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

[Marc Workman]

iNote is not as fast, and in my experience, not as accurate.  It's not as 
fast because it involves snapping a picture and then processing the image. 
Looktel, on the other hand, identifies in real time using object 
recognition.  I tried iNote a couple of times without success, which is 
admittedly not enough to draw a conclusion, but holding the bill and the 
phone in the same positions led to almost instantaneous identification with 
Looktel.

>From what I've heard, Looktel will also be introducing a vibration feature.

Competition in the tech sector is usually a good thing, but besides the 
slightly better price tag (free verses $2), I can't see why anyone would 
choose this product over Looktel's Money Reader.

I just wish they would get around to releasing a version to identify 
Canadian currency.

Marc
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Aikens" <gpaikens at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] FW: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Launches 
EyeNote™App to Help the Blind and Visually Impaired Denominate US Currency


> 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>
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>> Date: May 17, 2011 3:45:19 PM EDT
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>> To: cmacdonald at linchpinstrategies.com
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>> 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>
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>> 
>>
>> 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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