[nabs-l] FW: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Launches EyeNote™App to Help the Blind and Visually Impaired Denominate US Currency

[Kirt Manwaring]

Looktell's recognition is amazing-I don't need the vibration feature
for privacy (headphones, anyone?), so I'm sticking with what I've got.

On 5/17/11, Greg Aikens <gpaikens at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, the Looktell money reader app is the best one I have found.  It costs
> $2, which is negligible when compared to other solutions.
>
> Apparently this app is free and includes vibration feedback to give you some
> privacy if reading bills in public.  That's a nice feature that looktell
> doesn't have.
>
> I'll have to check this out and see if the recognition is as fast.
>
> -Greg
> On May 17, 2011, at 2:57 PM, Sean Whalen wrote:
>
>> Aren’t there already iPhone apps that do this?
>>
>>
>>
>> From: White House Disability Group <disability at messages.whitehouse.gov>
>>
>> Date: May 17, 2011 3:45:19 PM EDT
>>
>> To: cmacdonald at linchpinstrategies.com
>>
>> Subject: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Launches EyeNote™App to Help the
>> Blind and Visually Impaired Denominate US Currency
>>
>> Reply-To: White House Disability Group
>> <disability at messages.whitehouse.gov>
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>> Bureau of Engraving and Printing Launches EyeNote™App
>>
>> to Help the Blind and Visually Impaired Denominate US Currency
>>
>>
>>
>> The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) has developed a free
>> downloadable application (app) to assist the blind and visually impaired
>> denominate US currency.  The app is called EyeNote™.  EyeNote™ is a mobile
>> device app designed for Apple iPhone (3G, 3Gs, 4), and the 4th Generation
>> iPod Touch and iPad2 platforms, and is available through the Apple iTunes
>> App Store.
>>
>>
>>
>> EyeNote™ uses image recognition technology to determine a note’s
>> denomination.  The mobile device’s camera requires 51 percent of a note’s
>> scanned image, front or back, to process.  In a matter of seconds,
>> EyeNote™ can provide an audible or vibrating response, and can denominate
>> all Federal Reserve notes issued since 1996.  Free downloads will be
>> available whenever new US currency designs are introduced.  Research
>> indicates that more than 100,000 blind and visually impaired individuals
>> could currently own an Apple iPhone.
>>
>>
>>
>> The EyeNoteTM app is one of a variety of measures the government is
>> working to deploy to assist the visually impaired community to denominate
>> currency, as proposed in a recent Federal Register notice.  These measures
>> include implementing a Currency Reader Program whereby a United States
>> resident, who is blind or visually impaired, may obtain a coupon that can
>> be applied toward the purchase of a device to denominate United States
>> currency; continuing to add large high contrast numerals and different
>> background colors to redesigned currency; and, raised tactile features may
>> be added to redesigned currency, which would provide users with a means of
>> identifying each denomination via touch.
>>
>>
>>
>> More information is available at http://www.eyenote.gov/ or through email
>> at eyenote at bep.gov.
>>
>>
>>
>> More information can be found also at:
>> http://www.bep.treas.gov/uscurrency/meaningfulaccess
>> <http://www.bep.treas.gov/uscurrency/meaningfulaccess>
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