How to help blind people using and dealing with Bitcoin ?

[Hellacopter]

I think that blind people can't normally using Bitcoin, access their wallets , get their private keys and so on without the help of their relatives/ friends.. which is making some problems for them i guess.

Is it possible to create a way for them to access their wallets, send bitcoins..by voice for example ?

Or any other suggestions ?

[pawel7777]

I think that blind people can't normally using Bitcoin, access their wallets , get their private keys and so on without the help of their relatives/ friends.. which is making some problems for them i guess.

Is it possible to create a way for them to access their wallets, send bitcoins..by voice for example ?

Or any other suggestions ?

Definitely doable and probably not even that hard to implement. The problem is, no dev(s) will be willing to spend their time on working on such device/software unless there's a demand for it. I don't reckon there's currently any large number of blind want-to-be bitcoiners.

[Dudeperfect]

I am very impressed with the recent innovations happening around us. The day before yesterday I read the news about Google supporting voice commands for regional languages too that means now visually impaired people will be able to cope up with apps more fluently.

I think we will need the support of exchange or any third party company to deal with the usage of bitcoins using voice commands. There are multiple challenges including empowering such visually impaired people to transact with totally new Bitcoin address every time without even 1% chance of mistake.

[chaser15]

I think that blind people can't normally using Bitcoin, access their wallets , get their private keys and so on without the help of their relatives/ friends.. which is making some problems for them i guess.

Is it possible to create a way for them to access their wallets, send bitcoins..by voice for example ?

Or any other suggestions ?

It's technical and needs lots of works since someone must developed tools for that which is far from happening at the moment because like the guy said above, no demands for that and I don't see too any demands for it directly from the blind.

What should we do is to support them financially. They have a so called talent so focus on that to enhanced it. Also they have their own way to make money. If they want to used bitcoin, just asked some help for their closed relatives or friend.

[phr0stbyt3]

It's not tough blind people are God's gift they can sense and feel. I visit a ngo every month so the people know me over there i didn't make a single noise but he felt that i was around himself. Learning bitcoin will be hard for them as managing private key and password can't be done by him alone he will need someone trusted

[mrcash02]

Blind people usually have people who assist them on their daily routine. Would be necessary this person help the blind one to deal with Bitcoins. It's hard to adapt the world for these people, but step by step it's happening. Maybe in the future there will be easiest ways to introduce deficient people into Crypto-Currency world, but for now they really need someone to assist them.

[unamis76]

Just like ATM's and similar have Braille support, any modern smartphone or computer has some kind of support for blind people. Apple devices are an example of blind-friendly devices with many assists (mainly through a voice reading aloud what's on the screen) and even compatible hardware to help people with issues. I think a mobile wallet on iOS is perfectly useable as is right now for blind people. The rest is as said, support will come with time and if there's a demand for it.

[SvenBomvolen]

Sending Bitcoins or other crypto with voice can work, but how to make earning of bitcoin acceptable for blind people? I don't say it is impossible. There are new technologies which help for such people to use internet. But it is surly can not be possible for everyone who would like to roll into all that. Technologies cost a lot and available not for every one, let's be honest. Help of somebody from family or a friend also awakes many questions in my mind. So, I am more for to say that crypto-currencies' business unacceptable for blind people than opposite. Unfortunately.

[Shamie1002]

The concept of bitcoin being available for the disabled caught my attention. In a wide perception, only rich people can invest in bitcoin which I have realized now that it is in the process of development to implement and put in use not only by those who physically can.
Your idea is very much possible with the capabilities of technology nowadays. But while any proposals for ideas like this, let us be the eyes and trust of the blinds. Bitcoin will be more meaningful I guess.

[Hydrogen]

This is a good topic.

There are braile keyboards and apps which convert text on screen to audible speech for the visually impaired. There are also speech command software like alexa, although I do not know if there is crypto support.

Things are probably much better now than they were a few decades ago although this could be a neglected area.

