Musiime says the money-identifier has given him a sense of privacy regarding the amount of money he carries with him. This card was built to solve that problem.” This has always exposed them to the risks of being cheated by dishonest people. Muhoozi said, “The visually impaired choice of keeping their finances secret because they had to seek the help of someone else to identify their money. The small money identifier is sold for 8,000 Shillings and the bigger one goes for 10,000 Shillings. The device is printed from biodegradable material. The lines were purposely drawn so that when you fold a particular bill, it ends on the line it was intended for. The front part of the device has six tactile lines, representing all the paper money in Uganda. It has a pouch and a slot, enabling the user to put one bill at a time in the slot, pulling it down as far as it’ll go, before folding it to determine its denomination.
The money identifier is a wallet-sized, plastic card-like device. I thought of how it can be made in terms of design and measurements…” Muhoozi said, “He (Ayoli) had the theoretical concept, and I developed the practical concept out of it. Unfortunately, Ugandan money doesn’t have this feature, often resulting in dishonest business transactions for the visually disabled.Įrias Muhoozi, Director in Charge of Technology, Training and Database Management at Oysters & Pearls-Uganda, created the 3D printed money identifier after Moses Ayoli, a visually disabled teacher at Madera School for the Blind in Soroti, told him how frustrating it was relying on others. Other countries like Canada and India have braille markings on their money which helps people with vision disabilities identify the denominations. Ralph Musiime, a teacher with a visual disability in Gulu, Uganda, has had to rely on the honesty of strangers when it comes to his money. But no longer.Ī new 3D printed money identifier has given Musiime the independence he’s always desired, allowing him to now sort out money by himself.
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