bills were different sizes. And we have braille on our bills here in Canada, although it flattens out quite a bit over time.
In Denmark the bills have different sizes and the coins are easy to identify because of size, weight, and rims, and some of them has a hole in the middle
I used to work where there was a blind man in the cafeteria, and he could tell the bills by feel. He was always correct it was amazing. He also knew who you were based on your footsteps.