[jefrihunter]

This is certainly very interesting where bitcoin is accessible to everyone regardless of physical differences. This condition is certainly a challenge for devs to find new technology for blind people to access their bitcoin. As we know today there has been AI technology assisted with smartphones and pivothead glass that can help the blind people to get know the environment.
Hopefully there is a dev or inventor that capable of developing the technology into bitcoin wallet, so even the blind people can feel the usefulness and benefits from bitcoin.

[KenR]

I think that blind people can't normally using Bitcoin, access their wallets , get their private keys and so on without the help of their relatives/ friends.. which is making some problems for them i guess.

Is it possible to create a way for them to access their wallets, send bitcoins..by voice for example ?

Or any other suggestions ?

They're going to have equal difficulties just like if the had to process a transaction using our regular banking systems.The banks do provide customer service on board for blind people which bitcoin doesn't.In my opinion,they should be guided by a trusted third party human to do the same.Otherwise too many complications if you let technology itself handle the same.

[Ayiranorea]

That's a must for making bitcoin more popular. Blind people too belong to our community, but the disability keeps them not to move same in a normal manner. For this we need to make an innovation that makes them be happy. Hope bitcoin usage will be tremendous when these issues of usage gets sought with technology similar to some sound or eye scanning methods.

[staff_1307]

I think this is nonsense. Because, I do not think that blind people will need Bitcoins. Why do they need them? What will they do with them?

[JimmieA]

Yeah ... this is also a pretty difficult problem, and I think at the present we are still not able to solve that problem. We just can wait for changes in the future. When btc becomes a global currency, we will inevitably have creative ideas proposed to solve the same problems. Maybe we have to wait too long to see changes.

[Kronos21]

Blind people difficult to live in this world. They can't do without the help of other people. But for this purpose we exist to help each other. Not a problem to configure their computer and they too can earn bitcoins. Cash out and spend, and can also help carers. The main thing that was desire.

[xplorer79]

This is a very interesting topic, as I don't see a reason why disabled people could not use cryptocurrencies.
Once in a open source meeting (in 2013), I saw a blind man using what I could call a blind display. It was a big matrix of pins that would go up and down to form braille. According to him, it was a very old device, not produced anymore, and he was looking for someone or a company to design a new model. He was also using a braille keyboard, and was doing translation tasks all the time (even when we were both discussing). He was very very fast reading and typing with his strange rig.
So I think there may be creative solutions to bring crypto to blind people, but it must be well thought and built.

[ZzV1Finn]

This is an important topic, but the developers have not thought up such a trifle and blind people will find it very difficult to use bitcoin if they want to do it. After all, they now all work only on trust in the person who can help manage coins.

[Heyyyrenz]

Right now it would be hard for those who are blind to use bitcoin since all the transaction etc. need to have a visual in order to see if the transaction is right. We really need visions when using bitcoins since it's a digital currency there's a high chance of risk if you transact and no vision

1. Bitcoin is dealing with numbers if you miss 1 number or add 1 zero to your transaction it would be a big problem. For exmaple transferring money

2. How they going to get their private keys, wallet address or how they're going to transact. Since bitcoin or digital currency can be able to access thru technology.

We don't know, we're living in a modern world where technology spread so fast. Maybe soon someone will made a technology that would help blind people in order to use bitcoin

[Tamilson]

This is a very interesting topic, as I don't see a reason why disabled people could not use cryptocurrencies.
Once in a open source meeting (in 2013), I saw a blind man using what I could call a blind display. It was a big matrix of pins that would go up and down to form braille. According to him, it was a very old device, not produced anymore, and he was looking for someone or a company to design a new model. He was also using a braille keyboard, and was doing translation tasks all the time (even when we were both discussing). He was very very fast reading and typing with his strange rig.
So I think there may be creative solutions to bring crypto to blind people, but it must be well thought and built.

Being blind or disable doesn't mean they're not capable to do things what normal people can do.
These people has a great perspective in life, very optimistic and their disability is not the hindrance to try and do something new. Actually, its hard to think that a blind man is into bitcoin but with their eagerness to learn they struve more. Maybe the sources are limited but they can turn it to unlimited. They do this extra ordinary.