Blind Man’s Cheques
How does a blind man sign a cheque! Mr, Frank Pearce, of Blackpool, Lancashire, has made that easy for himself, and for all his blind comrades. He has invented a stencil, or ‘‘mask,” as he calls it—a rectangular piece of metal, the exact size and shape of a cheque, with a space cut out wherever something has to bo filled in. In this way a blind person, can make out a cheque correctly, with date, amount, payee and signature. ‘‘At first I made one of cardboard,” Mr. Pearce says, “but it did not last, so I used thin metal instead. “I was collecting at one time for St. Dunstan’s, and I Lad to give receipts in each case. I did not like to tell people that I would send tho receipts to them, so I devised one of these stencils.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 217, 17 September 1934, Page 3
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