[nabs-l] Money Identifier Coming

[Sophie Trist]

This is awesome! However, I do have to ask if these people 
realize that there are already lots of money identifiers out 
there. HeyTell is an iPhone app that does this, and it's never 
failed me. There is also a device that I believe is called an 
iBill. Is there something special about the roll call program 
that sets it apart from other money identifiers?

 ----- Original Message -----
From: David Andrews via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 19:55:15 -0500
Subject: [nabs-l] Money Identifier Coming


Roll Call



Thousands of 'Currency Readers' in the Pipeline for the Blind

By Anne L. Kim Posted at 4:31 p.m. on June 11



While a $1 bill means something entirely different than a $100 
bill,
they might not feel too different to the visually impaired. The
government is ready to do something about that challenge, though.



The Bureau of Engraving and Printing expects to distribute 
between
100,000 and 500,000 "currency readers" to the blind and others 
who
are visually impaired, says Larry R. Felix, director of the 
bureau in
written testimony for a House Financial Services Committee 
hearing today.



In a report last year, the Government Accountability Office 
described
the gizmos as "portable electronic devices capable of speaking 
the
denomination of a bill out loud."



The effort is part of a response by the Treasury Department to a
court ruling several years ago that directed the department to
provide the blind and visually impaired with meaningful access to 
currency.



"We plan to launch a pilot program this summer and roll the 
program
out nationally in 2015. The project plan is under joint 
development
and will be operated by the BEP an the LOC/NLS," Felix said in 
his
statement. LOC/NLS is the Library of Congress' service for the 
blind
and physically handicapped. Felix said the office helped to 
develop
the readers.









         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
E-Mail:  dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org


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