[Electronics-talk] FW: New EyeNote app 2.0 released

[Walt Cone]

I and a few installed this ap and it doesn't work, well sort of.  I got it to work if there was a lot of light and you have to tap the screen to start the scan.  I will stay with look-tel.

-----Original Message-----
From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Andrews
Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 8:26 AM
To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Electronics-talk] FW: New EyeNote app 2.0 released


>
>From: Pressman Sabra
>[<mailto:Sabra.Pressman at bep.gov>mailto:Sabra.Pressman at bep.gov]
>Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 2:43 PM
>To: DeNotaris, David
>Subject: New EyeNote app 2.0 released
>
>Greetings,
>I hope my email finds you well.  I wanted to send you the press release 
>for the new updated EyeNote App we just released.  This is the upgraded 
>Currency Reader App 2.0 launched by BEP on December 12, 2013.
>I wish you all the best and happy holidays.
>Sabra Pressman
>
>Release
>
>A new version of the EyeNote™ mobile device application (app) that 
>denominates U.S. currency was released by the Department of the 
>Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing
>(BEP) today, replacing the version originally launched in April 2011. 
>The newer version is easier and quicker to operate because it uses a 
>continuous scan function to identify the note, rather than requiring 
>the user to take a picture.
>
>EyeNote™ can be downloaded for free onto many Apple iPhone, iPad, and 
>iPod products. It recognizes all Federal Reserve notes issued since 
>1996, including the new $100 note that began circulating in October, 
>and communicates the denomination back to the user through an audible 
>response (English or Spanish) or a vibration pulse mode for privacy. 
>EyeNote™ was developed by BEP as an interim solution to increase 
>accessibility to Federal Reserve notes among blind and visually 
>impaired individuals while the U.S. government develops a system of 
>raised tactile features to incorporate into future redesigned notes.
>
>“The recent enhancements made to the EyeNote™ app make it an even 
>more effecttive tool to assist people in denominating U.S. currency,” 
>said Treasurer of the United States Rosie Rios.
>“It offers portability and speed, both requirements when used in a 
>retail environment, and the convenience of not needing to carry around 
>a separate reader by using one’s personal mobile device.” The 
>EyeNote™ app has more than 14,000 downloads since the 2011 launch.
>
>Users who downloaded the original version of EyeNote™ will 
>automatically reeceive notification on their devices that an updated 
>version of the app is available to download.
>Others can download the upgraded version for free through the Apple App 
>Store℠ via iTunes®.
>
>More information about EyeNote™ is availaable at 
><http://www.eyenote.gov>www.eyenote.gov
>
>
>Upgraded Currency Reader App Launched by Bureau of Engraving and 
>Printing
>
>A new version of the EyeNote™ mobille device application (app) that 
>denominates U.S. currency was released by the Department of the 
>Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing
>(BEP) today, replacing the version originally launched in April 2011. 
>The newer version is easier and quicker to operate because it uses a 
>continuous scan function to identify the note, rather than requiring 
>the user to take a picture.
>
>EyeNote™ can be downlooaded for free onto many Apple iPhone, iPad, and 
>iPod products. It recognizes all Federal Reserve notes issued since 
>1996, including the new $100 note that began circulating in October, 
>and communicates the denomination back to the user through an audible 
>response (English or Spanish) or a vibration pulse mode for privacy. 
>EyeNote™ was ddeveloped by BEP as an interim solution to increase 
>accessibility to Federal Reserve notes among blind and visually 
>impaired individuals while the U.S. government develops a system of 
>raised tactile features to incorporate into future redesigned notes.
>
>“The recent enhancements made to the EyeNote™ app make it an even 
>more effective tool to aassist people in denominating U.S. currency,” 
>said Treasurer of the United States Rosie Rios.
>“It offers portability and speed, both requirements when used in a 
>retail environment, and the convenience of not needing to carry around 
>a separate reader by using one’s personal mobile device.” The 
>EyeNote™ app has more than 14,000 ddownloads since the 2011 launch.
>
>Users who downloaded the original version of EyeNote™ will 
>automatically receive notificcation on their devices that an updated 
>version of the app is available to download.
>Others can download the upgraded version for free through the Apple App 
>Store℠ via iTunes®.
>
>More information about EyeNote™ is available at www.eyenote.gov.
>
>
>Sabra L. Pressman
>External Relations Specialist
>Bureau of Engraving & Printing
>14th & C Sts. NW
>Washington, DC 20228
>202-874-1205
><mailto:Sabra.pressman at bep.gov>Sabra.pressman at bep.gov
>
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