Topic: Bitcoin for blind people - page 2. (Read 1287 times)

There is no prohibition against blind people owning Bitcoin, but the problem is not easy for blind people to make transactions with Bitcoin.
It is true that now there are tools that support blind people to access the internet, such as braille keyboards, screen magnifiers, text to
speech software, etc. But still errors can occur, especially regarding Bitcoin transactions, if we make a mistake it can result in us losing
the Bitcoin we have. My advice is that blind people should be accompanied by someone to make Bitcoin transactions.

Yeah you've raised a good point and we as a community need to look into this issue. Bitcoin isn't meant just for the privileged but for people from all walks of life.

Braille keyboards 🎹.  Voice recognize software etc.

Im not really sure if blind person can work with bitcoin,  maybe they understand what bitcoin is but how they can apply it knowing they can't see anything . How would they type in a keyboard?  Unless there is somebody to do this for them. Yes if somebody help them to work with mostly when it comes of selling the token and need to input the wallet address,email,etc. They had to make sure that they typing the right wallet address.

As it's said in the real world, "when there's a will, there's a way". There's nothing stopping developers from creating wallet software for Bitcoin with accessibility features for blind people. It's just that developers are focused on other important things like scaling the Bitcoin blockchain and keeping it secure. Considering that blind people are the minority, changing wallet software for them wouldn't make any difference in mainstream adoption. At least, the idea is there. Making it a reality, is another story.

I've stumbled across a Bitcoin whitepaper translated to "Braille" language for blind people. This is quite an advancement as it introduces such people into the crypto revolution. But it's still not enough. I'm guessing that if developers add accessibility features into Bitcoin wallets, some sort of text-to-speech mechanism will be implemented. Now, the tricky part is speaking out BTC transactions, amounts, and even keypairs through this system. It'll be quite a challenging task, but not impossible. Since Bitcoin wallets are more suitable for the average person, blind people will simply delegate someone to manage their coins for them. It brings the middleman (which crypto was meant to avoid in the first place), but at least it's a workaround. Let's hope blind people are included in the Bitcoin movement, in order to increase mainstream adoption as much as possible. Just my opinion

I'm not against with it but for kids? and people with disabilities? I think that will take long for them to taste how bitcoin work on our imperfect world. We are not taking them away what's technology that is in front of us, but it is difficult for them to understand what is bitcoin especially for blind people, they cannot work on it alone. As for all the disability, being blind is the most critical one 

You are right! They do able to hear and it would really be just simple for them to learn via audio and understand on whats bitcoin is all about.
When reading then they can always make use of those traditional tactile writing system if there would be one which wouldnt be hard.
It doesnt really matter if you are visually impared or other disabilities it cant really stop people to learn or do know about bitcoin.

This is not a completely correct statement, since computers for the blind are a separate area of technology and it is very specific in its device. If, for example, typing a simple text for a blind person is not a big problem (since there are special keyboards, as well as voice dialing), then making a payment from one bitcoin wallet to another is a more time-consuming process and involves many different small actions that are practically impossible for a blind person at the moment.

You know what bitcoin is for everyone. It doesn't matter if you are a kid, an adult, boy or girl, with disability or not as long as you can use technology and you know how to operate a computer, laptop, phone or any other gadgets that you can use when trading here.

The fact they are blind doesn't affect their ability to understand Bitcoin. They are maybe blind but not stupid. They can read and learn about it as well as of any other things. Also, today there are laws and recommendations in many countries for web sites to be adapted for blind and other disabled or people with other difficulties so I don't see obstacles for blind people also to use Bitcoin.

I am afraid it will be not easy to fulfil. It should be a special equipment for a blind person to monitor the websites, even in case it will be some voice bot that will inform about the price of the exact token or coin, there still will be a need in someone's help to set it up. And there is a high risk to lose data or assets. Or, for example, how to get the lear understanding of the situation on the market - not general, but how to make the analysis of the concrete situation of the concrete coin at the interested period of time and so on. But it would be a real know-how in case it would be achieved.

