[Nfb-krafters-korner] Eyenote

[Blindhands at aol.com]

Is this a new AP or is it the one that Dixie has talked about?
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 4/22/2011 2:13:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
b.butterfly at comcast.net writes:

How cool  is this!

Becky and Jake 

for IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dawn R.  Haley (202) 874-3545 Darlene 
Anderson
(202) 874-2229 Bureau of Engraving  and Printing Launches EyeNote(tm)App to
Help the Blind and Visually  Impaired Denominate US Currency (Washington, DC
-April 20, 2011) 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(tm). EyeNote(tm) is a mobile device app  designed for Apple iPhone
(3G, 3Gs, 4), and the 4th Generation iPod Touch  and iPad2 platforms, and is
available starting today through the Apple  iTunes App Store.
EyeNote(tm) 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(tm) 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 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
www.eyenote.gov


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