[nabs-l] =?iso-8859-1?q?Launches_EyeNote=E2=84=A2App_to_Help_the_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?Blind_and_Visually_Impaired_Denominate_US_Currency?=

[Chris Nusbaum]

Yes,=20it's=20the=20LookTell=20money=20reader.=20=20The=20only=20difference=
=20is=20the=20
LookTell=20reader=20costs=20$1.99=20(which=20is=20not=20to=20say=20by=20any=
=20means=20
that=20this=20isn't=20a=20good=20deal=20compared=20to=20readers=20from=20th=
e=20
all-blindness=20companies,=20like=20the=20KNFB=20Reader)=20and=20this=20Eye=
note=20
app=20is=20free.=20=20If=20anybody=20has=20an=20iPhone=20or=20iTouch,=20may=
be=20you=20can=20
try=20this=20app=20out!=20I'd=20be=20interested=20to=20know=20how=20it=20wo=
rks!=20I=20know=20
Liz=20is=20also=20doing=20some=20research=20on=20accessible=20IOS=20apps=20=
and=20is=20
doing=20a=20poll.=20=20So,=20maybe=20if=20you=20try=20it=20out=20and=20like=
=20it,=20you=20can=20
send=20her=20an=20email=20and=20add=20your=20voice=20to=20the=20survey!

Chris=20Nusbaum

"A=20loss=20of=20sight,=20never=20a=20loss=20of=20vision!"=20(Camp=20Abilit=
ies=20motto)

---=20Sent=20from=20my=20Braille-Note

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Sean=20Whalen"=20<smwhalenpsp at gmail.com
To:=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Tue,=2017=20May=202011=2014:57:31=20-0500
Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20FW:=20Bureau=20of=20Engraving=20and=20Printing=20Laun=
ches=20
EyeNote=E2=84=A2App=20to=20Help=20the=20Blind=20and=20Visually=20Impaired=20=
Denominate=20
US=20Currency

Aren=E2=80=99t=20there=20already=20iPhone=20apps=20that=20do=20this?



From:=20White=20House=20Disability=20Group=20
<disability at messages.whitehouse.gov

Date:=20May=2017,=202011=203:45:19=20PM=20EDT

To:=20cmacdonald at linchpinstrategies.com

Subject:=20Bureau=20of=20Engraving=20and=20Printing=20Launches=20EyeNote=E2=
=84=A2App=20
to=20Help=20the=20Blind=20and=20Visually=20Impaired=20Denominate=20US=20Cur=
rency

Reply-To:=20White=20House=20Disability=20Group=20
<disability at messages.whitehouse.gov



=EF=BB=BF

Bureau=20of=20Engraving=20and=20Printing=20Launches=20EyeNote=E2=84=A2App

to=20Help=20the=20Blind=20and=20Visually=20Impaired=20Denominate=20US=20Cur=
rency



The=20Bureau=20of=20Engraving=20and=20Printing=20(BEP)=20has=20developed=20=
a=20free=20
downloadable=20application=20(app)=20to=20assist=20the=20blind=20and=20visu=
ally=20
impaired=20denominate=20US=20currency.=20=20The=20app=20is=20called=20EyeNo=
te=E2=84=A2.=20=20
EyeNote=E2=84=A2=20is=20a=20mobile=20device=20app=20designed=20for=20Apple=
=20iPhone=20(3G,=20
3Gs,=204),=20and=20the=204th=20Generation=20iPod=20Touch=20and=20iPad2=20pl=
atforms,=20
and=20is=20available=20through=20the=20Apple=20iTunes=20App=20Store.



EyeNote=E2=84=A2=20uses=20image=20recognition=20technology=20to=20determine=
=20a=20
note=E2=80=99s=20denomination.=20=20The=20mobile=20device=E2=80=99s=20camer=
a=20requires=2051=20
percent=20of=20a=20note=E2=80=99s=20scanned=20image,=20front=20or=20back,=20=
to=20process.=20=20
In=20a=20matter=20of=20seconds,=20EyeNote=E2=84=A2=20can=20provide=20an=20a=
udible=20or=20
vibrating=20response,=20and=20can=20denominate=20all=20Federal=20Reserve=20=
notes=20
issued=20since=201996.=20=20Free=20downloads=20will=20be=20available=20when=
ever=20new=20
US=20currency=20designs=20are=20introduced.=20=20Research=20indicates=20tha=
t=20more=20
than=20100,000=20blind=20and=20visually=20impaired=20individuals=20could=20=

currently=20own=20an=20Apple=20iPhone.



The=20EyeNoteTM=20app=20is=20one=20of=20a=20variety=20of=20measures=20the=20=
government=20
is=20working=20to=20deploy=20to=20assist=20the=20visually=20impaired=20comm=
unity=20to=20
denominate=20currency,=20as=20proposed=20in=20a=20recent=20Federal=20Regist=
er=20
notice.=20=20These=20measures=20include=20implementing=20a=20Currency=20Rea=
der=20
Program=20whereby=20a=20United=20States=20resident,=20who=20is=20blind=20or=
=20
visually=20impaired,=20may=20obtain=20a=20coupon=20that=20can=20be=20applie=
d=20toward=20
the=20purchase=20of=20a=20device=20to=20denominate=20United=20States=20curr=
ency;=20
continuing=20to=20add=20large=20high=20contrast=20numerals=20and=20differen=
t=20
background=20colors=20to=20redesigned=20currency;=20and,=20raised=20tactile=
=20
features=20may=20be=20added=20to=20redesigned=20currency,=20which=20would=20=
provide=20
users=20with=20a=20means=20of=20identifying=20each=20denomination=20via=20t=
ouch.



More=20information=20is=20available=20at=20http://www.eyenote.gov/=20or=20
through=20email=20at=20eyenote at bep.gov.



More=20information=20can=20be=20found=20also=20at:=20
http://www.bep.treas.gov/uscurrency/meaningfulaccess=20=20
<http://www.bep.treas.gov/uscurrency/meaningfulaccess

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