This is a money vs blind people scenario. AFAIK, technology on blind people has already begun and there are plenty of innovations are still on the making.

One of the project studies here in our university is object detection and classification, one of the common studies for blind or visually impaired people is through this with a lot of data to train. Those data are all of the objects in common areas where blind people usually go so it can determine the objects beside him. So my idea in this kind of project that is related in cryptocurrency is to have a specific device that will notify you of the market value changes, transactions, amount of bitcoins through buttons and numbers that act like Siri.

It should be like this.. press the upper button for BTC value... press the lower button for transaction... it is like an automated device that talks to you.

There should be a company that can set up that can help the blind to understand Bitcoin because it is also a market worth exploring, not only blind but also hearing impaired people, Bitcoin is for everyone and people with disability should also have access and knowledge on how to use Bitcoin, they might even adopt it faster than other people who choose to ignore Bitcoin.

Many investors has testified how Bitcoin has turned their business for good. Bitcoin is a decentralized to the world.It take the blind ones to know,that Bitcoin is real for development and economy growth of a country.

Yes and sad to say that blind people couldn't use it like any other currencies that they could.
Developer should also try to create something that would help the blind ones use crypto so they would have a chance like everybody had.

Bitcoin is definitely the most widely-adopted cryptocurrency for decentralized payments worldwide

You know, it is really a big problem for blind people to use lots of things and services, and of course to keep their finger on pulse with the rapidly developing world, and the BTC, crypto and Blockchain are not the exception. Lots of things are oriented on the ordinary people who can react rapidly first. After adoption of masses different products and directions may be adopted to the needs of people with disabilities. But the problem is not in wallets only. What if such a person got some BTC but what to do with them after? How to trade on the exchanges, for example? Too many things should be technically equipped with the voiced function or support.

Vision impairment is quite complicated in blockchain industry. However, we can't really say what a blind person can do in order to succeed in life. I've seen a lot of blind men anywhere having a successful family and their condition seems just nothing when it comes to competing/fighting through their life's journey.
As for Bitcoin issue, i guess there is someone who could create, add some features or made an innovation that can easily be access by blind people. The world is going to be cashless and virtually driven transactions, so i think everyone(w/ no exemption) needs to practice this kind of industry with user friendly features,  including the blind people of course and other PWD's.

They should know that bitcoin does exist in the market, being blind is not a hindrance for people to become successful.

If they are knowledgeable about it and someone made a platform for those blind people to access bitcoin, then that's a good adoption. We have a lot of developed platforms right now, some apps can be accessed by only a voice speech, text-to-speech, so it is not a hassle for them anymore. Also guidance can be a way so that we can help person with disabilities to experience bitcoin in an investment.

Cryptocurrency is a must to invest because there's a lot of good impact into it and it can really make people's lives become worth it.

Adding text-to-speech to a wallet would be nice, but rather challenging to implement on a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. Imagine the wallet speaking the private key out loud. Another person could hear it and use that same key to unlock the blind person's funds. Earphones could be used for this purpose, but I wonder how secure the whole setup will be against malicious actors. At least, the idea is there. Making it a reality is another story. Considering that blind people are the minority, developers don't feel the need to create a Bitcoin wallet suitable for these kind of people. Most blind people usually have an assistant which do all the things for them. They can simply delegate their Bitcoin to someone trustworthy enough to handle their wallet for them. This brings the middleman which crypto was meant to avoid in the first place, but it's the only way for blind people to get access to Bitcoin right now.

All in all, there may be far more important things to focus on than simply making Bitcoin accessible to people with disabilities. Once Bitcoin handles its own issues (mainly scalability), then developers might focus on bringing blind people to the crypto space. If there's enough interest into making a wallet software with accessibility features for blind people, developers will make it happen one way or another. Otherwise, blind people will be left out of the game. Let's hope everyone's priorities is put first, in order to make Bitcoin widely adopted in the mainstream world. Just my thoughts