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Title: [2017-10-25]Bitcoin Accessibility From a Blind Person’s Perspective
Post by: Forts1946 on October 25, 2017, 06:51:18 PM
last week a fundraiser was started in order to get Satoshi Nakamoto’s original bitcoin white paper written in Braille for blind people. Thanks to the generosity of many bitcoin proponents, the project’s funding was successfully completed, and the
paper will soon be made available to the general public.





Currently, there is an initiative in the works to transcribe Satoshi’s white paper in Braille, a tactile writing system used by individuals who are visually impaired. The creator of the project explains that Satoshi’s paper has been translated into multiple languages, but has yet to be transcribed in Braille. The Bitcoin white paper Braille project is working with the American Printing House for the Blind, in order to press, bound, and distribute the copies to anyone who is visually impaired for free.

“Most of the cost of printing is related to the creation of tactile graphics representing the various technical diagrams that appear throughout the white paper,” explains Adam Newbold, the creator of the white paper Braille project.

Source https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-accessibility-from-a-blind-persons-perspective/ (https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-accessibility-from-a-blind-persons-perspective/)