[Nfb-greeley] Fw: Re: Money Identifiers

[Melissa R Green]

for your information.  I am planning to apply for one.

Melissa R Green and Pj
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be



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From: Porter - CDHS, Rebecca
To: Rebecca Porter - CDHS
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 3:04 PM
Subject: Fwd: Re: Money Identifiers


FYI...

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You are correct, but the program has not yet launched. If you are ffamiliar 
with the iBill second generation, then you are already familiar with what 
will be distributed. Here's the info direct from the press release posted on 
the US. Bureau of Engraving and Printing's website.

"BEP Announces U.S. Currency Reader Program for Blind and Visually Impaired
Orlando, FL – The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) revealed today its 
plans to distribute currency reader devices at no cost to eligible blind or 
visually impaired persons, as one component of its initiative to provide 
meaningful access to Federal Reserve notes (U.S. currency). Program details 
were presented at the National Federation of the Blind’s (NFB) Board of 
Directors meeting and annual convention by the Senior Advisor to the BEP’s 
Director, Dawn R. Haley, in Orlando, Florida.
Haley signaled the U.S. Currency Reader Program kick-off by announcing that 
currency readers would be distributed to eligible attendees at the July and 
August summer conventions of the National Federation of the Blind, American 
Council of the Blind (ACB), and Blinded Veterans of America (BVA), followed 
by a broader launch of the program in two phases:
Pilot: Beginning September 2, 2014, in partnership with the Library of 
Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped 
(NLS) the BEP will initiate a four-month pilot where NLS patrons can 
pre-order a currency reader. The pilot program allows the government to test 
its ordering and distribution processes and gauge demand for currency 
readers.
National Rollout: Currency readers will be widely available to all U.S. 
citizens, or persons legally residing in the U.S. who are blind or visually 
impaired, starting January 2, 2015. Individuals who are not NLS patrons must 
submit an application, signed by a competent authority who can certify 
eligibility, to request a currency reader.
“The BEP has participated at the summer conventions for a number of years 
now,” Haley said. “We are excited to introduce our currency reader program 
plans here at this venue and to provide currency readers to interested 
conference participants here and at the other conventions as well.”
Through a national network of cooperating libraries, NLS administers a free 
library program that circulates braille and audio materials to approximately 
400,000 eligible borrowers in the United States. “The fact that we already 
have a process in place to provide reading materials to individuals who are 
blind or visually impaired made our partnership with the BEP a natural fit,” 
explained Isabella Marques de Castilla, NLS Deputy Director. “Our role in 
the U.S. Currency Reader Program will be to process orders and distribute 
currency reader devices to eligible individuals.”
In 2011, the BEP introduced EyeNote®, an app that scans and identifies note 
images on mobile devices operating on the Apple iOS platform. A similar app 
for Android phones, the IDEAL Currency Reader ® was developed through 
collaboration with the Department of Education.
Individuals interested in applying for a currency reader device or learning 
more about BEP’s meaningful access program can visit www.bep.gov."


Scott Davert, MA, VRT
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Region 8 - CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, and WY
Helen Keller National Center
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