[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?=

=?iso-8859-1?Q?=C2ris=20Nusbaum?= dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Thu May 19 19:57:38 UTC 2011 

Okay=20then,=20you=20can=20take=20headphones=20with=20you.=20=20Heck,=20the=
=20iPhone=20
and=20iTouch=20come=20with=20earbuds=20right=20in=20the=20box.

=20Chris

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

---=20Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Greg=20Aikens=20<gpaikens at gmail.com
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Thu,=2019=20May=202011=2000:29:19=20-0500
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]Launches=20EyeNote=E2=84=A2App=20to=20Help=20the=20=
Blind=20and=20
Visually=20Impaired=20Denominate=20US=20Currency

I=20mean=20privacy=20in=20the=20sense=20that=20I=20don't=20care=20if=20Voic=
eover=20
announces=20my=20text=20messages=20or=20phone=20numbers=20in=20a=20crowded=
=20place,=20
but=20I=20may=20not=20be=20comfortable=20with=20the=20app=20announcing=20to=
=20the=20
people=20around=20me=20that=20I=20am=20holding=20a=20$50=20or=20$100=20bill=
=20in=20my=20hand.=20=20
That's=20just=20not=20a=20smart=20idea.

-Greg


On=20May=2018,=202011,=20at=203:09=20PM,=20=C3=82ris=20Nusbaum=20wrote:

=20I=20can=20imagine.=20=20Haha,=20government=20was=20wrong=20again=20in=20=
thinking=20
they=20can=20do=20everything=20better=20than=20the=20private=20sector.=20=20=
*=20Smile!=20
And=20really?=20You=20have=20to=20snap=20a=20picture=20for=20it=20to=20reco=
gnize=20the=20
bill?=20*=20Frown!=20That's=20what=20I=20*=20hated=20*=20about=20the=20KNFB=
=20Reader=20
Classic=20when=20NFBMD=20asked=20me=20to=20try=20out=20one=20of=20their=20f=
irst=20
prototypes,=20which=20happened=20to=20be=20the=20model=20chosen.=20=20Come=
=20on,=20
people,=20the=20technology's=20already=20there!=20Just=20use=20it!=20About=
=20
privacy,=20um..=20=20headphones?=20If=20you're=20so=20worried=20about=20pri=
vacy,=20
then=20you'd=20have=20the=20same=20problem=20with=20VoiceOver.

=20Chris

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

=20---=20Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20Mike=20Freeman=20<k7uij at panix.com
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20=

<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Date=20sent:=20Tue,=2017=20May=202011=2014:54:33=20-0700
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]FW:=20Bureau=20of=20Engraving=20and=20Printing=
=20
Launches=20EyeNote=E2=84=A2App=20to=20Help=20the=20Blind=20and=20Visually=20=
Impaired=20
Denominate=20US=20Currency

=20But=20LookTel=20is=20much=20easier=20to=20use=20and=20is=20far=20less=20=
critical=20in=20
bill=20placement=20than=20is=20EyeNote.

=20Mike=20Freeman
=20sent=20from=20my=20iPhone


=20On=20May=2017,=202011,=20at=2013:09,=20Kirt=20Manwaring=20
<kirt.crazydude at gmail.com>=20wrote:

=20Sean,
=20There=20is=20one=20that=20just=20reads=20out=20currency-it's=20called=20=
LookTell=20
Money
=20Reader.=20=20It=20costs=20a=20couple=20dollars,=20and=20it=20doesnt=20ha=
ve=20the=20
vibrating
=20feature=20that=20some=20people=20like.=20=20I=20say=20good=20for=20them-=
diversity's=20
never
=20a=20bad=20thing.
=20Best,
=20Kirt

=20On=205/17/11,=20Sean=20Whalen=20<smwhalenpsp at gmail.com>=20wrote:
=20Aren=E2=80=99t=20there=20already=20iPhone=20apps=20that=20do=20this?



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

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

=20To:=20cmacdonald at linchpinstrategies.com

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

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



=20=EF=BB=BF

=20Bureau=20of=20Engraving=20and=20Printing=20Launches=20EyeNote=E2=84=A2Ap=
p

=20to=20Help=20the=20Blind=20and=20Visually=20Impaired=20Denominate=20US=20=
Currency



=20The=20Bureau=20of=20Engraving=20and=20Printing=20(BEP)=20has=20developed=
=20a=20free=20
downloadable
=20application=20(app)=20to=20assist=20the=20blind=20and=20visually=20impai=
red=20
denominate=20US
=20currency.=20=20The=20app=20is=20called=20EyeNote=E2=84=A2.=20=20EyeNote=
=E2=84=A2=20is=20a=20mobile=20
device=20app
=20designed=20for=20Apple=20iPhone=20(3G,=203Gs,=204),=20and=20the=204th=20=
Generation=20
iPod=20Touch
=20and=20iPad2=20platforms,=20and=20is=20available=20through=20the=20Apple=
=20iTunes=20
App=20Store.



=20EyeNote=E2=84=A2=20uses=20image=20recognition=20technology=20to=20determ=
ine=20a=20
note=E2=80=99s
=20denomination.=20=20The=20mobile=20device=E2=80=99s=20camera=20requires=20=
51=20percent=20
of=20a=20note=E2=80=99s
=20scanned=20image,=20front=20or=20back,=20to=20process.=20=20In=20a=20matt=
er=20of=20
seconds,=20EyeNote=E2=84=A2
=20can=20provide=20an=20audible=20or=20vibrating=20response,=20and=20can=20=
denominate=20
all=20Federal
=20Reserve=20notes=20issued=20since=201996.=20=20Free=20downloads=20will=20=
be=20
available=20whenever
=20new=20US=20currency=20designs=20are=20introduced.=20=20Research=20indica=
tes=20that=20
more=20than
=20100,000=20blind=20and=20visually=20impaired=20individuals=20could=20curr=
ently=20
own=20an=20Apple
=20iPhone.



=20The=20EyeNoteTM=20app=20is=20one=20of=20a=20variety=20of=20measures=20th=
e=20government=20
is=20working
=20to=20deploy=20to=20assist=20the=20visually=20impaired=20community=20to=20=

denominate=20currency,
=20as=20proposed=20in=20a=20recent=20Federal=20Register=20notice.=20=20Thes=
e=20measures=20
include
=20implementing=20a=20Currency=20Reader=20Program=20whereby=20a=20United=20=
States=20
resident,=20who
=20is=20blind=20or=20visually=20impaired,=20may=20obtain=20a=20coupon=20tha=
t=20can=20be=20
applied
=20toward=20the=20purchase=20of=20a=20device=20to=20denominate=20United=20S=
tates=20
currency;
=20continuing=20to=20add=20large=20high=20contrast=20numerals=20and=20diffe=
rent=20
background
=20colors=20to=20redesigned=20currency;=20and,=20raised=20tactile=20feature=
s=20may=20
be=20added=20to
=20redesigned=20currency,=20which=20would=20provide=20users=20with=20a=20me=
ans=20of=20
identifying
=20each=20denomination=20via=20touch.



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



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

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