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

Thu May 19 16:42:23 UTC 2011

Greg, I agree. I don't want anyone knowing I'm holding a $50 bill or 
whatever.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Greg Aikens
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 1:29 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Launches EyeNoteâ„¢App to Help the Blind and Visually 
Impaired Denominate US Currency

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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 17 May 2011 14:54:33 -0700
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l]FW: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Launches 
> EyeNote™App to Help the Blind and Visually Impaired Denominate US Currency
>
> But LookTel is much easier to use and is far less critical in bill 
> placement than is EyeNote.
>
> Mike Freeman
> sent from my iPhone
>
>
> 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?
>
>
>
> 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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