[nabs-l] Launches EyeNoteâ„¢App to Help the Blind and Visually Impaired Denominate US Currency

Thu May 19 05:29:19 UTC 2011

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

-Greg

On May 18, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Âris Nusbaum wrote:

> I can imagine.  Haha, government was wrong again in thinking they can do everything better than the private sector.  * Smile! And really? You have to snap a picture for it to recognize the bill? * Frown! That's what I * hated * about the KNFB Reader Classic when NFBMD asked me to try out one of their first prototypes, which happened to be the model chosen.  Come on, people, the technology's already there! Just use it! About privacy, um..  headphones? If you're so worried about privacy, then you'd have the same problem with VoiceOver.
> 
> Chris
> 
> "A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities motto)
> 
> --- Sent from my BrailleNote
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> But LookTel is much easier to use and is far less critical in bill placement than is EyeNote.
> 
> Mike Freeman
> sent from my iPhone
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> 
> On May 17, 2011, at 13:09, Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Sean,
> There is one that just reads out currency-it's called LookTell Money
> Reader.  It costs a couple dollars, and it doesnt have the vibrating
> feature that some people like.  I say good for them-diversity's never
> a bad thing.
> Best,
> Kirt
> 
> On 5/17/11, Sean Whalen <smwhalenpsp at gmail.com> wrote:
> Aren’t there already iPhone apps that do this?
> 
> 
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> 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
> 
> 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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