Inaccessible slot machines

Now, here is something that much of the sighted world may not have given much thought to and I am only going to comment on the machines here in Ontario. However, some friends in the United States have told me that they are facing the same challenges when it comes to inaccessible slot machines.

Up until about two years ago, it used to be relatively easy for me to play at the slot machines. They emitted sounds, the coins made noise when dropping into trays, and the flashing lights helped to make my visit to the casino a very enjoyable one. Now however, things have changed.

There are no more noises of coins to be heard dropping into trays. No more sounds when I get lucky at win a few coins. No more noise period. So now when or if I win, I have to depend on sighted assistance to tell me what's going on. Yes, I can understand the casinos wanting to cut down on the noise level but in doing so they have in effect severely limited our access to slot machines. Too bad for us.

I'm Donna J. Jodhan your friendly accessibility advocate wishing you a terrific day and urging you to go out there and help educate casinos about why we are finding their machines to be inaccessible and somewhat unusable.